Mandragora????!!!!! Oh wow, it's been a while. I'm absolutely delighted you're still around on this platform. How have you been???? How's your health? How are your nephews? It was 2 nephews, right? I think when we last talked one of them was in uni and one was still in school. I became an aunt myself slightly less than 3 years ago and am about to become an aunt for the second time. I went through a phase of rather disliking my niece when she was doing the Terrible Twos with a vengeance, but these past few months she's been significantly less bratty.
I have a new job, as of November, and it has a much bigger finance component than my old job. My new boss and most of my new colleagues are lovely (i figure after 4 months the honeymoon period has worn off and I'm seeing their real personalities). But February and March have been NUTS at work, because fiscal year end is March 31. At my old job I worked across the hall from Accounting Services, and I never really understood why the folks across the hall always looked so hollow-eyed and pale-cheeked in February and March. Now I understand all too well. But by the second week of April the madness will be over.
I had intended to spend a week in London and a little bit more than a week in Scotland this September, but I've been having some physical health issues, and just saw my GP, who thinks 2 plane trips of 10 hours each plus travelling from London to Edinburgh and back would be a bit much under the circumstances. Fortunately I hadn't already booked my ticket, but I had made tentative plans, so I'm disappointed. There was this really cool looking 3-day coach tour of the Highlands and the Isle of Skye on a Wee Red Bus that I had my eye on. Hopefully by next spring, my health situation will be resolved and I can go. Perhaps we could get together for lunch or dinner when I'm over....
As for the chocolates business, I ended up going with Hotel Chocolat. I counted up the votes, and decided majority rules. Majority doesn't ALWAYS rule (it's my damn blog, not a democracy), but I placed the orders right before you posted. I have, however, bookmarked the Charbonnel & Walker website for future reference. One of my uncles has a birthday coming up in May, and he's the sort who's difficult to shop for, so I usually end up going with chocolate or booze. And there's always Christmas.
It seems, as well, that Holt Renfrew sells Charbonnel & Walker. Holt Renfrew is a very upscale Canadian department store with a branch in downtown Vancouver. Somehow they've survived and thrived, even though all the mid-market department stores are either in terminal decline or have already gone bust. Perhaps I will get myself a little box of Charbonnel & Walker truffles after fiscal year end, as a reward. Godiva is sold in Canada, in fact, but I've tried their chocolates before and they just don't do it for me.
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Date: 2017-03-11 06:17 pm (UTC)I have a new job, as of November, and it has a much bigger finance component than my old job. My new boss and most of my new colleagues are lovely (i figure after 4 months the honeymoon period has worn off and I'm seeing their real personalities). But February and March have been NUTS at work, because fiscal year end is March 31. At my old job I worked across the hall from Accounting Services, and I never really understood why the folks across the hall always looked so hollow-eyed and pale-cheeked in February and March. Now I understand all too well. But by the second week of April the madness will be over.
I had intended to spend a week in London and a little bit more than a week in Scotland this September, but I've been having some physical health issues, and just saw my GP, who thinks 2 plane trips of 10 hours each plus travelling from London to Edinburgh and back would be a bit much under the circumstances. Fortunately I hadn't already booked my ticket, but I had made tentative plans, so I'm disappointed. There was this really cool looking 3-day coach tour of the Highlands and the Isle of Skye on a Wee Red Bus that I had my eye on. Hopefully by next spring, my health situation will be resolved and I can go. Perhaps we could get together for lunch or dinner when I'm over....
As for the chocolates business, I ended up going with Hotel Chocolat. I counted up the votes, and decided majority rules. Majority doesn't ALWAYS rule (it's my damn blog, not a democracy), but I placed the orders right before you posted. I have, however, bookmarked the Charbonnel & Walker website for future reference. One of my uncles has a birthday coming up in May, and he's the sort who's difficult to shop for, so I usually end up going with chocolate or booze. And there's always Christmas.
It seems, as well, that Holt Renfrew sells Charbonnel & Walker. Holt Renfrew is a very upscale Canadian department store with a branch in downtown Vancouver. Somehow they've survived and thrived, even though all the mid-market department stores are either in terminal decline or have already gone bust. Perhaps I will get myself a little box of Charbonnel & Walker truffles after fiscal year end, as a reward. Godiva is sold in Canada, in fact, but I've tried their chocolates before and they just don't do it for me.