One Month Ago

These are photos from a trip to Angel Island one month ago today when we were in San Francisco. We ended up having to book the Angel Island/Alcatraz trip because it was the only one available, but we loved Angel Island, and the views there were amazing. Plus, it was fascinating how its the western Ellis Island, and was a missile silo sight and an old military base. You can also see from these photos that San Francisco and that view was still foggy (as you can't see the top of the Golden Gate Bridge), and the other side of the bay was bright and sunny. It was a great day out.

So 1 month later, it was a sketchy weather day-a splash of sun, lots of dark clouds, rain, HUMIDITY, the threat of Hurricane Bill offshore though they say this sketchy front will keep the storm offshore. But Katie and I had a blast- a great way to end her summer break- but we went SHOPPING over at the outlets in Tilton, NH, and we found bargains. Surprises- like Bass shoes had a sale to clear out boots- buy 1 get 2 pairs free. So I got 2 pairs (brown biker style and some black high fuzzy snowish type boots-sexy) and Katie got some purple dress boots. So fun. And we both got dresses for $10 at Old Navy and I finally found a light gray cardigan at GAP-been on the lookout for quite awhile. Oh and Yankee Candle was having this huge sale, and I love their candles, so I got a couple which is great-especially one of my favorite Christmas scents-which is 1 time of year I burn candles a lot, between the house being closed up and the scents are so much a part of that season. But had a blast...and Katie had a blast, and even though we had a great lucky bargain day- it was so much fun to spend the day with my daughter. That's the best, those of you who are parents most likely know what I mean!