USA

So on Tuesday we decided to go to USA for more shopping as its even cheaper there than in Canada! We all piled into the van and Uncle Pat drove us to the border. None of us had Visa's yet to get over to the States, even Uncle Pats had ran out (He is a landed immigrant, has lived in Canada for 35 years)

We had to fill out some forms and give up a couple of fingerprints and a mugshot, then we were free to go over the line with fresh Visa's stapled in our passports. I'm not totally sure how long it took us to get to the outlet stores as i fell asleep! I think it was about 1 hour and a half.

The outlet stores looked huge, and there was a pretty impressive Casino there too. We headed straight for the food court and grabbed a Subway, yummy. Did lots of shopping, Jas and I had $200 US.

I bought some DC's which cost me $43 which equates to about 21 Pounds Sterling. I paid 65 Pounds Sterling for a pair of DC's in the UK ($130) which just shows how much cheaper it really is here. I also bought a ring for $20 and a hoodie for $46. Jas got a wallet for $30 and a cap for $16. He also got some DC's for $65.

Once we had all finished our shopping we headed back towards Canada. We saw loads of police cars speeding down the highway with their lights flashing. (We later found out that this was due to 6 people being fatally shot, and the shooter was being chased down the highway, still shooting off everywhere, then handing themselves in. Story here)

Got to the border and didn't have to declare anything we had bought. I think the customs guy was kind to us as he knew about Sussex and Surrey in the UK. We drove through the border after a few minutes of chatting to him, and heard sirens and whistles go! We kept on driving for a few hundred yards then realized it was because we had left Uncle Pats passport behind so we had to back up.

In the evening Jas, Stef, Stephen and I went 10 pin bowling in White Rock. I lost the first game with 74, but won the second game with 121. The third game i came third. It cos $8 Canadian each, which covered us for our shoes and 3 games. Thats about 4 quid!! Was a good day overall :)

Sally