I'm a planner, mmkay? I had a stack of printouts over an inch thick with coupons, store addresses, and maps with a variety of routes to our destination. This is what I always do prior to a trip, I think....BWAHAHAA

So for our weekend (road trip) down to Seattle, I had a schedule of where we were going and at the approximate time of day. How else were we going to fit in like 10 things to do in 2 days?! I think we overdid it, thanks to me. We came home exhausted and we didn't fit in everything we (I) wanted to do.

We left Saturday morning at 7, thinking we were going to beat the border lineups. Nope. The wait at the border was reported to be about 2 hours. I think it would have been longer, but we found a shortcut and cut our wait time considerably. We started off at the outlet mall. The plan was to hit up a couple of electronics stores after, pick up cupcakes, check in the hotel, eat, and make 3 more stops at various stores. We made it to the outlets (and left ahead of schedule. The place was SO busy. Retail clerks said it was busier than last Christmas). We made it to the electronics stores, and after that, we only fit in checking in, eating dinner, and one store.

We were going to make an unscheduled stop at this shopping center. Stopping there would have made the rest of the weekend easier since we would have been able to cross off lots on our (my) to-do list. But we missed the exit...BWAHAHA so we left it. No time to turn back. (I had no maps for that particular stop.)

There was just a lot of rushing around this weekend...definitely not very relaxing. And I was overly ambitious, I think. We didn't go to all the places we (I) had intended on, and even at the places we did stop at, we couldn't afford much time. The only touristy thing we did was go on the Underground Tour. It was really neat!

These are the things I bought:

Canon SD870
2 GB SD card
card reader
Le Creuset round oven
Le Creuset kettle
wok
cookie dough scooper
icing tips
quesadilla maker
fleece pullover
Le Sportsac purse for my mom
cosmetics
skin care stuff
cross trainers
Sopranos DVD
The Office DVD (did you hear the production cast all got fired because of the writers' strike?)
Sound of Music DVD set as a birthday present
The Office calendar
cheese
crackers
chips
jams
sauces
down coat

I wish we had Trader Joe's in Canada!!

I think that's it...I could have bought more cosmetics. I did stock up on a lot of stuff that I already use just because it was cheaper.

Too bad the dollar's dropped a bit since Friday.

I had bought the Sopranos Season 6 Part 2 DVD at the Costco here for $70 CAD. It cost $55 USD at the Costco in WA. Converted to Canadian currency, that's $53. The tax rate in WA is also lower than the rate here. How could I not stock up on stuff??

We may go back just to make a trip to Costco and Trader Joe's in Bellingham.

This is too illustrative of my life .