Bathroom renovation - finally

This morning I checked on expedia.ca for some last minute vacation deals. I looked at Lisbon, Athens, Casablanca, Cairo, Barcelona, Paris, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Nairobi, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.... not that I really expected to find much in those further off places, only hoping there might be some outstanding land deal out there... Well there wasn't. The package deals ranged from $2300 to $6000+ averaging around $5200 per week. I love to travel but it's so much more appealing when the company is paying for it LOL.. If I am going to spend that amount of money there are better things that I can do with it I'm afraid. Perhaps I could look into something for later in the year when prices drop. Barbados was a good indicator for me since I've been there many times. The average price of a week's package seems to be $1000 to $1500 higher than what it was when I was going there in the past. That's quite a hike even if it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to.

Anyways, instead I shopped around Les Galeries d'Anjou, picked up some socks and tried on some summer shirts. Jeannette keeps telling me I need to get something more colouful and free. I saw a cool shirt that was beige with crimson red and navy flowers with some paisleys in it.. with a red T it looked nice but I really questioned if I would wear it. I swear if I heard one bad comment and I'd never put it on again. There was also a really nice balck and white small check shirt but I have no casual black shoes just dress ones... so I'd have to get the shoes too. What a pain... but I'll think about them and still look around.

Stopped off at Home Depot after that and made some decisions. I ordered the ceiling fan installation for my bathroom. Then I went and ordered a new hot water tank for the house. The water tank will be done tomorrow and the ceiling fan probably after the two week construction workers holiday... one of those Quebec traditions where everyone leaves the Province the last two weeks of July. The hot water tank is something I really need though. Right now an element is burned in my current one and I only get about 5 minutes of hot water at any given time. It's been like that since about 2000 so it's due even if I can live with it. Plus I ordered a 60 gallon tank to replace the 40 gallon one I have. Better for anyone who might move in here after me. So that's my big home purchases for this summer. Once in I'll repaint the bathroom and get a new shower spray and perhaps a new sink... just to finish it all off.

For my pic, so far I've taken nothing but I'll put in this photo of one of my garden plants I posted on my other blog. I kinda like this picture for some reason. Looks like an artificial Christmas tree actually...