T'was the third day of the Olympics and Alexandre Bilodeau won Canada's first gold medal on home soil!!!!! I'm so happy for him and Canada, even more so because he won it in VANCOUVER, which is where I'm from!!! (Well, technically, he won it in Cypress, but it is called the Vancouver 2010 games...).
So of course Olympics means Olympic gear! And because this year's Olympics are being held in Vancouver, I had to get some stuff to support the athletes (buying Olympic gear helps support athletes through the Own the Podium Program). Besides, the designs this year were actually quite nice and patriotic :) I initially had some reservations when I found out that they The Bay rather than Roots was awarded the rights to design the gear, and it makes me sad that the oldest and most historically significant Canadian company is now owned by Americans :( . So on with my patriotic Olympic gear!
checkered beanie with olympic symbol in the front and the bay symbol in the back
i am a canuck! canadian and for the vancouver canucks hockey team :)
incredibly soft
So the above zip-up deserves its own little explanation of how I managed to get my grubby hands on it. Lets start with one Saturday afternoon I was in downtown Vancouver after a free swordfighting lesson with a few of my friends. P wanted to look at The Bay to see if they have the grey Canada zip-up, so off we went, and she found one and tries it on, and I'm like "wow, that looks cute I wanna try one too now, but I like the white one better" so off I pitter pattered around looking for a small or extra-small in the white, but they only had large or extra-large! So I tried a green one on for fit and it was soooo soft that right then and there I decided I needed the white one. I found a SA and asked, he told me that they might get a new shipment the following week. So on Monday after work, I decided to try The Bay at Metrotown instead because I'm thinking, less tourists in Burnaby so I may have more luck. SkyTrain to Metro, looked at The Bay and Zellers and NOTHING! I was so heartbroken. Called my boyfriend to see what time Pacific Centre closes (because that is where the downtown Bay is located) and he tells me 7:00 pm. I check my phone and its 6:00 pm, so I powerwalk to the Metro station, get to downtown in 20 mins, and make a beeline to the Bay and there it was. NEW STOCK. I grabbed an extra-small and paid and went home. I also did a happy dance in my head and promptly texted my boyfriend. To put things into perspective, I work adjacent to downtown, so getting to The Bay in downtown from my work takes only around 10 mins by transit, but instead I go to the suburbs first.
And of course, I got the mittens!
It's so cute when someone is wearing them and waving at you because the maple leaf is so eye-catching!
Probably another Olympic post soon, because I'm having Olympic fever! (So cheesy)
yay go canada<3 im so sad i missed on watching all of it so far :(
ReplyDeletei heart olympic mittens !so cute
-elle♡ : i've only been able to catch figure skating and hockey, but i go online to watch the highlights.
ReplyDeleteI heart the olympic mittens too, too bad that they keep on getting stuck onto the velcro of one of my jackets, now its starting to fuzz up :(
what on earth... you've been reading my blog and never said anything?? HOW COULD YOU!!! fellow asian canadian, how can i speak to you if I don't know who you are T_T
ReplyDeleteI feel like I know you well. Your posts and its content are thoughts that run through my head often. I always remember that The Bay, canada's oldest company going back to freaking fur trade is now owned by Americans. I'm really happy we won gold, even though I was going through a tough time with a lady while watching it by myself lol. I'll certainly remember this olympics for my life.
I can't wear mittens because I'm a guy. People ask me why I don't want the mittens and I tell them I can't wear them :P And your posts are full of food pics, which is what I do!! And you went to korea and taiwan? Lucky duck. I hate you for one second. Okay done. Who calls it formosa, your friend is a lunatic hahaha formosa is the japanese occupied name of taiwan. That's crazy!! But no problems, everybody is entitled to their own opinion~
I like the chinese takeout box picture you posted last year, but I'm more interested in what car "B" drove. Is that a bmw -_- Can I be friends with B too...
and I have gone through your blog :) Please drop by often, let me show you around Toronto through pictures! It's very nice to meet you. Go leafs go ^____________^