T Stands For The Eldest and Me

On her day off, the Eldest invited me out to lunch. She said I could pick where I wanted. Since I had to pick up some Bristol paper at Michael's, I opted for  Panera on the other side of the mall from Michael's. We wandered around Michael's after I got the paper. I was too busy enjoying being out with my daughter, I forgot to take pictures. Besides the paper, there was also an impulse buy of a bargain bin black cat cookie cutter and a bit of ribbon for a project. So much for frugal and only buying things I really needed.

Our destination for the afternoon. Panera Bread for lunch, and browsing through The Paper Store and Barnes and Noble.

I got two compliments at Panera on my crazy cat lady tee shirt.

The Eldest chose the Pick Two: a cup of Autumn squash soup, Chipotle chicken avocado melt, an apple, and a prickly pear hibiscus fresca beverage. I had a roasted turkey cranberry flatbread, bag of chips (crisps) and a glass of unsweetened ice tea with lemon. We also had a lovely chat about this, that, and the other thing. After Panera we stopped in The Paper Store, a stationery and gift shop.

We tested a sample of Inis perfume, a favorite of the Eldest. Imported from Ireland and smells like the beach.

We had unseasonably warm weather the last week of September.  Sad to see flannels and woolens out. 😾

These earbuds made me laugh. Young people can listen to their sh, er crap, er poopy music.

Christmas things were already out like this beautiful Lenox plate. Lenox will have good deals on items from their site as it gets closer to Christmas.

Ma and Prissy both had the little Christmas tree on the right. I was charmed by the cuckoo clock. Made me think of the cuckoo clocks I saw on a trip to Germany when I was in high school. 

Another pretty cardinal ornament. Will check to see if this goes on sale.

We had a good laugh at the flamingoes. When the Eldest was in high school, the teachers all had some sort of stuffed animal or figurine they used as a hall pass. The history teacher was fond of flamingoes. Her room was decorated with them, and she had a small stuffed flamingo named Frank.  Frank was kidnapped, went missing for a time, and was returned with a pink tutu and a new name, Francine.

If only it was a black cat. 

After browsing the Paper store we went to Barnes and Noble.

The girlies both love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. In the glass case figurines from My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Serice. My favorite, the black cat Jiji. Of course.

The Eldest found a chibi  (Japanese for short or child-like) version of The X-Files. Chibi Mulder and Scully are so cute.  As she said, geek parents have to start their kids off right.

If only the colors were reversed.

Yup, that's me.

The Cross pen, a fine writing instrument has come a long way from the chrome pen and mechanical pencil set I received as a college graduation gift.

I was browsing the toy department. Getting ideas because sometime in April, I'll be a grand aunt. As a parent, I wouldn't want my little one to play with a stuffed poop. Call me old-fashioned.

Ah, Spirograph, that's more like it. I still have my set.

Browsing done, we returned home to lounge in the sunroom and watch the celebrity version of Worst Cooks in America. All in all a very nice day out.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.