Purchases from Adidas ($10 jacket), Columbia ($10 shirt), Under Armour ($20 running capris), and Harry & David ($4 for some goody bags).

If you don’t normally buy from these brands, then I don’t recommend it because you’ll spend more than you normally do. But if you shop at Banana Republic, Gap, Pottery Barn, Adidas, or Nike- then it’s worth a drive.

Purchases from Gap: Mens Jeans for $20 and several ladies tops for $8 and $12.

Also, sign up for their emails. I am also signed up for Banana Republic and Gap outlet emails since I signed up for a credit card from them. The email from Banana Republic outlet is what got me interested in going this past weekend. It advertised sweaters for $20, had a mystery coupon for 10-50% off, plus and additional 5% off for using my Banana Republic. Add that to the fact that I need some sweaters- it was a must go place for the weekend.

I got 2 of the sweaters, men’s dress shirt, men’s sweater, and jeans- all for $100.

I recruited my husband and also my mom to go too!

I don’t know for sure, but I think that this is the correct address:

271 Omega Pkwy
Shepherdsville, KY

They had 50% off the lowest tickets price. They had tons of shoes, but a lot of them were NOT my style. I ended up with 4 pairs and Benjamin got 3 pairs- all for $200. He had a pair of black leather loafers, brown leather and canvas casual, and a pair of Simple hemp casual shoes.

I got pairs of Brooks and Nike running, and 2 pairs of naturalizers- brown wedge and black flats for work.

I wore the Nikes this morning on my run and the wedges to Westport Village. My feet were hurting by the time we got done!

The in-laws came to town and we got a good picture of Kay and I.

We got up early on Saturday and left the house around 10am and went to the Edinburgh Outlets about 90 miles away. We got some clothes at Banana Republic and the Gap outlet stores. If you have AAA, you can get an additional 10% off! I got 3 shirts from BR for $10 each. I got a skirt and yoga pants from the Gap. I also got this tray to put on the grill to cook vegetables and other things.

We then drove to Nashville, Brown County, IN. Benjamin’s grandparents were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. WOW! We arrived and all of this family was staying at Hotel Nashville and we saw them for a little while and then we walked down to the shopping area.

We then had dinner at the hotel- all 20 of us!

And then went to the Brown County Playhouse to see “The Nerd.”


We drove back to Louisville after the show about got home after midnight.

Today, I took Benjamin to the airport around 9am and he went to Boston. I’ll pick him up Tuesday night.

I started all the prep work for a blanket for a co-worker. I did all the hard work, now I just need to sew it.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday. Most people go back to work tomorrow, but my husband and I decided that we wanted to take off work tomorrow too, so we have one more day off work.

Once again, I received way too much for Christmas. Our family (it’s large because it’s a very branch-y family tree) goes bananas! My husband surprised me with a Nintendo Wii and Mario game, my mom got me some kitchen stuff, earrings, and some cash. My step-mom’s family got me running, sewing, and kitchen stuff. My in-laws got me running and baking stuff! Way too generous!

This year I really used the Amazon Wish List and told 3 families about it. I got one duplicate because people don’t realize that if you don’t buy it from Amazon, you can still click an option that says something about purchasing it somewhere else. But all in all, it worked really well. People had ideas of what to get for me and I got what I wanted for the most part. Win-Win, thanks Amazon.com!