Yesterday was fun, Sue Selenski picked me up at 7am and we were at the Maplewood Mall by 10 am. Stopped only once on the way for a McDonald's latte. We stopped at JoAnn's Fabric first and I picked up 2 yards of muslin for liners for Baked Potato Bags and Dog Beds. I forgot my coupon and we stood in line at least 10 minutes trying to get the app on Susan's I phone. Finally got it so I could get a 20% discount. What a silly waste of time. Why couldn't they just give me a coupon from a flyer laying around. KILL ME!
Then off to Coldwater Creek, Talbot's, Christopher Banks and we hit Chico's. Now do I have a story for you.
" THE BAT STORY"
Susan found the most to die for gorgeous dark blue/teal shade of velvet blazer. Tank top and scarf to match. Too lovely. I found a cute tank top, red, was $69 marked down to $19.99. My price range, has about 50 little red leather circles sewn on the front. Perfect for the blazer I was wearing. Yes yes I will get to the bat. They had two discount racks one up and one lower. Susan was finished trying on clothes and came over to the discount rack and found a lovely burnt orange sweater and was caring it over to the cash register to go to the mirror to try on and boom it happened. Inside the sleeve a brown bat, The little brown myotis, our most common bat species, occurs over most of North America. Together with the Northern myotis and big brown bat, it hibernates in Minnesota caves and mines. In summer, they roost in caves, mines, hollow trees, and buildings. Groups of these bats hang upside-down in caves. The Tri-colored bat is our smallest species, weighing only two-tenths of an ounce. It is found in the same Minnesota caves and mines, though it is uncommon and almost solitary. The silver-haired bat is a forest dweller that usually lives near water. It feeds among the trees much like the Eastern red bat, though the latter is noted for its unusual feeding habits. Usually a red bat pair will fly the same route, over and over, in search of food. Another woodland species is the hoary bat. It is the largest Minnesota bat, weighing an ounce or more. All three species are solitary, roost in trees, and migrate south for the winter. I think it was The Hoary Bat. You wouldn't believe the size of this guy. He was at least an ounce and brown. I told the clerk to grab a clear plastic shoe box that was on the shelf and put on top of it and they did but the clerks were panicking. Susan and I weren't and I don't know why not, it was in the sleeve of the sweater she was going to try on. I asked them immediately if they offered "bat discounts." The called someone to come and get the bat, We continued to shop. She didn't get the bat discount. The nerve of those clerks. You wouldn't believe how squashed the clothes were on the discount rack. He really had to search for that hiding place.
We left Chico's and headed for Albertville Outlet Mall, Stopped at Subway for our lunch, went to Chico's and Christopher Banks. By then it was 10 to 3 and we were tired, we had called Gerry Gustaphson and went over to Gerry and Herb's place for coffee. Was so fun to connect with them, they had lived in Remer until his health took them to Albertville to live. A lovely town home on one level. Herb is 10 years senior to Gerry. We headed out at 4:15, they aren't but 5 minutes away from the Mall. We stopped at the Hallmark store in Elk River and McDonald's in Garrison on the way home for a quick bite. Got home by 7:45 so we were only gone 13 hours. Quite a whirlwind trip. Fun and I would do it again.
Slept like a baby from 9pm to 5 am. Feel like a million bucks and am working on towels to hook on the stove. It's Elaine's pattern and cute as can be.
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