Here are the top eight things we learned north of the border.
8. If you live anywhere south of Edmonton, the weather will seem fabulous when you get home! It won't matter if it's cold. It won't matter if it's overcast. It will seem like paradise! Now, if you live north, well then I am truly sore-y (that's the Canadian version of sorry).
7. We met some people from Cold Lake. Cold Lake is North from Edmonton and so we are pretty certain that these new friends are insane which is good because by comparison, we seemed normal. But, if you love to skiddo, apparently Cold Lake is thee place!
6. If you pretend you are from the location of every Canadian you meet, you will eventually learn the geography. Prince Albert is 3.5 hours north of Edmonton in Saskatchewan, and I had a fairly convincing story about my life there by the end of our trip! If only I had known about their local high schools..... that's what blew my cover.
5. Canadians are too smart to believe that you come from a long line of Gretsky's and that your parents named you Wayne. Just ask Lindsay!
4. Apparently there is more than one use for the elastics that hold your broccoli together. I don't know what they are, but Lindsay seemed very interested in discussing them.
3. If you run out of fabric strips for your make and take, just tear off the edge of your tablecloth. It works really great, but you may get labeled as a trouble maker...... me really? I love my new mischevious reputation!!! (The above photo of the tag features our tablecloth.)
2. Only in Edmonton have we ever found the perfect breakfast for Lindsay. It was the Fun Guy Benny!
1. As famous as you think you are in the industry, you can never let it go to your head. One store owner commented about how she liked that Lindsay and I hadn't ever changed to a different company. She thought we were very loyal. Maybe it was because earlier in our conversation we had tried to convince her that we were from Saskatoon, but she didn't believe us when we told her that we couldn't leave Cosmo Cricket for another company because we were two of the owners.
