Spell like Spell

Learn to properly spell and use these common words:

• Receive: What you get; "i" before "e" except after "c"
• Receipt: Something you receive upon making a purchase or transaction
• Their/They're/There: There is a difference
• To/Too/Two: When two are too many
• Its/It's: It is what it is only when it's not
• Check/Cheque: Leave your check at the cheque out?
  
• Spelt wrong: My point
• Through/Threw/Thru: Getting to the end
  
• Effect/Affect: ionately yours...
  

A hair salon/spa located on upper Fort Street had a rudimentary sign in their window advertising 'recieving a free' service with the purchase of some type of acrylic nail offering....even if you are not able to practice appropriate everyday word usage and spelling, at least write advertisements and other professional signage in a Word document first so that the computer can act as a surrogate brain and underline or highlight your mistakes in red. Do I really want to be a patron of a business that offers to do things to my body for a lot of money when their advertising is handwritten with mispelled words? PROFESSIONALISM

Dots Clothing Store

Dots Clothing Store

• Location: 724 Fort Street, Victoria, British Columbia
• Contact: 250-383-2683; dotstore@telusplnet.net
• Featuring designer labels, samples (generally size 8) and small quantity of men's shirts at reduced prices

When I am not in a rush and when the store is not too warm and smelly (please people, stop douching yourself with 'perfumes' and other fumigating body products. Many others are highly sensitive or allergic to them.) this is my treasure trove of all things unique and inexpensive. Home of the tacky, Dots is the place to find the unusual.

The racks are so full it becomes an upper arm exercise just to move the clothes. When browsing through racks of clothes, be aware of other shoppers before you aggressively push a pound of clothes into their area of the rack. Also, gently shift through all clothes by using your hand to guide the top of the hanger along, thereby keeping hands (food stained, sweaty & greasy) away from the material....especially whites! Most people damage clothing by their disrespectful handling...I think too many people are accustomed to shopping from second-hand store bins like bottom of the food chain scavengers. If you pick up a top or sweater, do not carelessly drop or toss that article of clothing back on the table. DO try to fold it and return it neatly!

Courtesy is a must when passing others in the narrow aisles. When someone needs to pass by you with an 'excuse me', please have the decency to draw your behind in as much as you can to let that shopper pass. I think people often misjudge just how big their behinds are because they don't seem to want to draw them in enough to allow easy passage. Also, when shopping ( or traveling) in close quarters, remove backpacks and big purses from your shoulders. When you turn, you are often hitting someone with your bags.

When trying on clothes, DO remove them from your fitting room. No one else wants to deal with your mess.

The clerks at Dots are often chatty and gossipy (amongst themselves) but pleasant to customers. Their demeanor is in keeping with most outlet or discount low-end stores. Most take the time to neatly fold your purchase before placing it in the bag and offer a thank you, which is a fading customer service, unfortunately.

Pink Sugar Cupcakery

Pink Sugar Cupcakery

• Location:773 Fort Street, Victoria, British Columbia
• Contact: 250-590-8055
  
• Email: info@pinksugarcupcakery.com
• Webpage: pinksugarcupcakery.com
  
• Proprietor: Adrienne Jopp

My new addiction! A delightful, generous dollop of delicious icing tops a wide variety of cleverly named cakes waiting for you to secretly cup into your hands as you race out the cartoon-like shop towards the closest alley in order to quickly honour your taste buds with this latest fix. Pink is where it's at! 'The Elvis' is next on my list.....

I adore this new establishment! It is so much tastier than the cupcake shop that was located in English Bay, Vancouver. The recipe tastes more old-fashioned and denser than the cheap-o fluff-o stuff that other cupcake makers have used....it doesn't taste like it came from a box.

Restaurant Rating Scale		(Rating out of ten)
	Taste	8
	Presentation	8
	Décor	9
	Delivery	6
	Cost	6
	Location	7
	Washroom Cleanliness	n/a
	General Cleanliness	8
	Server Etiquette	n/a
	Average Score	7.43