11.20.07
Where does the time go?
I can’t believe we have forgotten about our blog…life is happening way too quickly but we must spare some time to document what goes on. My memory can’t remember it all!
Things we haven’t written about *checking my calendar*:
- Wedding weekend
- Honeymoon cruise
- Back to coaching
- Sophie playing at Chapters
- Barb & Brendan’s wedding
- Our healthy lifestyle
- Goals for the new year
- An apology that the thank you cards haven’t been sent yet, but the photographer is terrible at communication and the photos aren’t ready yet 
- My Mom
That should keep us busy for a while, but in the meantime, I’ll tell you what is happening this week!
This weekend was a fun filled trip with Sonia, Cathy and Lori to Erie, PA for some cross border shopping. It started off kind of rough when Sonia drove out of the parking lot with Cathy hanging out of the van door. Oops! Our trip in total took 3.5 hours, that included no line up through the Peace Bridge and singing Christmas carols along the way. We headed straight to Millcreek Mall even before settling in our hotel room. The evening was mostly browsing for the deals we would purchase on Saturday, and boy was there alot of them. We went to Olive Garden for dinner and only had to wait 45 minutes in the bar area. Enjoyed a nice drink and meal then decided to go to the casino. That was the best decision made all weekend. Guess who won $600 on the 5cent slots!! WOOHOOO!! The bells were going, lights were flashing and I was super excited to have my shopping weekend paid for. After all the excitement we went back to the hotel to get a good night sleep for the rush of tomorrow.
Awake at 5:30, shopping at Macy’s by 7am, we spent the day in and out of so many stores I can’t even keep them all straight. Some of the stores we hit were: Kohls, Bath & Body Works, TJMaxx, Marshalls, DSW, Wal-Mart, Victoria Secret, JC Penny, Sams Club…the list goes on…Lunch was a quick stop to Red Lobster and dinner consisted of chinese food delivery at the hotel. We decided to have a couple drinks and unfortunately Cathy had one too many…so we took her hammered self to Walmart with us. She spent the time in the bathroom. At midnight we decided to head back to the hotel for a wee nap as we were out of cash and out of our minds for shopping for 17 hours!
We packed up the van and headed home on Sunday after stopping at *just one more store* with a no hassle trip through the border (not even ONE car in front of us!!) I was so worried about the crossing, seeing as how we spent about $3500 between us…
I had a great time with the ladies and can’t wait to do it again. Some of my favourite purchases were:
- 2 pairs of boots (brown & black)
- Chi Hair Iron
- BSN Cinnamon Roll protein powder
- 2 Nike workout tops
- Gwen Stefani & Happy Heart perfume sets
- some work clothes
Unfortunately I didn’t find any Xmas gifts…but plan to start shopping early for people to avoid the rush. I hate feeling rushed. Speaking of rushing, remind me to never take a bus trip to go shopping. Expenisve, no freedom, lots of walking, schedules/timelines/deadline…not for moi.
Sonia said,
November 21, 2007 at 9:36 am
Hahaha. Think you got it all. What a blast we had. Don’t think we could have done anything to make it better. Well maybe our plan to buy matching outfits at walmart and head to the Boardwalk. We’ll have to do it again….soon. Got most of my Christmas shopping done (hehe), but could always find an excuse to shop.