Back in the USSR

Just kidding. USA. Not USSR. Isn't that a song or something though? Hm. Anyway, I am back in California. Mountain View to be exact. The last few days have been fun but tiring. Tuesday, I had the conference from 7:30 am until 6 pm and after I was so tired, I just ordered some Thai food takeout and bought a movie from this pretend Virgin Records type of store (Rat Race, it was only $6 Canadian... nice). It was nice to just relax and fall asleep watching tv in my really nice hotel room.

Wednesday, I woke up a bit later (around 8:45 am), got ready, and had breakfast at Denny's. I was tempted to just order room service, but I just couldn't justify spending $25 on the same food I could get at Denny's. Of course, I really should've just ordered room service because Canadian Denny's is HELLA expensive. Grand Slam breakfast was like $10.50... WTF! So it all ended up being $15 after tax and tip anyway. And it wasn't too delicious. Dammit, Denny's... After breakfast, I walked up and down Robson St... again. Because I didn't know where else to explore. Also, I only had like an hour before I had to get ready for the conference at 1 pm. So up and down Robson I went! I tried on lots of things at FCUK and Zara... and amazingly, I was able to walk away. FCUK had a really cute billow-y type shirt but it was ripped in some parts. Boo. And Zara had a cute grey cardigan, but it was ripped in the sleeve. What the eff. So the conference went on from 12:30 pm until 9 pm. But we left around 8:30-ish since no one was really paying attention to us. After, just went back to the hotel room, took a loverly bubble bath, watched tv, and fell asleep around midnight.

Thursday, woke up and packed... checked out of the hotel and headed to the conference for the last day! It was a pretty quiet day because most of the people have already talked to us. Packed up around 11:30 am and shared a cab to the airport with another exhibitor. Got an earlier flight that left around 2:30 pm, sat next to this giant man that had a stomach cramp and started freaking out at the end of the flight (weird and scary), and then supershuttle'd it back to my apt. After I got back I dropped off my junk and drove down to Palo Alto to have dinner with Cheech and Brian at Cheesecake Factory. After dinner, we walked around Border's and I was able to get Season 1 of Robot Chicken for like $20. SWEET.

Today, I've just been working and doing my "thing." What that "thing" is, I'm not sure. I did manage to call Sooz and have her order a few pairs of shoes for me from Nordstrom.com! Woooo. I got a pair of cute Michael by Michael Kors wedge polka dot red sandals and a pair of Jeffrey Campbell flat thong sandals (as shown above)! So cute. Also, I went to Target with Emily and bought a plain black tank top and a cute blue stripey short sleeve button down shirt. Wearing it makes me feel kind of like a cowgirl or something. Hm.

And now I am just waiting for Ellen to get here so we can go the company picnic! Weeee!