Early Light Drizzle, Mostly Overcast But Some Blue Sky

7:45

8:30

 Up at 7:00, went outside, and no snow, despite a 100% chance according to the weather forecast. Amazing, they were wrong.  And despite the 34º outside, it felt pleasant when I got the paper, not cold like the day before.  Perhaps the lack of a wind, or it's not as damp as yesterday.

We had an unusual day for us yesterday, a day trip to the Galleria Mall, in Buffalo.   We dislike going to malls generally but actually enjoyed the change of pace, the different scenery and, of course, we spent about 45 minutes at the Apple Store, our destination point.  I wanted my MacAir checked out, making sure it was firing on all cylinders since my Apple Care ends in three days.  All's well and I was able to clear lots of space on my hard drive so my computer is faster.  Evie spoke at length with a specialist about the new Ipad Mini, which comes out in late November and it seems to be changed enough to make it worth buying.  She is excited, no doubt, about the Mini, and we will probably not be able to buy it until Thanksgiving, when we are in Kansas City with our son Tom and his family.  Evie has a birthday gift certificate from him for an Apple product so it will work out well.

Other than the Apple store, the other highlight would have to be the fries and burgers at Five Guys, tucked in a corner of the Mall, hard to find but worth it.  Their fries are great as the burgers, well worth the hour and a half drive from the lake.  We also did some shopping at Urban Outfitters, a hip store for the high school, college, and twenty somethings, but we also like some of their clothes, especially their quirky, off beat  gift items, which make good Xmas or birthday presents.  We did pick up a couple of things for the girls, but all must wait till Xmas to find out what we bought.  We walked some, browsed a little after Five Guys, did a quick look through at Dick's, stopped at Pier One on the way home, picked out a couple of pillows for our TV room that ended up being too big (we have to return them),  and headed home, returning about 4:30.  We were both  super glad to be back in our cozy, warm, house, overcast and cold outside, but welcoming inside.

We relaxed with a glass of wine,  enjoying the end of day, and Evie made a salad, a soup out of the leftover pot roast, and we had a filling dinner though we were not that hungry after the burgers and fries at Five Guys.  We watched S & C, channel surfed, then went to bed to read.  I am immersed in Nazi Germany in my book, Zoo Station, a terrible time for humanity, especially the Jews but also for anyone who disagreed with the politics of that time.