Branson Shopping Trip

Rachel and I decided to spend the day shopping in Branson this Saturday while our husbands were on a float trip. It just happen to be the Santa Clause Convention and Santa's were everywhere....in normal clothes! It was a great day trip! I got lots of Christmas shopping done and of course a few things for myself! I figure I better to it now before I find out if Santa Baby is a boy or a girl because, it will be hard not to buy lots of stuff for this baby! I thought I would write a few of the highlights of the day.

• Spending hours on our feet at 2 outlet malls and a regular mall. We got the best deals at the Tanger Mall and we found the best stuff at Branson Landing(new mall).
• Lunch at the Hard Luck Cafe. This is a cafe off the strip where people who are trying to make it in some of the shows work. They sing while you are eating! One of the servers was on American Idol. The food was okay but, the experience was a lot of fun!
• The very best part of the whole trip was when Rachel's father in law called and told Rachel if we found him he would give us $100. He and his wife were shopping at the same mall we were at. He called an hour later and said he would give us $50 more....we found him after running in every store and he gave us $150 more! By this time we were exhausted so we decided to leave and go back home. He called again and told us the same thing! He was planning on doing his for 4 more hours! Santa Doug made our Saturday Christmas in July! Doug and Linda have been close family friends of Chad's family for years. I have been blessed to become apart of their friendship! I am so glad Chad's best friend married such a great person! It makes it easier to stay in touch with their family!
• Kringle's Christmas Store was our favorite shop in Branson. It had 3 levels of Christmas decoration! We could have stayed in there for hours and if St. Doug was around...we probably would have! This store is located in the same center as Hard Luck Cafe.
• Spending quality girl time with a girl who knows how to shop was definitely another super fun highlight!