A Great Valentine's Day!

Normally I avoid VDay. It's not a favorite holiday for various reasons. This year was a wonderful one 'cause I spent the day with my Mom, doing "girl" things! We spent the day away from the house, leaving about 9:15 and not getting back until after 7:30!

Our first destination was the shops in downtown Crystal Lake, IL. There are a lot of neat gift shops there as well as a great fabric shop, an imported cheese store, and my favorite place there, Welcome Stitchery. I could spend the entire day there, but I just bought a boat-load of wonderful goodies thru my favorite supplier - Only One Ewe Needleworks, so we limited our time in there so I wouldn't be tempted. Mom always enjoys going in there because there isn't anything like it where she lives. Hobby Lobby and Michael's are her choices for cross stitch stuff...ugh! We ate lunch at our favorite place in Crystal Lake, Around the Clock. I had a turkey croissant and she had a grilled cheese. We wanted to eat light so we would have room for a piece of their delicious sugar-free chocolate cream pie, which we split.

Then we headed back to my neck of the woods so she could visit Joann Fabrics and Hobby Lobby - I wanted to look at their scrap-booking stuff for school theme stickers. Then we went to the movies! If you don't have plans to see "Confessions of a Shopaholic" make them! It was hilarious! After the movie, we stopped at KFC for our take-home supper and spent the remainder of the evening watching "Friends" episodes. She had to head for bed early as she was needed at her church on Sunday morning and had to be out the door and on her way before 8am. (I ceremoniously headed back to bed after waving goodbye! LOL)

It was a great VDay for once. I spent the day with Mom, neither of us were by ourselves, and we had a blast! Love you, Mom!