Am i going mental?
Jan 8th 2013 | 12:55 pm
#31
Happy
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From: Nova Scotia
Re: Am i going mental?
That's the point of Primark though isn't it? i have never bought from them as they don't do fat sizes but you can see that it's cheap tat. Banana Republic is ridiculously expensive for what it is. Clothes used to be cheaper here but now it's definitely worth shopping in the UK.
Once you have to pay the exchange rate, doesnt even Next become more expensive?
I just dont miss it - halleluja!
Jan 8th 2013 | 1:29 pm
#32
limey party pooper
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Re: Am i going mental?
Cheap tat is great for the summer, winter clothes need to be better quality. Since we moved here and became cash poor I see the advantage of GiantTiger and the cheap stuff. I try to shop on trips home and in the sales. Fortunately smart clothes aren't needed round here.
Jan 8th 2013 | 6:48 pm
#33
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Re: Am i going mental?
ah the grey sky, hated that!
Jan 8th 2013 | 9:53 pm
#34
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From: Nova Scotia
Re: Am i going mental?
Oh heck I have never shopped in Next! I don't need officey clothes.
Cheap tat is great for the summer, winter clothes need to be better quality. Since we moved here and became cash poor I see the advantage of GiantTiger and the cheap stuff. I try to shop on trips home and in the sales. Fortunately smart clothes aren't needed round here.
Cheap tat is great for the summer, winter clothes need to be better quality. Since we moved here and became cash poor I see the advantage of GiantTiger and the cheap stuff. I try to shop on trips home and in the sales. Fortunately smart clothes aren't needed round here.
Jan 8th 2013 | 10:08 pm
#35
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Re: Am i going mental?
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Jan 9th 2013 | 7:03 am
#36
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Re: Am i going mental?
I have just come back from 2 weeks in England..and i found that i didn't really enjoy it and found myself sin above sin looking forward to coming back to Canada..i put it down to the weather and the constant rain and wind and i had forgotten how i hate getting soaked when you dont have a brolly!
Or maybe i am going mental and my brain is slowing getting used to all the wrongness of Canada that some how it has become right?..anyone else had a similar experience?
Or maybe i am going mental and my brain is slowing getting used to all the wrongness of Canada that some how it has become right?..anyone else had a similar experience?
Jan 9th 2013 | 7:06 am
#37
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From: SW Ontario
Re: Am i going mental?
Surely it rains in Canada, and snows and has blizzards and heatwaves? I have heard that in Toronto everything is underground and that in winter you only go outside to drive on the icey freeway . What is the reality? I have been to east and west and central Canada and found it soulless.
Jan 9th 2013 | 7:09 am
#38
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Re: Am i going mental?
Surely it rains in Canada, and snows and has blizzards and heatwaves? I have heard that in Toronto everything is underground and that in winter you only go outside to drive on the icey freeway . What is the reality? I have been to east and west and central Canada and found it soulless.
Jan 14th 2013 | 8:57 am
#39
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From: Calgary, Alberta
Re: Am i going mental?
Do you know you can order online from Topshop and have it delivered to Canada for £7.50 standard shipping? (Free if your order is over £100)
Just sayin'
Just sayin'
I think for now I ll just stick with an American Eagle
Jan 14th 2013 | 9:14 am
#40
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Re: Am i going mental?
Surely it rains in Canada, and snows and has blizzards and heatwaves? I have heard that in Toronto everything is underground and that in winter you only go outside to drive on the icey freeway . What is the reality? I have been to east and west and central Canada and found it soulless.
Jan 15th 2013 | 1:14 am
#41
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From: Was Calgary back in Edmonton again !!
Re: Am i going mental?
it doesn't really rain in Alberta like the rain you get in the UK...it very rarely if ever rains in winter as it is too cold..most of the rain in summer comes from thunderstorms..i have never seen it rain all day in Calgary and only once can i remember it raining all day in Edmonton..lets put it this way i saw more rain in the 2 weeks i was home over Xmas than i have seen in 4 years in Alberta.
Jan 15th 2013 | 5:56 am
#42
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From: Alberta
Re: Am i going mental?
it doesn't really rain in Alberta like the rain you get in the UK...it very rarely if ever rains in winter as it is too cold..most of the rain in summer comes from thunderstorms..i have never seen it rain all day in Calgary and only once can i remember it raining all day in Edmonton..lets put it this way i saw more rain in the 2 weeks i was home over Xmas than i have seen in 4 years in Alberta.
Jan 15th 2013 | 4:12 pm
#43
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From: Coquitlam, Vancouver
Re: Am i going mental?
If you think it doesnt rain much in Canada you obviously havent been to Coquitlam. It can rain so much I expect to see Noah floating by the window!
