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Girl's Shopping Day!

11/19/2009

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So Hubby and I were in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas for a week, our schedule was school from 8-5, drive to Kansas City, eat & shop.  I didn't realize what serious shopping withdrawal I have gone through since living in Korea.  Don't get me wrong, there is great shopping in Korea, but I've missed popping into Ann Taylor, Gap, Tommy, Marshall’s, Ross, Victoria's, and many more.  The thing I have missed the most is SHOE shopping! Again, don't get me wrong, there are more shoes in Korea than I have ever seen in life, Korean women LOVE shoes. The only problem is my foot is BIG to Korean standards (8.5 just in case you are feeling sorry for me & want to send shoes) and if I want shoes I need to have them custom made.  So, back to my story, poor hubby had to go to school all day, then go shopping with me most nights.  He didn't really see to mind too much.  One night our friends the Z's saved him and invited us over for dinner.  It was great catching up with our old friends and neighbors!  (Can you believe I didn't take a picture of them?)

On Friday night, after school let out, we drove to Kansas City to pick up my MIL (Mother-in-law) & SIL (sister-in-law) from the airport.  They flew in for a day of shopping with their favorite in-law.  (I just dubbed myself that thank you.)   On Saturday morning we woke up and headed out to my favorite Kansas store in a little town call Atchison.  For those of you that know the area, that's right we went to Nell Hill's! (Hubby stayed in the hotel to sleep, he was done with shopping and jetlag had finally caught up with him.)


Our trip did not start off quite like one would expect. We had a nice drive to Atchison, but when we parked the car and I jumped out with excitement, I felt something funny under my foot.  I looked down,
screamed and jumped back in the car.  This is what I stepped on:
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After taking a moment back inside the car to recover, I got out of the car again, cringed, walked over the dead mouse, and then forgot about him for a while.

Here we are just before going into Nell Hill's:
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 If you have never been to this little store in this little town and you live close enough, you REALLY need ot go!  It is so fun, and it stocked full or goodies for your house.  You can get anything from candles to furniture!
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Not even a foot inside the door and MIL already found her first purchase!
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I would love to have this wall unit in my house.
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And SIL would like to have this one.
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And another piece of furniture I would like to have!
After spending a couple of hours at Nell Hill's we popped over to the little cafe next door, I call it the 'pie place'. I think the real name *might* be Jerry's.  Anyway, we had lunch there, which is not anything to write home about.  I forgot you should just skip lunch when you go to this little cafe and just go straight for the pie.  We had a sampling of pies and they were all amazing!  Pumpkin, coconut and chocolate - the chocolate and coconut remind me of the pies my mom used to always make at Thanksgiving.  OH BABY! 
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There was more shopping to be done this day, but I will stop here.  Atchison is  a great little town, visit if you can! (No, I'm not getting kick-backs.)
2 Comments
MIL
11/19/2009 10:19:42 pm

What a fun day with both of my favorite DIL's!!

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kathie
11/19/2009 10:47:36 pm

Oh, that place looks so nice!

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    Proud Army wife and mother to 4 wonderful children.  I love to cook, travel, work out and scrapbook life’s adventures when I find the time.  We just got orders & are heading back to the states in March 2010.  I'm bummed that our time has been cut short, but proud of Hubby for the reason why.

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