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We went on vacation a couple of weeks ago and being the bad blogger that I am, I'm just now getting around to writing about it. As many years as possible, my husband and I have taken little weekend trips around the time of our anniversary (July 22) which usually includes taking in a major league game of some sort. To date, we've seen two White Sox games, the Cubs at Cincinnati and the Chicago Fire meaning we missed 2 years. This year, we took Miss Boo along with us and made it a week long affair which did include the game and no holds barred shopping spree.

Originally, Spy Guy and Miss Boo only wanted to eat and shop. That was the itinerary. Accordingly, I planned an evening trip for dessert here, which is where I used to eat brunch every Sunday after church. Great breakfasts and wonderful icecream. Yeah, we never made there.

I also had some fun shops mapped out to visit around the near north side, but alas, that was not to be either. We did make it to Marshall Field's in the loop to say goodbye and then wandered up to Michigan Ave and Watertower Place. Fortunately, I did get to make my first visit to Lush where Miss Boo and I grabbed some goodies which we fell in love with. But the best was definitely the Happy Hippy that you can use as body wash, bubble bath or shampoo. I didn't really believe it until one night I thought, "What the hey," and shampoo'd my hair with it. It turned out soft and silky and I loved it. The other fav was without a doubt the Flying Fox temple balm. I think I'm addicted.

One of the best finds, though, was Forth and Towne which is the fourth division of The Gap company. I love this store so much I visited it on two different days and bought both times. The whole shopping experience there was fantabulous. Too bad there are only 5 locations so far with no plans to be in my area. If you're lucky enough to be near one, make sure you give it a try.

I never thought we'd spend nearly a whole week's vacation just shopping but that's pretty much what we did. Spy Guy was quite the trooper following us from store to store and playing human pack mule to our shopaholic frenzy and Miss Boo truly loved city shopping. She scored some great
Pink stuff and a huge GWP bag filled and I mean filled with goodies from Vicky. We're talking full sized bottles of Heavenly and So in Love, shampoo, conditioner, mints, shower gel and more. Quite the goodie bag.

Until next time, happy shopping.
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