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Amazing food and shopping today!

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Today has been fabulous food day. First we went to yum! Kitchen and Bakery. Amy had the grilled cheese, which looked totally delish; she confirms this. I got the Apple Walnut salad. The maple vinaigrette dressing was delectable. I wanted to lick the plate, or buy a bottle and put a straw in it. Gross I know, but trust me, exactly what you'd think too!

Then the shopping began. We hit two kid's book stores: Wild Rumpus and Red Balloon Bookshop. And apparently I'm still in spendy mode. (Sort of a dangerous place for me to be.) I ended up with 5 new young adult books. Because clearly I need more books to read. (I've got Clockwork Angel sitting at my apartment waiting for me to save it from it's Amazon box too.) In case you're wondering what I bought (because you know you are), I'll list them below.
We came home after I had spent way too much on books (Amy managed to not purchase anything at the second store...lucky girl) and did some crafts. Amy needed some flower hair clips. And I clearly needed more, as they've become a bit of a signature of mine now. We ordered pizza and spaghetti and meatball calzones (that's right...spaghetti and meatballs wrapped in calzone dough!!) from Umbria Gourmet Pizzeria. It was ah-mazing.  We finsiehd the meal off with cupcakes from yum! (Mine was Banana Butterscotch...and freaking fantastic.) We've now moved onto cranberry wine and Veronica Mars. Best day ever. :)

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  1. Kelly JensenSeptember 4, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    Absolute Value of -1 was fantasticccc! Great picks and fun day!

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