shopping weekend
I spent Friday night and all day yesterday with my parents. It was really fun. Friday night we went to Chili's for dinner, then shopping at the mall. Our local Boscov's is closing, but the sales were really lame. Apparently some other company is running the closeout sales, because everything was way more expensive than it is at Boscov's on a regular day. I stayed over at my parents' house on Friday night just to make my mom happy.
Saturday morning, slept in, then she and I went to the Philadelphia Outlets, which are actually very close to Limerick, but I guess "Limerick Outlets" or "Outlets in the Shadow of the Nuclear Power Plant" weren't catchy enough names. We did some awesome shopping. I got jeans for $28 at the Gap outlet--and they're skinny jeans, not flare, which is different for me, but I think they'll be good. Got two pairs of shoes, too--a pair of really cute ballet flats (which looked excellent with the skinny jeans), and also a pair of Naturalizer black sandals that I fell in love with back in May when Lauren bought them. Now I have my own, for only $27. Score. Mom was most excited about the sales at the Yankee Candle outlet. Overall, an excellent shopping trip.
Last night, I continued to hang at Mom & Dad's, and then the Chancellors came over and I joined in two games of progressive rummy. That was really fun. I also stuffed myself on cheese and crackers and cake. I headed home after the second game, got in a little before 10:30, and was all inspired to put things away and go through things. Lisa had told me about an upscale secondhand store that might buy some of my old stuff, so I sorted through the bag of clothes I already had set aside to figure out what might be good enough to sell. Then I went through the ridiculously large pile of purses in the bottom of the closet and got rid of a bunch of things I've had since early high school. Then I had to rearrange my shoes, because two new pairs threw everything off. I pulled out several pairs to sell and a few pairs to get rid of. My shoe area is much more organized now. And then all the cheese and crackers and activity got to me and I started feeling sick to my stomach, so I went to bed around midnight.
Saturday morning, slept in, then she and I went to the Philadelphia Outlets, which are actually very close to Limerick, but I guess "Limerick Outlets" or "Outlets in the Shadow of the Nuclear Power Plant" weren't catchy enough names. We did some awesome shopping. I got jeans for $28 at the Gap outlet--and they're skinny jeans, not flare, which is different for me, but I think they'll be good. Got two pairs of shoes, too--a pair of really cute ballet flats (which looked excellent with the skinny jeans), and also a pair of Naturalizer black sandals that I fell in love with back in May when Lauren bought them. Now I have my own, for only $27. Score. Mom was most excited about the sales at the Yankee Candle outlet. Overall, an excellent shopping trip.
Last night, I continued to hang at Mom & Dad's, and then the Chancellors came over and I joined in two games of progressive rummy. That was really fun. I also stuffed myself on cheese and crackers and cake. I headed home after the second game, got in a little before 10:30, and was all inspired to put things away and go through things. Lisa had told me about an upscale secondhand store that might buy some of my old stuff, so I sorted through the bag of clothes I already had set aside to figure out what might be good enough to sell. Then I went through the ridiculously large pile of purses in the bottom of the closet and got rid of a bunch of things I've had since early high school. Then I had to rearrange my shoes, because two new pairs threw everything off. I pulled out several pairs to sell and a few pairs to get rid of. My shoe area is much more organized now. And then all the cheese and crackers and activity got to me and I started feeling sick to my stomach, so I went to bed around midnight.