This past weekend our car got broken into, and by broken into I mean Sean accidentally left the car unlocked and someone took it upon themselves to rifle through the entire vehicle. Some of the items that were in the car: GPS, money, CD's, tools, clothing, various paper work and a few other miscellaneous items. The perpetrator even had the time to pop the hood and have a look to see if there was anything interesting under there that he/she would like to help themselves to. Now, as aggravating as it is to know that someone had the audacity to go through our personal items, we definitely consider ourselves lucky. There was no damage to the vehicle and only one thing was taken. Not the GPS, not the money, not the expensive tools... just a jacket. Well, not just any jacket, a Tough Duck Jacket. We did a photoshoot for the 2011 Richlu catalogue a couple weeks ago and ended up just leaving the Tough Duck jacket and some Work King shirts in the trunk for the next photoshoot. I hope our friends over at Richlu will forgive us... maybe knowing that their Tough Duck Soft Shell jacket is such a hot commodity will help to smooth things over.

On my way back to the office this evening I caught this guy putting up one of our Garden City posters. In a way I was a bit disappointed. I felt like I killed "The Magic of Advertising". I liked the fact that I would go to sleep at night to find our ads magically appear in the morning on the way to work. It's kind of like believing in Santa Claus only to find your Mum and Dad stuffing your stocking on Christmas Eve. Thank God I've got a short memory. I'll forget all about this horrible turn of events within a week. On the bright side, however, the posters looked great and the dude installing them was doing a smashing job. Incidentally, I apologize to the traffic that got stuck behind me as I fumbled with my iphone.

So, the other day I'm at the Gap and I suddenly realized how it got its name. When you buy something, wait 5 minutes and the price will be reduced by at least 30%. I had purchased a few items a couple of days prior to my second visit and sure enough, the items I bought were on sale for almost 50% lower than what I paid (and I already bought it on sale). Maddening? Yes. Agitating? Yup. Confounding? Fo sho mo fo. However, if I was in Vancouver, I wouldn't care, thanks to Sprize, a service available only to select Vancouver Gap stores that automatically refunds you the difference if a recently purchased item goes on sale. In a city as thrifty as Winnipeg, you'd think someone here would have come up with this idea first. Damn you Vancouver, first you get the Olympics and now this.