Monday morning we got up in a debate... if we were going to Moncton or not... because of the weather... I even sat down and wrote to Robin to tell him that we were not going... but by 10:30 we decided that it was going to be a day trip and that was it... we would go shopping only come home after dark... so we could stop in to see all the lights along the way... I am not really sure where it is but there is a place along the way where a guy has lights over lights up and people come to see them ... the only thing was they were not on last night so we didn't get to see them ....not a happy woman on that part... but I have to say the trip was great....
It was strange to see that one side of the road looked like this almost all the way down to Moncton 
while the other side was bare like it was never touched by the freezing rain... and yes I took this from a moving car... you don't think for one second that Carl who was driving would actually stop four times
so I could take photos of this wonderful work of Mother Nature... but with the motion option on the camera I got them on the fly... 
While I was at Costco I picked up this rug for the kitchen which Maggie loves and moved it into the corner and makes herself very comfort on it... I also picked up some handmade candy canes for the packages I am wrapping... of course we had to pick up our puppies treats while we were there.... and a few groceries as well... ohhh yes almost forgot mom's box of treats as well... she is a lover of chocolate but I do have to say she is a better woman then I am because there is no way I would share them as she does.... lol We also stopped at Princess Auto for Carl and a short trip into Pets Unlimited for a few things for the puppies as well... they are sporting each a new collar today ...
But I think the greatest find of the day was on the way back home at a place called Mr. Tomato... where there is a gift shop and I have to say what I spent there was nothing compare to what I could have spent if I didn't hold myself back... I am an impulsive buyer... and some time ago I made the rule if I look at something I like that I would get out of the place and come back the next day or a few days later... if it was still there and I still wanted the item then I would buy it.... and yes I have lost a few things in time because of the rule but last night was the exception ... there was no going back tomorrow thing... I bought it and could have bought a heck of a lot more... but I had a little control last night.. and I really mean a little....
So today this sled hangs on my porch wall... replacing a frame that fell and broke... yesterday morning actually... hmmm that had to be a hint... I needed something new there....
This one is going to another home... Richard and Tete will have to find a place for it... 
This is a decoration that was made by a lady in Roger's Ville... actually I think the one above it was made by her as well.... that is hanging on the wall in the siting room with all the Christmas past photos.. and looks good there too...
And each time I go away I always take something home to mom... and this is what I got for her with a little chocolate of course to hang on her tree... there were so many more of them and I could have bought one of each of them not really knowing where I was going to put them but I didn't... but then there is always next year...
This is a picture frame which I am going to put a photo of Carl and I in it... it says A friend understand your past, believes in your future and loves you just the way you are... I could not pass this one up... But the one that I secondly spotted and couldn't walk out of the store was the next one...the first thing I seen when I walked in was this carved Santa Claus and that is when the impulse of buy came into play... I was getting this and that was it... the only thing when I looked at the price there was none on it instead the word "sold" was marked...
And just behind the Santa to the right of it was this.....
A Tricycle for my garden next year... and there was no way I was walking out of it... I actually didn't think it would fit in the jeep and called Yvette to see if they would pick it up for me ... but Carl did it.. my hero once again... got it in the car and after paying for everything which was 16 cents shorter then what we put out at Costco we headed home... happy as a lark... So that was my trip down to Moncton... I do have to say sorry to Robin for not stopping in but Amanda was coming off of Night Shift and you were at work even by the time we were heading out .. the next time I promise we will stop..
Well that was the excitement of my day yesterday.... it actually got me in the mood to start wrapping gifts and any one that knows me that takes forever to do with all the ribbon and stuff that I put on it...
Which reminds me I still have most of them to do so off I go.....
Joanne
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