hats, artists, and grilled cheese sandwiches

{photos by jen}

 
dress from barefoot contessa // nine west flats // urban outfitters hat // various gifted necklaces // social expierment ring c/o // brown ring from plum

my morning started off early with lots of work to complete and a dress fitting in the early afternoon (yes, i made my big tv debut on breakfast television last week for two birds bridesmaids).  then jen and i were going to meet up for some outfit photos.  her meeting ran long though, so i was stuck downtown trying to waste time.  to refrain from shopping, i thought i’d just get comfy in a coffee shop and play around on the internet.  i walked into thierry’s but it was so busy that i walked right out (jen’s meeting happened to be in thierry’s too and she totally saw me walk in and leave lol).  i then headed for good ol’ starbucks on robson, but again was only faced with no available seats.  i was also having one of those days where everyone seemed to be staring, and i feared that i had something weird on my face or was totally flashing everyone.  for the sake of this story, let’s just pretend i looked really good 😛

anyway, i decided the only place i would go to shop was h+m but it was rather far and my nine west shoes aren’t in the best shape.  they’re down to the nail, which makes for quite the balancing act.  on the way to pacific centre, i passed mom’s grilled cheese food truck and decided that since adam wasn’t going to be home for dinner, i’d partake in a delicious sammich.  so the food cart peoples are all commenting on my hat and we’re having a pleasant little convo.  then the one lady shouts out “so alicia, you going to order something or what?” and i looked at her in complete disbelief, while she confesses that my name on my starbucks cup.  they tell me they’re closing in 5 mins and that i need to order right away, but i’m scraping the bottom of my bag for $6.50 (ugh, why did i use my ten dollar bill at starbucks?).  they’re yelling “is bowler hat short?” and i’m frantically emptying my bag for change.  finally found enough money and waited while they closed down the truck for the day.  they hand me my order, which looked amazing but comes in an oversize cone with chips on the bottom.  which normally would be find i guess, if i had somewhere to go, but instead this truck drives away and i’m in the middle of downtown vancouver holding a huge freaking cheese sandwich.  so i awkwardly make my way over to a spot where i can get my ipad out and instagram my meal (like, why do i find this shit necessary?).  i start on my food and i hear two guys sitting on the fountain talking.  one says “just go talk to her man, you’ll never see her again” and i’m like ugh, i so don’t need this right now and relocate.  walk over and sit on the vancouver art gallery steps to continue my lunch, where a small brown bird takes several flying dives at me for my sandwich.  birds can be so terrifying.  i eat my food as fast as possible because this bird is bullying me and i’m so over this embarrassment.  some guy on a bicycle who may or may not be someone i know (wasn’t wearing my glasses) cycles by and yells hello and waves.  i’m sitting with other ppl on the steps though, maybe he was waving at someone behind me?  and after all of it, i remembered that i did in fact have dinner plans that i’d even already paid for.  so classic.