Massi is currently on a business trip on the other side of the pond, in Canada and the USA. He will even get the chance to visit my family back in Edmonton for the second time since I’ve been gone. Lately he’s been having more dim sum with my grandparents than me. Grrrr. The silver lining in all this is that I get to make my obligatory self-indulgent list of items that must make the trip back. Who cares about Massi’s business suits, maple syrup stashes are priority. So here’s what I’m currently waiting for:
· 2 pairs of Stuart Weitzman shoes: ok, so Stuart Weitzman, despite being expensive already, are even more so in Europe because the prices are the same…in Euros. Madness, I know. And to really make matters worse, they never go on sale. There is literally no sale section, ever, on the Italian site. I ordered two pairs that were something like 50-70% off from the Canadian website last season. #firstworldproblems right. Sometimes I loathe myself.
· Maple syrup: it’s so weird, but don’t you ever get the urge to just have a few spoonfuls of this stuff? No? Just Canadians? Or just this particular Canadian? Please tell me I'm not alone in this.
· Lemon meringue pie filling: gnam gnam, can’t get it here.
· Random Sephora stuff: same reason as the Stuart Weitzman, as well, I might start crying as I type this…I used to be a VIB Rouge member back in Canada and alas, it doesn’t transfer to Europe so here in Italy I’m starting from the very bottom again with a lowly White Sephora card.
· Dino Sours: I haven’t really put in an effort, perhaps these are somewhere in Italy but so much easier to make my mom buy them and have them appear magically along with a cute Italian named Massi.
· A “to-go” coffee cup: I suddenly find myself wanting to make a latte in the mornings to take to work and I’ve been hard-pressed to find one in a country that doesn’t believe in taking coffee beyond the bar.
· Chinese herbal medicine: again, also probably available somewhere in Chinatown in Milan, or even in a Chinese market here in Bergamo. Unfortunately a lot of these places have made headlines and not in a good way so I’m finding myself more wary and worried than I should be.
· BACON: no explanation needed guys.
· 2 pairs of Stuart Weitzman shoes: ok, so Stuart Weitzman, despite being expensive already, are even more so in Europe because the prices are the same…in Euros. Madness, I know. And to really make matters worse, they never go on sale. There is literally no sale section, ever, on the Italian site. I ordered two pairs that were something like 50-70% off from the Canadian website last season. #firstworldproblems right. Sometimes I loathe myself.
· Maple syrup: it’s so weird, but don’t you ever get the urge to just have a few spoonfuls of this stuff? No? Just Canadians? Or just this particular Canadian? Please tell me I'm not alone in this.
· Lemon meringue pie filling: gnam gnam, can’t get it here.
· Random Sephora stuff: same reason as the Stuart Weitzman, as well, I might start crying as I type this…I used to be a VIB Rouge member back in Canada and alas, it doesn’t transfer to Europe so here in Italy I’m starting from the very bottom again with a lowly White Sephora card.
· Dino Sours: I haven’t really put in an effort, perhaps these are somewhere in Italy but so much easier to make my mom buy them and have them appear magically along with a cute Italian named Massi.
· A “to-go” coffee cup: I suddenly find myself wanting to make a latte in the mornings to take to work and I’ve been hard-pressed to find one in a country that doesn’t believe in taking coffee beyond the bar.
· Chinese herbal medicine: again, also probably available somewhere in Chinatown in Milan, or even in a Chinese market here in Bergamo. Unfortunately a lot of these places have made headlines and not in a good way so I’m finding myself more wary and worried than I should be.
· BACON: no explanation needed guys.
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