Winging it in...Boston!

When I was 7 most of my friends stopped believing in magic. That's when I first started. They were beautiful, they were happy. They didn't even need any money, they had magic cards.

Magic cards were definitely the order of the day this month, actually after this weekend I have a feeling that Amex will be watching the magic for the next few months! Despite the fact that it has not stopped raining in Boston since Friday I have had a great weekend, albeit having to escape to Maine in order to avoid the rain. In fact I am going to totally blame the rain for my spending spree, nothing to do with the fact I found the “Coach” sale totally irresistible, or the fact I have never been able to say no when faced with the idea of a new pair of shoes, and if the skirt is available in three colors why on earth would anyone want to choose between them? I do of course totally blame my mother for leading me astray as a small child and giving me the impression that all the clothes and shoes you could possibly want were yours in exchange for showing someone a small piece of plastic. Turns out she was right!

So, this weekend started with a trip to the Kittery Outlet Mall in Maine. This does also mean that I have managed to tick one more state off the list, yay, it also means that the weekend to Lincoln, Nebraska is looking increasing more likely! Due to my totally useless sense of direction, and total inability to program my GPS I also managed to get a sneak peak at York Beach, and to find a hidden fort. I did take a photograph of the fort, just to prove it was real, after it failed to appear in either the GPS, the map and I was unlocateable by satellite. I’m not sure if you are actually lost when you know the place in which you are to be found… I just couldn’t relate it to anywhere else in the world.

With over a mile of stores on each side of the road I have to say I was fairly impressed with the selection on offer here. I was initially concerned that I should look up a few other things in the area, I was leaving at 10.00am and needed to back in Boston by about 6.00pm. Even I wasn’t sure I could spend that long in this place. Turns out that not only could I, but I did, and I had to become very selective toward the end as to where I stopped, and I was still an hour late home.
You’d think that after all this shopping excitement I was ready for a Sunday break- but no! I had a DSW voucher and I was going to spend it. So, having braved the rain once in order to use the gym, I resigned myself to being wet and cold all day and headed off on the subway to buy more shoes- yes, I know, there are only so many pairs a girl can wear, but it’s always nice to have options!

Two new pairs of shoes, and lunch in the smallest Starbucks in Boston (it has two tables) later and I was ready to head toward my first ever baby shower! The gift wrap stop in Macy’s could have been a mistake- I have never known anyone to move so slowly in my entire life! Apparently they will no longer offer this service from April 12, and the lady wrapping the boxes couldn’t work out why- having stood there for 25 minutes I can give her a fair few clues! I have now learned lots of interesting facts about babies, not sure how useful they will be, or why a man takes 1 min 30 seconds to change a diaper while a new mom takes 2 mins 5 seconds? I’m also slightly at a loss as to who knows these facts or how they measure them! But definitely a first, and a new experience for this week!

P.S. I also discovered my names means beautiful, and as I was born on a Monday I was aptly named- yet another thing to thank my mother for- and such an appropriate day to do it!