i just cleaned out my desk drawers for the 5th time this spring. man do i hoard alot of crap. but that's beside the point. i left for home really early on saturday morning and got there in plenty of time for the family picture my sister planned as a surprise for mom. they actually came out rather well, despite reid's constant refusal to be photographed*. christine and i did a bit of shopping, her more than me praise god. she must have bought 20 pairs of shoes, mostly bandolino's at marshalls.** i only bought a few pairs of shoes*** and probably i'll return them. so it's really like i bought nothing at all.
we also bought my sister a computer**** and stocked up on american candy and cereal for her friends back home. apparently the canadians are the worst with their stateside requests. it seems in canada you can see all the comercials for american products, but you can't always buy them. we bought almost an entire cart of candy. it looked like we were having the sleepover party from hell.


* reid "i don't want to have my picture taken"
christine "who are you, naomi campbell? get over here."
**nashua marshalls sells banodlino and cole haan. but not in maine, no.
***to which mattsays innocently "how many pairs of shoes do you need" and i say "not the point my friend" and he says "uhh, ok". that takes care of that.
****a brand new shiny iBook. so tiny and cute. and i'm so jealous. because $1500.00 computer i have doesn't collect enough dust or hold down enough paper, i need to add a mac to my collection. if i won't spring for internet, i don't need a new machine. but damn, they're hot!