These are magical words here in Utah, because any female in this state is capable of spending hundreds of dollars in one trip to either of these places. Well, such was not really the case for Becky and me today, but it was a fun day nonetheless. First of all, the company for this outing was great, because I love Becky and her two (almost 3) daughters! Those girls are entertainment personified. Chase was entertaining today, too, but for a different reason… He kept wanting to run away from me and jump into the water where the ducks were swimming at Gardner Village (in Sandy). He was incredibly antsy and active today, not that that’s unusual. I think it was extra challenging because of the semi-long car ride to get to our destinations. So at Gardner Village, we managed to browse through ONE charming little store, out of like 30, before we decided that it wasn’t worth the wrestling of the children (namely CHASE). We vowed to go back sometime– WITHOUT the squirmy ones! We DID visit the ridiculously delicious bakery to have lunch and a treat, although Chase made a game of constantly running around the place and out the doors. We then called it quits, sort of… Once we got back in the car, we decided to take our chances at one more stop, also in Sandy, called Tai Pan Trading. I hadn’t ever been to this place, but I had heard enough to know I wanted to check it out. It turned out to be a huge warehouse of home decor; bigger than I could have imagined! Home decor heaven. I told myself I would not purchase anything ("I will resist. I will resist!"), but boy was there lots of temptation! I managed to end the day having only spent a few dollars for lunch and 2 mugs that were $1 each. So I am conquerer!!! I justified that mug purchase because they were a "need", not just a "want"– we didn’t have any microwave-safe mugs for hot chocolate, okay?!? OKAY! 🙂
