Insomnia randomness.

Man, that in-store performance by Ohbijou last night was great. Hearing a band with such an immense sound (sweet vocals, violin, upright electric bass, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums) play inside a little tiny indie record store was rather awesome. It felt like hearing a band inside of a house, and was a perfect way to start a long weekend.

I bought their new album "Metal Meets" a couple weeks ago, and have listened a few times, but I look forward to listening to it more while I'm on the train this morning. My favourite song is Niagara Falls. Check it out.

Post-show, we had a lovely dinner on the patio at Kalendar (remember our dinner there Alex and Claire?). We're having really warm weather this fall weekend, and I made the patio call since this probably is our last taste of patio weather. The food and wine were delicious, but our server disappeared, so we decided to go for a walk to a dessert place. It was a good decision, because I had this yummy key lime raspberry tart.


I bought a new orange bag today. I've never found a bag to truly go with my brown winter coat, and I'm pretty sure that this one will really add a splash of colour to my winter ensemble. It'll go well with my back fall coats (but not my red wool in between fall and winter coat). It's super light (made of nylon), and really roomy too. It's my treat to myself for keeping up with healthy eating/exercise goals for the past 1.5 months, and for running four 5K races in 2011 (as of next weekend).

On a related note, my weekend travel bag needs to seriously be replaced. My weekend bag is bubblegum pink with a silver dragonfly on it. When I was heading to Sturgeon Falls, I brought it to school with me since I was leaving from work, and my work spouse laughed at it. She said "It's cute, but it's totally the type of thing that someone would buy in their twenties." And it's true, it *is* the kind of thing that someone would buy in their twenties; I was indeed 25 when I bought it. I should probably invest in something new (it's also falling apart a little bit), but now I feel like I don't want to replace my twenties travel bag... It represents a younger more carefree me in a way.

However, I can't carry my new orange bag with the bubblegum pink travel bag, that's for sure. It'll be too hot this weekend for the orange bag; I must be wearing a coat to carry that sucker.

I will also have to take pictures of these bags some day. The bubblegum pink one is hilarious.

That's a lot of writing about bags just there, at 3:46 am on a Saturday. I do think really deep thoughts sometimes too, I swear. I just like stuff a lot, and often feel so shallow for it. Does anyone else ever feel guilt over their love of shopping and material goods? I often do, because I think "wow, you could be spending your time/energy/money on things much more significant and meaningful."

I challenge myself to a one-month shopping diet. Could I go one month without buying any material goods for myself? It would be worth a try. I should do it. It would be good blog material. I would only be allowed to buy food, necessities, and music, because music is a necessity to me. Although I don't know if there's any albums I'll buy until the new Los Campesinos! on November 15th so it's almost a non-issue.

I think I'll do it. Guess old bubblegum pink won't be replaced soon. :)