8/1

So do u all get my date labels??? In America they reverse the day and month when writing the date so the 1st of August is written 1/8 in NZ and 8/1 in the US. Weird huh?

Anyway we go and attack the Topanga Mall again today and as usual we wake up late and end up getting there at 12.  The only thing different was Nate left us to ourselves and went to go play some basketball with Jo, Jared Josh and Miles. I dont know why they wanted to play in 38 degee weather! All we wanted to do was be inside in the A/C. Nate said afterwards that they had over a dozen bottles of water each - crazy balling nutters!

So Briar and I continued shopping together from where we left off but still didn't finish the top floor (let alone even start on the bottom floor) before the boys (Jo, Josh and Nate) came to meet us after showering after their game. It was getting on so we decided we would go check out Santa Monica Pier and 3rd St Promenade at night. We went home quickly to change (with a lot more purchases in hand, Briar!) then drove down to the pier.

When we arrived we walked down to the pier thru the promenade where there were several street performers. By this time it was about 9:30pm and we were hungry, having not had dinner yet so we checked in to Starbucks for a cup of tea and coffee. We then continued down to the Pier (which was a bit of a walk) only to find the rides had been closed for the night and we couldn't ride the ferris wheel :(

We walked along to the end of the pier which is actually the end of historic Route 66 and sat down to chat. Somehow we got on to the topic of dancing and we had a bit of a boogie right there on the pier randomly.

It turned midnight so we decided to get home as it was a week night and picked up some dinner from Jack in the Box on the way. We ate it in the car outside Josh's house and then went home to sleep.