Fred Meyer is my friend again.

I went shopping yesterday, and bought things. It's been awhile since I've done that.

And it felt so good.

We went to Fred Meyer, which I am mad at, since last time I went everything I wanted to buy was super expensive, even on "clearance." >:-( But this time, things were actually on good clearance, and I got stuff.

I got the white sandals pictured above, which makes me really happy, because I have been watching them for a long time, and they finally got down low enough (on clearance) that I could buy them! 

And I got a really cute pink shirt with black roses on it, which I found on the same rack as a bunch of Twilight shirts (click here for my views on those). AND I got black and white paisley flip flops.

I am happy.

it's christmas time in the city

Yesterday I went out Christmas shopping with two of my favorite people.

Hold everything:

there's something you should know.

My beautiful friend Rebekah and my awesome brother...

(remember him? amazing sunglasses, buys me donuts, strangles me with hangers, keeps tabs on my mashed potato intake) 

 are courting!

This makes me very, very happy.

mall bokeh. : )

(linking up to the bokeh "show and tell" at Paper Heart Camera)

We started out the day right with coffee and one donut, which we split three ways.

They gave me the bigger piece because they're cool like that.

At Charlotte Russe, we tried to figure out what hat style looks best on Rebekah...

...looked at horrific shoes and adorable shoes, 

and explained to Benjamin what sequins are, and the difference between a clutch and a purse.

Whenever I can go to a Bath and Body Works, I must. Sorta like Taco Bell.
So of course we had to stop by.

We made Benjamin sniff everything, even though he was congested and couldn't hardly smell anything.

This culminated in spraying cologne on him.

 (despite the store being delightfully girly, it does have mens' scents) 

We went and saw Tangled, since Benjamin hadn't seen it yet. Seeing it for the second time was even better. 

I'm crazy-in-love with it.

We went to World Market where we mostly looked at wine bottles and didn't buy anything.

Wine bottle labels are one of my favorite things. 

Oh. my. word.

This was meant for me.

Unfortunately, it's just the vineyard name...

Cupcake-flavored wine. Wouldn't that be something.

And then we gadded about downtown Portland--rose city, city of bridges, city of my soul.

 Christmas shopping downtown is one of my favorite things to do, ever.

Last year my brother and I had an epic day involving very, very painful footwear and a lot of fried rice.

Creeps are the only drawback of downtown, but I always have a buff dude to beat 'em up.

Seriously--if you don't have an older brother, rent one. They are the best.

My purple tights. A great source of joy.

I think they are pretty cute together. ; )

One of the things I love about Portland is the bridges. There are a lot of them... and I love them. 

We parked on the non-downtown side of the bridge, so we walked across it twice.

Portland. I love it so much.

Throw "go to Portland, Oregon" on your bucket list.

Beach = good, Shopping = good, too

We are back from the beach. It was great. The weather was spectacular.

This is my humorous sis. I love this look.

This is my sis and I working. Notice my adorable Alice in Wonderland leggings. :-) They have hearts on them, in case you couldn't tell. Bought them at Claire's.

We went to the outlets... and I bought many baby clothes. I would have bought the whole store, and had about 90% of it in my arms, but then my sister came and tore over half of it away from my clutching grasp, and I had to content myself with...less. Remember this? I bought it. Now I can die fulfilled and content.

Oh, and by the way, we went to mall last week and I got some awesome stuff. We went to Charlotte Russe, which I have never been in, and I loved it. And bought an absolutely delicious drapey cardigan thing.