To get myself out of the house today I set myself a modest goal: buy a lamp. We have a few rooms in the house that could use a bit more light and I thought I knew where to go to get a funky lamp at a decent price. Alas, this task proved a bit more challenging than I thought. In chronological order, here are the stores I visited today:
1. The Urban Barn
2. Zone
3. Phillip Van Leeuwen
4. EQ3
5. Blueprint
6. Living Lighting
7. Multiluminaire
8. Mobilia
9. Rona
Each store proved a bigger disappointment than the last. “Home! Home!” Margot’s eyes implored. Shoulders slumped, and feeling mildly irritated as to having spent a lot of time achieving exactly nothing (a feeling similar to standing beside a bus stop for 45 minutes only to realize that the buses aren’t running that day), I slowly turned my car around and headed for my house in Gatineau.
Then – a glimmer of hope. In my peripheral vision I caught sight of a shop I had previously missed: Structube, a Canadian company known for modern yet affordable furniture. However, damn the stars, I was in the wrong lane! I looked over at Margot for advice. This time her eyes said, “Go for it you crazy dada”.
With a silent prayer, I made a hard illegal left turn and cut across two lanes in order to get into the parking lot and potential redemption.
As I let the car stutter and spurt to a stop, I bundled up my ward and pushed open the doors of the store. A gust of heated air hit me in the face and my vision temporarily blurred. As my eyesight returned I looked around and saw…
We’ll you’ll see. It’s supposed to arrive next Friday from Montreal.
The morale of the story: even the dullest days can make for a great adventure when you have an excitable author and a cute sidekick.
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