I wait in 4/4 time, count yellow highway lines...

I had a pretty good Wednesday. A lot of the kids in my period 1 class were away for a field trip, so they just studied for tomorrow's test while I got some marking done. My period 3 class was pretty well behaved. I laughed at one kid who remarked "I wish I was a teacher, then I wouldn't have any homework." I didn't see him staying 2 hours after school marking projects. I also sincerely doubt that he stayed up until midnight last night doing homework either. I stayed up late watching some rather old science videos about ecosystems, hoping that they'd be suitable for my crazy period 4 class. They actually were and even after they complained that the videos were too old, they seemed to enjoy them. They were about the food chain and endangered species, so there were lots of fun shots of animals. It was funny watching their reactions.

Anyhow, even though I did have a good day, I decided to do some shopping. My first stop was the dollar store, where I only really needed to buy scotch tape but I ended up getting some fun retro 70s stickers and insect stickers for work purposes. I always say I got into teaching because it's one of the few jobs where you can use stickers. My supply of cool science stickers is running low, so I figured these dollar store ones would tide me over until I can get my friend to take me to the Sandylion sticker warehouse in Markham where I will stock up. Even though my students think they're cool, I know they appreciate a nice sticker. Once I didn't put stickers on a quiz and one 17 year old boy in my period 4 class was like "Miss, where are the stickers?" It made me laugh.

Anyway, I also got a light up Snow White pen and a Finding Nemo notebook. They were oh so necessary for my quality of life.

Then I wandered over to Payless Shoes. I scored these cute shoes for $21 and the purse for $11.

Okay, since I'm posting pictures of things, here's a picture of a pin-on flower that I found on the ground in February. I was in Yorkville, the neighbourhood in Toronto with the most expensive stores, so I figure it's probably worth far more than I'd ever spend on an accessory. I get a lot of compliments on it. I wore it today.



Finally, here are a picture of some flowers that are in our dining room. On Monday night, I commented to my roommate "Wow! Such pretty flowers! Did you get them today?" and she replied, "No, I got them on Friday." How I went 4 days without noticing them, I don't understand!



On deck for this evening: some homework, some reading and some Martha Stewart: The Apprentice.

p.s. Stupid blogger. It took me for-freaking-ever to post my pictures because blogger was being uncooperative. Grrrrrrrrr...