Do as the Romans do.

So that was my thought this weekend, when I went to go buy a backpack for my adventures in the upcoming months. I didn’t cheap out on the backpack either. I went to the norm for all Canadian Travelers. Mountain Equipment Co-op. I only spend $45 (instead of the normal $9.87 at Walmart), but could of easily spent a lot more. Is $100 a little too much for just a normal sized backpack?

As you can see to the right, I did as many Canadian travelers do and sewed a Canadian Flag on their backpack (an extra 45 cents I might add).

Yes that is my sewing job, shut up.

If anybody has never been to MEC (especially on a weekend), it’s ridiculous. First of all the store is downtown on 11th Ave. which means parking is stupid. Oh sure, they have a parking lot for the store, but you have to pay $1 to park for 2 hours. Secondly, you have to pay $5 for a membership if you want to buy something there. Nickel and diming you to death. Granted they have very high quality merchandise, but in all honesty don’t make me buy a membership. Actually I didn’t have to buy a membership as I borrowed a membership card from a guy at work - thus saving me $5!

I also purchased a new mp3 player this weekend. It’s the new iPod shuffle. As you can see to the right, it’s ridiculously small. I put the quarter there so you could get a perspective of how small it actually is. I needed a new one as my old said hello to a little pavement a couple of months ago. Plus I have some long plane rides coming up. Dallas is a good 4 hours. Taiwan, well, lets just say the battery will probably run out on the player before I get to my destination on that trip, so I’ll have to entertain myself in other ways.

And here’s an extended outlook to the weather in Calgary while I’ll be in sunny and warm Texas.

Should be craptastic to come back to on Thursday night!