Day Off (Kinda).

So Sunday has rolled around nice and quickly and we were both certainly ready for the day off today. We had a nice long lie in, I poured myself the biggest cup of Second Cup white hot chocolate (the best hot beverage ever invented) and we skyped our respective families. Sunday skype day. It was once again lovely to catch up, even more so as it is Mother's Day. Flowers and cards managed to reach both of our Mum's so job well done, not too shabby considering we are over 4000 miles away, but it was definitely strange to not be at home today with all of the family.

As days off seem to come around once in a blue moon we decided to make the most of it and head into town for a wander. We figured that now was a good a time as any to find myself my very own pair of snowboard boots. Up until now I've been borrowing Halie's, which was lovely of her to be so generous but if I am serious about learning to snowboard I need to be going up a lot more often and it makes sense to have my own gear - especially as all the stores are putting winter stock into sale. Bagged myself a right old bargain. Man are snowboard boots SO much more comfortable to wear than ski boots. Cannot wait to cosy my tootsies up in these every day. Fingers crossed they are some kind of magical boot and I will automatically be able to snowboard. A girl can wish hey!

After spending a third of my wages two days after getting them, we decided to head up to the Fairmont Banff Springs, may as well! The past couple of years I have gone out for afternoon tea with my Mum for Mother's Day or a birthday so Danny suggested we try the Fairmont's afternoon tea and send her a 'cheers' picture. Of course, as we went on the off chance, the afternoon tea was fully booked, but we managed to get a table in the lounge for a light lunch and it was so delicious. We shared rootbear glazed beef tenderloin bites which were absolutely incredible, sweet potato fries, and a sausage, bacon, caramelised onion, mushroom and gouda flatbread. I then washed mine down with white pear cosmo which is pear vodka, cointreau, pear and white cranberry juice and lime juice, and Danny had the cascade hot toddy.

Everything was so so good, so much so we want to try to recreate our own rootbeer glaze! Unfortunately it was snowing pretty heavily so the view wasn't as good as it normally would have been. I say unfortunately, it's actually bloody awesome that is finally snowing but in terms of the view from the lounge, it's definitely a hot spot for sunny days - the photographs would be insane!!! As we headed back to the car (yes I made Danny drive) we took a little wander through the woods and down to the Bow Valley Falls to have a little comparison to what it was like before all of the sun. The lake was completely frozen three months ago so it was cool to see it in a different way, though you can't really tell from the photos with all the snow. You get my drift.

I have to be at work in half an hour so I'm trying to type ridiculously quickly to get this all finished before I leave so I better not go on anymore and just upload a lot of beautiful pictures for you all to ooh and aah over. Enjoy.