I'm almost 24 and got ID'd....

Ok - so due to the possibility of going into labour early - I've decided to carry my passport and ID# with me everywhere I go...just in case.
Thankfully I had it with me today. No I didn't go into labour or have contractions...but at the grocery store (went to a huge one called Prisma with Jessica) - I spent over 50 Euros - and they asked for ID. I had no idea this was a regular process. I thought they only asked when I was using a credit card (which has happened to us before) - but even when using the Visa Electron card ("Debit") - if you spend more than 50 Euros in one load - then you have to supply ID which I think is pretty neat (this is the banker in me).

I looked in a baby store called OZ...it's a more expensive store Jessica told me - but even still - there were some great deals. There was a crib for 99 Euros (but I think we'll be borrowing one instead) and some bouncy chairs for under 40 and one of those bouncy sling chairs that hangs from a door way or a ceiling....for about 30 Euros!
There's an online market on the University website - so I've been checking that out (thank goodness for Google translate) and there's a lot of good stuff online.

At the grocery store - I picked up reindeer meat. "Poro" in Finnish. Tim's birthday is this Thursday and he really wanted to try reindeer meat (Supposedly it tastes like beef?) - so I wasn't sure what kind of package it came in...or if I was to go to the butcher in the back to order some. But they sell it in bags in the frozen section and it's in strips like stirfry meats. Apparently it's traditionally cooked here like a stew and then it's served on mashed potatos with ling-den (sp?) berries. Ling-den berries are sort of like cranberries. I've had them in a desert and it was very good. A little tart like cranberries - but not quite.

Got a mop (forgot to pick up a bucket - duh), 2 metal bowls for the dogs' food (my poor mixing bowls are now cracked and beyond repair) a massive package of chicken pieces (already marinated and I'll probably just freeze the rest in even portions) along with other things that we needed for the home.
I finally caved and picked up a tin of vaseline (it's in a big flat disc like lip balm)...I couldn't justify spending almost 3 Euros for a tiny tin of vaseline but at Prisma - it was much cheaper.
It was nice to just get up and away from what I knew - and to walk around such a huge store. I definitely got my exercise for the day in!

Well it's 7:05pm - I think I'm going to layer up and take the dogs out for a walk - in hopes for some peace and quiet with Loki tonight.