Ok, I went to the mall for the first time here! HOLY COW! HUGE HUGE HUGE and I did not got to the “big” one. It is SO odd to see so many stores that I do not recognize! The prices here are simply INSANE! Generally speaking, they are 20% more. The prices are one thing, but the lack of sales is another. Things just are NOT on sale here like they are in the US. There are 1 million people in Calgary and not many store. Therefore, demand is higher and there is no NEED for things to be on sale!

I went to the Gap to try and find jeans for Andrew for school. The salesperson SWEARS that the sizing is the SAME as the US, but I just can NOT believe it! The regular price for Original Dark Jeans at Baby Gap are $29.50, they are $24.50 in the us and even online. I can HONESTLY say that I have NEVER bought gap jeans at full price…NEVER. So, I asked if they were going to go on sale soon. The lady LAUGHED at me! She said that they can barely keep them in stock and that I should buy them now if they had his size. There were only 3 pairs of size 5, so I got them. ….She said that those came in on Tuesday! This is NUTS! I am trying to deal with it, but a lack of sales is sort of nutty. I never ever buy things at FULL PRICE! I am not upset, just trying to figure this ALL OUT!

We are figuring out somewhere to go this weekend. We are either going to Banff or Drumheller. Drumheller has a dinosaur excavating site. Banff has pretty mountains and Lake Louise. It will depend on the hotel I can get today. But, either way, we are out of Calgary for the first time this weekend. I am a bit excited about it. I have to get my camera all charged up and clothes figured out for everyone. Surprisingly, there are a bunch of hotels with massive water parks/water slides attached to them. So, I want to try to get into one of those…but, there are so MANY people here…..I assume most of them try to leave on the weekends.

The boys are loving their little knights that I got on craigslist. They LOVE castles and knights and swords….oh my…..

I am off to do my stuff.

Anne

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