Not me. I *am* grateful that I had a dentist appointment last Thursday in Dedham that required that I drive my car though- Otherwise I would not have noticed that it was filled with water for quite a few days ( although the icicles on the INSIDE of the windows would have tipped me off around Sat am I would guess.)
Anyway, I dropped the car off at the dealer for them to figure it all out and when the guy said " Well you are going to have to leave it here for at least a few days..." I easily said " No problem" and handed over the keys.
I like to shop local. I like to bike. However the connection of the two has never been more clear to me than today. Often even if I am in a car- I tend to stay near by. But today I had major errands to run and major shopping to take care of.
I am so thankful that I was able to go to my biweekly meeting, take a swing by the grocery store and then head over to the Learning Express toy store in Newton Center to check out the Star Wars LEGO selection. Ran into a friend and picked up a few good items for Tuber, Girlpie as well as two cousins and my goddaughter. Rawk. Then as I was loading up again I realized I needed two items for friends around the corner. So glad there is a Big Picture Frame store in Newton Center as well. I made my purchases, ran into another friend and caught up. I then called B asking if he could think of any local errand I should run while I was out and he asked me to place our Christmas rib roast order down at Dewars' Butcher. Walked over and now we are sure to have a stunning and yummy meal. Quickly had a slice of pizza at Sweet Tomatoes and then window shopped at Karma which sells Tibetan arts. I decided I was cold and tired and needed to get home to put toys in hiding spot and clean up before the rugrats come home.
I still need to pick up the rental ski packages for the kids which luckily is a mile away near Harris and buy a book for B at Newtonville Books as well as complete the camera shopping in Newtonville Camera. Last week I did some small toy shopping over at Green Planet Kids in Newton Highlands.
I will admit that I will have to do some online shopping to round out my purchases, but being able to 100% complete errands today without compromise while on bike was a big deal to me.
I'm glad Newton has such a varied business life in its many villages.
I actually have more of a problem if my bike is "in the shop" for a couple of days. I can take the T, but it's much less convenient.
ReplyDeleteha yes. B had a generator blocking my boxbike in the garage and I was very firm about him moving it ASAP so I could get access to the bike the next day. He did and I was very happy. All I needed was for him to be off at work for 36 hours and me with no ability to get the bike out- I would have been so upset.. The car- hell I haven't inquired about it and I figure it's fine there as long as they need it. I even farmed out my one Natick purchase to my dad this afternoon so I don't need to go to the American Girl Doll store at all. Oh yay.
ReplyDeleteMy bike's been in the shop for a week. I miss it. It reminds me that my wife's bike needs more work than I recall...
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