For my birthday, Chuck got me the best present. My friends kept telling me what I great hubby I had! He gave me money to go on a shopping spree with some of my best friends. He coordinated it with them and set us loose. I had a few rules I had to follow. I had to buy things for myself. I had to spend all the money. I was not allowed to put something back that I really wanted just because it wasn't on clearance.
So yesterday, we went shopping! It was very successful.
We met at the Mall of America at 10am (when they opened) and went shopping. We hit a ton of stores. Now, Chuck picked these friends for a reason. Not just are they three of my favorite people, but also because of their fabulous shopping abilities. These girls know how to shop and I am pretty sure that between the 4 of us, we had a coupon for just about every store we went into. That was quite impressive! So even though I bought things that weren't on clearance or on sale, we had coupons to make up for that. I have learned how useful those coupons you get in the mail can be.
I spent all the money and was only $6 over. Not too shabby considering all the stuff I bought. All the girls were very proud!
So here is what I bought.
After shopping, we went back to my friend's house, set out all the clothes for the above picture and then they wanted me to try it all on! I don't think I tried on EVERYTHING, but it was pretty close. A couple of the pictures are just showing a different necklace. 🙂 I have uploaded all the pictures into this gallery if you want to see them. We took them all with my phone so they aren't the best pictures.
The last picture in there is a blue dress I loved, but couldn't bring myself to pay $250 (on sale) for it. But I wanted to try it on anyway. So the picture was as close as I will get to owning it. Which is fine, since I would maybe wear the dress once.
We had a wonderful time and this was a fabulous gift! My friends have decided we need to do it again soon! I might just need this gift for EVERY birthday! 🙂
