Oldies but goodies....

This weekend I got to see some of my favorite people....my college roommates (minus Julie). These girls know me better than the majority of people on the planet and I really MISS them! Living together several years in college, you go through the good, the bad and the crazy. We don't get to see each other as often since I moved back to Topeka, but we had a great weekend of shopping, eating and even saw "Life as We Know It" (such a good movie!). It was a great time relaxing before the holiday season and before Kylie has baby #3!

Now, my friends aren't the oldies, but we went to an antique mall together Saturday afternoon and saw (and smelled) LOTS of oldies to buy. I absoultey LOVED it and had to constantly resist the urge to buy everything! I took a few pictures for laughs and of my ONE purchase. I will remember this afternoon fondly. Take a glance at the great stuff we found and somehow managed to pass on buying.

Lindsay kindly poses with "the cart". As a group we maybe bought six items, but we hauled that cart all over the store and you could definitely not lose the person who was pushing it. It was definitely not "quiet."

Who wouldn't want these creepy feet salt and pepper shakers on their table?! Um, not me!

Now, this hoof on a plaque is so versatile.....it could go in any room of the house! Temptation isle- I had to walk away before I bought it. ;)

Katie modeling the dress she found to wear to Lindsay and my future weddings....she will look so fancy!!!

Three pretty ladies in one of the booths....please note the "Merry Christmas" decorations strung above their heads. They are stamps mini pie tins. Our brief plan was to go buy a bazillion pot pies and eat the beJesus out of them and stamp 'em up so we too could have our own beautiful decorations. Alas, we got distracted and our master plan did not come to fruition. Maybe next time!!!

Me in front of the mall with my prized possession!

My new kitchen decoration!! :)

Good deals and girl time....

It has been quite the week for shopping in my world. An awesome quilting/fabric store in McPherson, Kansas is going out of business (so sad) so they are having an amazing liquidation sale. My friend Kylie and her mom and I went up Thursday after work to check out the deals and we all came home with some pretty fabric. Excited to use it for something, just need to decide what! :)

Yesterday my mom and one of her best friend's came to Wichita to help me move some stuff to Topeka. While they were here we did quite a bit of shopping and found some great bargains! My mom had seen an ad that "Dean and Deluca", a gourmet food and cooking store that is headquartered here was having their annual warehouse sale after the holiday season. It was UH-MA-ZING!!! We weren't really sure what to expect but for any of you that have been to "Dean and Deluca", you know it can be a pricey trip. Everything was SUPER marked down, like if it started at $9, it was maybe $1. I can away with probably more stuff than I need but it was very fun! Definitely something I would like to attend again next year!

We also went to "The Spice Merchant" here in town and it was a really neat store....lots of cooking sauces/spices/tools, as well as coffee/tea. Somewhere I would definitely recommend. We also went to "Cocoa Dulce", which is a chocolate store that I had a gift card to for my birthday that my co-workers have given me...we had fun picking out some tasty treats. The one bummer of the day was that "The Nifty Nut House" closed at 2:00 and we didn't try to go until 3:30, so nuts! :( Here are some of the great steals of the day.

Some of sweets I got from "Dean and Deluca" that were crazy cheap, and my capers for my dad...

Kettle corn, olive oil with herbs to dip bread in, the "Dean and Deluca" holiday cd, along with HOT Wasabi peas for a friend and mango hot sauce for my dad that we found at "The Spice Merchant"....

The wine rack I got for my sis at "Dean and Deluca"....