Most of this week I have been down with the stomach flu. Brittany has a dance performance at a place called The Hartville Kitchen on Saturday. It is one of those places that gets really packed...a huge place with really good food. She is in a tap number and they are wearing party dresses. Well, being that we homeschool and that Brittany has yet to have a boyfriend or date she didn't have a party dress. I didn't want to spend a fortune just a little bit and thank the Lord I didn't have to.
Thursday, my first day venturing out with a bit of nausea still plaguing me. We went to a store that we love here...it is called Gabrielle Brothers. It is a discount store that is full of brand name clothing, jewelry, shoes, purses for the whole family. We walked in the door and the first thing we saw were party dresses. We picked one off the rack and continued to look, within fifteen minutes we had eight in our arms and went back to try them on. All but one would have worked, however we chose our favorite. Get this, I bought two party dresses for her, yes two for the incredible price of $9.99 a piece. I was so unbelievable pleased. One is a pretty burgundy color, the other is a black dress...both would make beautiful dance costumes so I couldn't resist.
Friday, my mom, Brittany and I went to a warehouse sale. This place houses and sells country signs, Christmas stuff, and all things country. This is our fourth year going and it is usually a fun, fun day. This year I found it very sad. This place that is usually packed from floor to ceiling had bare shelves, the actual warehouse itself looked bare. It looked like more of a going out of business sale to me. No new merchandise, no Christmas decorations either. I just felt it sad as it was clearly a sign of the times in which we live. We left there and went to the Root Candle factory...they make the famous Root candles right there in town. They add real honeycombs to their candles...when you get out of your car you can smell the soft scent of honey in the air. We went to the outlet shop and picked up a few Christmas scents (I bought some fresh wildflower honey too). I can't wait to light my candles this weekend.
Today, Brittany danced and now my honey is on his way home from the airport. The three of us will be together after a long week apart. Off to dinner we go, I am starving and then tomorrow after church we'll visit our favorite Christmas tree farm and cut down our tree.
Blessings!
Sounds like the end of your week has been very good! Ok, on HSB I left you a message that I wasn't going to stay on Blogger due to some questionable blogs, however, I think I'll try it and see how it goes. It is definitely ALOT easier than HSB!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Dennis is home and you get to spend some time together. Enjoy!