Weekend Shopping Adventure

 

With things beginning to open up in our neck of the woods

my mom & I decided it was high time to do a girl's day out shopping.

It turned out to be more of an adventure than I anticipated

I should have known better than not to double check

shopping hours but by now I figured things would be pretty much

"back to normal".

We met up at the mall and stopped at Michaels

where I picked up this cute little photo box,

supplies for an upcoming project,

and some cross stitch and scrapbooking supplies.

We also cruised through all the spring decor to get some ideas

before hitting the thrift stores.

Next stop was thrift store #1 but they didn't open until 11:00 am

so we decided to head over the other end of the city

and check out the thrift store there.

Surely, that one would be open but as we drove up

everything was still locked up.

We decided to check out a few other stores and come back,

it would have to be open by then.

Nope, not until 12 so we hit a few more stores,

had some lunch and then finally made it back

for some thrift shopping.

I did find these small glass baking pans

which I had been wanting as I need to bake smaller

now that there are only two of us at home.

One more store stop and I found this nice lightweight housecoat

that I was looking for to put in the guest room.

This was one case where the "early bird did not get the worm"

but after a slower start we did all right anyways.

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~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alana

Day Trip to Castle Falls

This weekend wasn't to adventurous for us

unless you call navigating the stores and malls

to finish Christmas shopping an adventure.

So I thought I would share some of our pictures

from a day trip we took a few weekends back.

We first drove out to the Crowsnest Pass

and stopped at our favorite store

to pick up some of the coffee that they roast there.

Then we took a detour on our way home

so we could stop at Castle Falls.

It was our first time there and we had a lot of fun exploring.

Down from the falls the water was so clear and still,

The rocks around the falls were smooth

and layered so that they created a stair effect.

The Falls themselves were tiny but it was

off season with low water levels.

I would love to go back in the spring

to see how it changes the falls.

Snow was in the forecast but we managed to beat the snow

as a few flakes just started to fall as we were ready to head home.

Spending a day outdoors in the mountains

is one of my favorite places to be.

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Winter Light Festival

This year hubby & I went to the opening night

of the Winter Light Festival held at the

Japanese Gardens.

We almost didn't get to go.

The day after I bought the tickets

they asked my husband to work late

the day we had tickets for.

Thankfully he was able to split the extra hours

with another guy on shift and was able

to make it so we could enjoy the evening and lights together.

The amount of lights is incredible.

I just loved the way they wrapped the lights on the trees.

They had some little igloos which the kids were enjoying.

For an opening night it wasn't very busy

which was nice.

I am sure it will get busier

as we get closer to Christmas.

They also had music playing

which made the stroll around the gardens

even more enjoyable.

We have been having a lot of wind

but it had calmed down some for the evening,

plus the garden is quite sheltered.

It was a beautiful way to end the day.

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!