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As if we hadn't eaten out enough already, we went out for lunch and dinner again on the 31st. First stop was Cactus Club Cafe in downtown Vancouver, right next to the Olympic Cauldron. In the morning, we stopped by Cobs Bread and picked up some seriously amazing scones. No really. They were seriously amazing. Like, I tried a bit of the gingerbread scone samples they had sitting atop the glass display case and was instantly sold. 
Shown L to R above: Gingerbread Scone (SO amazing), Berry White Chocolate Scone (which wasn't as sweet as I expected it to be, so that's even better), and Fruit Scone (THE BEST original flavour!).
In addition to these scones, they also had a savoury spinach and feta one, though we didn't get a chance to try that. Besides baked goods such as scones, muffins, danishes, and cinnamon rolls, Cobs Bread has an even larger selection of breads, including a high fibre loaf. Though we were kind of short on time when making our purchase, we'll definitely go back to try more of their products in the future ^ ^ Back in August, my uncle and aunt brought me and my grandparents to Kamei Royale for some a crazy sushi dinner. This time around, it was a huge family dinner with a lot more food.
As mentioned previously, I spent Christmas Day helping my grandparents pack, and thus, took no pictures. This was pretty much the case on the 28th as well, so there won't be a post for Day 6 either =P
And since I'm writing this post on the 28th (aka Day 7), I should also mention that since today happened to be my only "chill" day - ie. a day where I'm NOT running around and can stay at home, stuff my face with cookies, and edit photos - I haven't taken any photos either. Now let's move on to Boxing Day! =) To be honest, I already spent quite a bit more than the amount I had originally planned to prior to Boxing Day. So my only goal for Boxing Day was to (hopefully) pick up a fragrance in order to replace my Etude House MiniME fragrance. We arrived at the Richmond Centre location a little after 11 AM; while my mom browsed the Coach store, I headed into L'Occitane en Provence to see what I could find. Continuing from Part I...   While Metrotown is amazing for high-fashion finds and indulgent skincare products, Crystal Mall is the place to hunt down a Korean pop culture-related product while slurping a good cup of bubble tea.
I woke up feeling rather refreshed today. And although this is completely unrelated, I ingested a glorious breakfast of cornflakes topped with two heaving tablespoons of reduced fat Cool Whip. And why Cool Whip? Breakfast just isn't breakfast without milk, but since there was no milk in the fridge, Cool Whip was the next closest thing =P ...besides coffee creamer, that is. (Oh god, how DISGUSTING would that taste though?! *shudders*) So today we went to Metrotown and Crystal Mall in Burnaby. I had a long list of things I wanted to check out and though they weren't quite attended to at the Metrotown stop (blame the mass amount of distractions and pretty Christmas decor), the Crystal Mall trip was decidedly satisfactory. Following the purchase of a camouflage jacket with furry lapels (which has the potential to be featured in a later haul ;)), we had lunch at Sui Sha Ya.
Continuing from Part I... Shortly after landing, we went to Cactus Club Cafe for lunch with relatives. They had amazing lighting for food photography, which saddened me quite a bit as I hadn't brought my DSLR to the restaurant. For the first time in a long time, I slept really well. I didn't toss and turn before finally being able to relax my mind. Nor did I wake up during the middle of the night. Nor was I tossed into a world of nightmares and plushie-stealing friends. Maybe it's since I was extremely exhausted from sleeping less than 3 hours though. And why did I only sleep such a small amount? Well, that story is what I'm about to tell you. As we were told that Southern Ontario would be hit by a mega snowstorm this (past) weekend - which it was, as many of my friends are still suffering from power outages, my parents thought it'd be a good idea to spend the night prior to our flight at a hotel close to the airport to avoid completely missing our flight due to being unable to get to the airport on time on the morning of. So after finishing my exams on Friday and speed-packing everything I could possibly need for a period of 10 days (and inevitably forgetting some things while doing so), we checked into the hotel late Saturday afternoon. Basically spending most of Day 14, my last "full" day in Vancouver, at home while wishing I could try cheesecake-flavoured egg waffles probably wasn't the most productive thing to do. But hey, my second uncle and aunt were taking all of us (including my grandparents) to a huge sushi dinner that night so I didn't really mind it all that much. The sushi place was in downtown Vancouver. Now I personally thought that this was just going to be some casual farewell dinner (for me), but my aunt turned up in a new shift dress just as I was walking through the door. My grandmother also appeared in a nice top that my mom had bought her recently. Coming from work, my uncle was also in proper business attire. Boy did I feel out of place in a standard long-sleeve and jeans. Then again, my grandfather wasn't dressed any fancier than he would have dressed normally, so I felt a bit better seeing that. Clothing choices aside, we arrived at Kamei Royale around 5:45 PM. (Side note: I don't usually eat dinner until 7 or 8 PM but I wanted to sleep early that night. Going over the menu though, we didn't even end up eating until 7 anyway.) I knew that it'd be a pretty class place, but I was immediately amazed to discover that the plastic food samples in the display window also happened to look rather classy. After spending the morning stuffing the results of my 2-week vacation/shopping trip into a luggage borrowed from my grandmother, we went out for green tea-flavoured egg waffles and sticker photos at Aberdeen. After a satisfying combo of crispiness and egginess, I wanted to try a Japanese-style pasta. So I did; I ordered a Chicken Carbonara Pasta at Strawberry Cones.
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