The First Snowfall

The first snowfall! I'm not surprised- on Sunday the weather tuned frigid! And yesterday (Monday) was again frigid, cloudy and flurries were in the air. When Mike came home last night from the coffee house, he said it was lightly snowing outside. Looks like there is about an inch or two out there.

The snow came just in time because I bought Solomiya snow boots last week from a guy named Abdul for 15r (less than $2).

Used, Italian-made snowboots. I bought them at a second-hand store that sells used clothing from Western Europe. This store kinda popped up overnnight a few weeks ago. There are a few other places like this in town also- and you can find some really nice stuff, super cheap.

I went up to pay for them and the guy was telling me how much he would charge for each item (I also found S snowpants for $2 and a winter vest for $2) and I was saying I agreed with him, and then he said- You're not Ukrainian? Where are you from? (darn, this accent) and I told him- America. And then he started speaking in English, interesting. So he's telling me- he's Abdul from some Middle Eastern country and this was his store, and he gave me a discount off the total price of everything and invited me to come back and speak English with him.