Everybody! Everybody!

I worked from 7:30am to 12:30pm on Saturday.  One of my coworkers pissed me off so much that I refused to speak to *her* for a few hours.  There was something I was upset about that another coworker had done and I made the mistake of discussing the situation with *her* and she responded with "is it really that big of a deal?".  And obviously it was to me.  So how dare she respond that way.  I left work at 12:30pm because I had made plans the day before to meet my friend A**** for lunch.  So I get off work and check my messages and she has called to say that she will be catching a later ferry (she lives on the island) and can't meet me till 1:30pm.  I was of course annoyed because I could have worked an hour longer but left work at 12:30pm to accommodate HER schedule.  So then we meet for lunch in Fairhaven and decide to go to Mannino's (an Italian restaurant).  She just had a Birthday a few days before so I gave her a present and we spent some time catching up.  We haven't really hung out in a while.  The highlights of the meal was the Mint Julep and the calamari with aioli.  So then we finally discussed our Europe trip which we have been planning to take for about a year now.  We were going to take the trip last September.  Then pushed it to the spring.  Then changed the date again and had finally decided that we would go this September.  The plan was that her family would be spending a month in Poland visiting their family and then we would meet and spend a few weeks in England and France.  But her family ended up canceling their trip because their grandmother is really sick.  Now due to the fact that her family wont be paying for her plane ticket to Europe she has decided that she doesn't want to go to Europe at all.  Instead she's decided to go to South America for SIX months!  Now I knew that she was planning a trip to South America but she had decided on that trip way after we had planned our trip to Europe.  So now she bails on me a few months before we're set to go.  More than anything I think I was annoyed that she didn't even seem apologetic about canceling.  She is a notoriously flaky person so it really shouldn't have been any big surprise that she'd end up canceling.  So after I expressed my annoyance with her we managed to carry on with our lunch and move on from the subject.  But I just can't deal with people not following through with their commitments.  It's so exasperating.  So now I'm either going to find someone else to go with (Kasia are you up for it?) or else just postpone the trip for a year and go for a month with my Mom.  After lunch we walked over to Village Books and they were having this little outdoor antique sale in the courtyard out behind the book store.  A**** found a sweet little pastel bedspread for $20.  And I purchased a vintage Pollyanna book for $10.  Then we looked around Village Books for a while.  They were having a big 25th anniversary sale.  So everything was 25% off.  I bought all kinds of books I didn't need but really really wanted.  I purchased Happy Kitty Bunny Pony : A Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute (which is not only filled with the cutest collection of colorful animals but it is also accompanied by the most hilarious commentary), Nasty : My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints, The Swell Dressed Party, and The Art of the Steal.  After A**** left the bookstore I called my Mom and had her meet me at the upstairs cafe to vent my frustration and split a dessert with me.  So after coffee and raspberry crisp we discussed the situation.  She made me feel a tab bit better.  After the bookstore we headed over to Target.  There I purchased the cutest pink laptop bag which I had been coveting for a while and I finally bought the final season of Sex and the City.  Because really if anything could make my day a bit better it's a Sex and the City marathon.