My mom drove out by early afternoon (she is staying overnight), so we took a drive up to the outlets in Lancaster which are about 33 miles away. Sean saw that Borders books had a new store in Rockvale (checking closing time on web) and we knew that would be a dangerous place to go. At first we couldn’t find it. We went to one book store, but it was way too expensive. Sean and I left mom in that bookstore and got some Pepperidge Farms goodies next door. Then we went around the corner to the QVC outlet store and my mom bought me two lovely rings! They are sterling silver and the one has all tiny teardrop shaped abalone shells in a pattern on a dome and the other is a ‘bounty of 10 marquise-shaped, colorful gemstones beam atop this stunning sterling silver ring’s tapered band. The stones, which include blue jade, pink jade (mine doesn’t have the pink ), green jade, rhodolite, peridot, and blue topaz, are prong set in two diagonal rows.’ (from QVC website)
I love them!We did find Borders and both mom and I did some damage in there. I got a few cross stitch hardback books (like I really need them) and craft books and she got calendars, art books and paperbacks.
We ate at Fuddruckers (a hamburger place) after we had walked around Target. We found out that the woman charged Sean for 3 NFL champion t-shirts instead of the two he actually bought. Don’t worry, I called them up right away when we got home (when he discovered the overcharge) and he has 90 days to get his money back. I told them coming back up there was a lot of trouble for their salesperson making a mistake.
Our last stop-Gap and we had the entire store to ourselves (no one was shopping in this actual bitter winter weather. I got a bunch of long sleeved t-shirts that I love plus a few other things.
So it was a good day and we have lot of books to entertain us if it actually snows this winter!
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Hey Dianne, what a great shopping day you guys had! And you actually have winter weather over there? We’re still stuck in autumn, it seems. When do we Dutchies get our winter???
Ooh, I love your new home, by the way. I’ve been shopping and testing too, but I can’t seem to figure out how to post pics with WordPress…
Dianne, those rings are lovely. Sounds like you and your Mom had lots of fun.
What a fun shopping day indeed and your rings sound fabulous, I can just imagine how thrilled you were that your mom bought them for you:-) Aren’t moms great?!! lol I’m due to spend a day with my mother to have lunch and do some shopping but since she met Ross, they spend all their time together and I feel abandoned!! lol I don’t see her half as much as I use to but at least I know she’s happy again:-) Hugs xox