Today was a day of errands. First on our to-do list was to visit the library to return the books we had taken out. We had already returned everything to the Ham library so all we had to do was return to the Tudor Drive Library. After the Library, we took the bus into Kingston.
So after living here for almost 9 weeks, we came to the conclusion that we would need to purchase another luggage bag to bring the new stuff back. So today, we went to pick up our new (inexpensive) luggage bag at Argos. We probably walked past this store at least 10 times this summer and never went in. That was a bummer to discover it in the last week. Argos is mainly a catalog/internet based Amazon.com (which they have here as well). But what is unique to Argos, is that they actually have retail space as well. Their stores are for the most part empty of product on the floor. But they have rows of catalogs. When you find the item you want (or online as I did), you go to the cash register to pay. They issue you a number and you get in line while another employee (actually a few) go in the back to fetch the item. It was so easy. And a lot of their items are not too expensive. (They differ from Amazon which carries all sorts of brands.)
Then we headed back on the bus to Ham to the dry cleaners. I had to pick up Scott’s coat that he bought in Scotland. Over the summer, the dry cleaner owner and I gotten to know each other so we said our goodbyes. He is really nice, we had some really nice chats over the summer – he even gave me a break on the cost of the coat hem as a farewell present. Then we headed to the Sandy Lane playground for our last time. We stayed there for awhile. The girls started playing with 2 girls around their age who were visiting their grandparents. All of the girls had a good time. Figures Emily & Ainsley find playmates the week we are leaving.
Then we headed home for dinner and bed.
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