Sistah Pat

I’ve done more shopping in the last two months than I’ve done in years. Why? Because this place is so crazy, DH loves to take me away from it all. He’s better than Calgon. We pull into our cheap little RV park ($18.00 a night) and I go across the street while he sets up. I spend two or three hours shopping and walk back over and we either go out to eat (there’s every restaurant you can imagine at this outlet) or we just relax and stay in the RV. Last night, I just picked up some Arby’s when I was over at the outlet and brought them back. We relaxed and watched Iron Man and had Arby’s and beer. I like to get Moosehead beer but they didn’t have it so I got Landshark Island Style Lager and it was great beer! I got a little bit of a buzz and got that massage DH promised me.

Got up this morning and I went back to the outlet while DH relaxed and chatted with the owners of the RV park who are now getting to know us. Checkout time is 11:00 a.m. but they told us that doesn’t mean anything and we can stay up to 5:00 without being charged for another day so it makes for a nice relaxing day.

Okay, so where was I? We went to the reunion yesterday and had a good time. Lots of good food and family to enjoy. I got a recipe for some apple dumplings that are out of this world! I was coaxed into trying them because I’ve had apple dumplings before and they weren’t that great but these were simply delicious and they looked pretty too! Just what I need…another fabulous, fattening recipe.

We came home to 5 grandkids and DS running around the house and DH said, “Grab your bag. Let’s get out of here!” That’s easy enough…I grabbed my makeup bag and a change of underwear and we were out the door in 5 minutes and headed to Edinburgh. I have several outfits in the RV along with toothbrushes, hair brushes, and all the necessities so it’s really easy to take off on a moment’s notice.

I hit Coldwater Creek and they had a lot of new stuff but I don’t like to pay those prices. Something that costs $119.00 at Coldwater Creek hits the outlet at $59.00 and then, a month later, is 50% off at $29.99. I’ve bought a lot of things at the Outlet price and then been disappointed to go up there a couple weeks later and find that’s it’s been marked down 50% so I’ve decided not to buy anything at the regular outlet price. They had a gorgeous rust colored suede swing jacket that was $89.00 but I just couldn’t bring myself to buy it. I only bought one beautiful jacket and two blouses. I really like Coldwater Creek but a lot of their stuff is kind of trendy and I decided I would visit some of the other shops and look for some more classic clothes. (Stacy and Clinton would be so proud of me!) I went to Liz Claiborne and got two pairs of shoes and 3 blouses and then went to Sag Harbor and got a gorgeous plum colored jacket, a pair of black pants, and three more blouses. I spent about $200.00 total. Not bad for 2 jackets, two pairs of shoes, a pair of pants, and 8 blouses. I tried on a “body shaper” at Vanity Fair and it was torture! My boobs were totally squished and it didn’t seem to do anything for my midriff which is where I really needed it. I thought I was going to have to call for help to get out of it. How do people wear those things??? It pulled my earring out just trying to get it off! No, thanks…I’ll just have a flabby midriff.