shopping fiesta day-long siesta

my day consisted of some lovely much-needed purchases and a few extra dabbles. got my bathing suits for the trip to Cuba mid-Jan, but not feeling to happy about my lunch at spring rolls and the brownies + upsidedown pineapple cake i made in the eve. spooning out the leftover cake/brownie mix is too hard to resist, and doesn't come around too often.

spent much of the day at fairview with the fam. dad & i walked around while mom & martin went about their own route (aka directly in and out of hollister). the cashier at sears agreed to remove a plastic tag that was accidentally left onto a suit dad purchased at Macy's in the US. i later walked into h&m and scored a pretty beige sweater by exchanging a garment gifted to dad six+ months ago at full price. i  found bikinis at bikini village at 50% off, got earrings, a ring, a sketchbook and even a hairband. i'm pretty much set for the next month or so, or i should be...until i discover something else i 'need'.

at home, i baked brownies & pineapple upside down cake. or was it upside down pineapple cake? applepine downupside cake? it was too bad there were no sliced pineapples in a can at lowblaws, so the cake didn't look as pretty as the picture on the recipe. (but does it ever?)

i stayed at home with martin while mom & dad were out. he insisted that i stay in the living room until they come home, meanwhile he heads up to sleep. not because he's afraid or anything, of course. how can i suggest such a thing? preposterous.