A Typical Tuesday....

Yesterday was going to be a quilting / sewing day but my neighbor called in the am and asked if I wanted to go traveling to do some shopping.  Of course, who was I to say "no" to such an adventure.  As a newbie to Michigan I often rely on others to show me the good spots to go but I am usually faithful about carrying my GPS....not so yesterday!

We started out going to Dundee and checking out a candle store that specializes in soy candles, Swan Creek Candles (http://www.swancreekcandle.com/).  They have a couple new scents that I really liked including Vanilla Oak so I had to get something there.

Then we decided to find this outlet mall in Monroe, Michigan which was supposed to be very close.  Where we actually ended up was Lake Erie at Luna Pier.  It was actually a great thing since my cousin had sent me a bear to photograph at a Michigan landmark as part of her school project

 

 

Also since I had a Michigan bear on hand, I decided to give her bear a traveling companion. They are in front of the Luna Pier lighthouse.

 

 

Luna Pier was a cute town which would be fun to visit in the summer and maybe do some fishing out on the pier but I really did not see any good beaches even though their website said they had some.  May need to go exploring again there.  (http://www.michigan.org/property/city-of-luna-pier-public-beach-and-pier/)  From Luna Pier, we finally saw a highway which we knew would get us close to the mall so back on the road we went. 

 

After about 30 minutes (we went South instead of North on the highway first and almost ended up in Ohio) we did find the outlet mall which was almost empty and whose biggest store was Bon Worth......The clothes were stuff my grandmother used to wear and all the pants were made out of polyester.  (I think you can see their advertisements in the Sunday circulars.)  Obviously I did not get anything there even though the prices were unreal but it was interesting to know about it.  On the way home, my neighbor and I were "winging" it again and got lost AGAIN!  Ended up having to stop and ask for directions on that sidetrip, the guy we asked could not believe how far we were from where we needed to be. 

 

So after about 20 minutes of traveling backroads, we were back on track and back home in time to make dinner for the hubby.....Turkey Tettrazini. 

 

I did get some work done on my Christmas scarf that I am knitting which I should have done by the end of the week if not sooner.  Now I just need to find a cute easy pattern for a hat and/or gloves.