Shop till you drop and other fun experiences!

It was a busy weekend here in the north woods.  Saturday was very hot and humid not the cool crisp weather that we have been experiencing lately.  The lawns needed to be mowed again and lots of flowers are still blooming although the gardens have lost their luster of summer.  Lots of things to be cut back once they turn completely brown and bulbs to dig up once we get a good frost.


Sunday we had a fun experience which I hope we get to do again some day!  The Hubs, Son and BIL had to go to Gillette Stadium and meet with clients at the Patriot's game and there was some extra room on the plane for DIL, Miss T, Mr. D and me!  Now this is not an every day experience as much as I would like that but we made the most of this time.  :o)  Mr. D is so excited because he was right near the soda and snacks drawer!

I did Miss T's hair on the way down, it is only a 32 minute trip so we were hurrying a bit, nothing  fancy this time.  She looks real thrilled at having her hair done doesn't she?!  She has an extremely tender head so any pull at all really hurts so I try to be soooooo careful.

I love this picture of DIL and Mr. D.  Does he look like his mommy or what?!

He wanted his picture taken with the plane which I  was happy to comply.  I do think they get tired of me snapping pictures all the time.  The pilots said he could have one taken in the cockpit but the men were in a hurry to get going so we were going to do it on the way back but Mr. D was pooped and just wanted to crawl into his seat and go to sleep.  :o(   He went to the game with the men and we gals went shopping at a nearby Outlet Mall.

The shopping was great!  We don't have much to pick from in our small area so it was great to get into some Serious Retail Therapy Shopping or SRTS for short.  I did mostly Christmas shopping but as you can see from the Chico's bag I did manage to find a few things for myself..........

Found two fabulous tops for DIL and they were on sale, music to my ears.....

Miss T was guarding the changing room door for mommy.

There was a man sitting on a bench with the biggest and I mean biggest dog I have ever seen in my life!  This dog was a quarter inch from being as big as the Guinness Book Of Records largest dog!  He was a lovely Great Dane and just loved everybody, his name is Goliath.  He caused quite a stir and we all were snapping pictures.  He kept trying to sit in his owners lap, now that is one big lap dog!

We were waiting for our ride and by the looks I think we were all shopped out for one day!  :o)

We had some extra time going back to the little airport as the men spent an hour just getting out of the parking lot at the stadium so we decided to stop at Cracker Barrel to go in the gift shop.  I love Gooseberry Patch books and they had a wonderful Christmas one that I snapped up.  I can't wait to try some of the recipes and  ideas.

Doesn't seem possible that Christmas is right around the corner!  I like to have all of my shopping done before Thanksgiving but I'm a little behind this year.  I did get my Christmas cards ordered and I did something that I have always said I would never do, I got them imprinted with our names.  Lest you think I am totally bah-humbug, I will put a personal note in each one in my own handwriting!  :o)


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