It's Official

Travelling to Kitchener/Waterloo/St. Jacob’s has now become a yearly event for me. The weather was much cooler this year and I made sure to go on a Tuesday so I could shop at the outdoor farmers market. I was overwhelmed by the number of booths selling fresh fruits and vegetables, bread, honey and preserves and was told that it’s actually three times bigger on Saturdays! It was great to be able to buy and eat locally grown, fresh produce.
The best part or course is going to the outlet mall to take advantage of all the extra sales on end of season clothes. This time around Jones New York was very disappointing but Liz Claiborne was shopping heaven! They were offering an additional 25% off their already reduced prices and there were lots of beautiful summer items to choose from. I did reign myself in and purchased only three items – a top, a purple wrap dress which will be perfect for fall and a black and white checked trench coat. All the items were a steal with the dress being the best purchase - originally $65, marked down to $40 plus an additional 25% off!
I also popped into a store that I had totally ignored last time (Red Coral Classics) because they specialize in very dressy clothing and I wasn’t on the hunt for anything fancy. This time they had two fabulous patent leather handbags in the window – one white with black roses along the top and the other one all in red. The black and white one was very Chanel-like.
On the way back to the bus station we stopped off at Steve’s TV to check out DVD’s. At the front of the store you will find the latest in flat screen TVs and in the back you can rent or buy movies. They have a large selection of both new and previously viewed DVD’s at very reasonable prices. The previously viewed were $5.99 each or 5 for $25 and the new one’s started at $9.99. Their section of TV shows on DVD is quite extension and includes both popular and not-so popular American and British programs. They were actually showing The Best of the Muppet Show (with a super-young, egoless Elton John as one of the guest stars!) while we were there.
And I can’t forget to mention Oxford Mills where I bought two, 100% cotton 300 count sheet sets for $54 including the taxes!