My Weekend

The mall! I feel 16 again ;)

Can I return the scarf for this? :)

South Coast Plaza

Sparkly things at Black, Starr & Frost

Mall go-ers awaiting the fashion show

Warm glow of Dior

I could swear I just saw this girl walk past me...

More sparklies

Mall shot

Donna Karan & me being 'inconspicuous' (window reflection)

LV and SoCal sky

Side trips down memory lane...or the 405 frwy.

What in the world is that!? Only in the Inland Empire! haha!
Back up the mtn....
Saturday was spent with a whirlwind trip down to Orange County, more specifically, South Coast Plaza Mall for a couple of returns that turned into a couple of purchases. Yes, we returned the Burberry scarf. It was beautiful but with the bad economy, our upcoming move and at least 20 other things up in the air at the moment, I felt guilty at such a luxury. There is a better time for that beautiful cashmere scarf in the future. Of course, I fell in love with a purse, a dress, another scarf...on the way out the store. No, I didn't get them, that would defeat the purpose of the return! My husband also needed to return a dress shirt at Bloomingdales, where on the way out, he treated me to a few Kiehls skin care products :), which I love! I suppose to ease my painful decision at returning the Burberry scarf. All the while, I tried to be inconspicuous and take a few pictures here and there, trying not to look like a tourist, haha! South Coast Plaza is special to us; it was a place that my husband and I used to hang out at quite often when we were teenage boyfriend and girlfriend...aawww. Although it was a short trip, it was nice reminiscing while we were there. After leaving the mall, we drove through So. Orange County where he grew up and another place we spent a lot of time together in our teens. Before heading home, we had a late lunch at a little Mexican restaurant called the Little Onion...I was surprised to see it still standing. It seems Orange County is built up and levelled down, then built up again every decade or so. It can be so trendy, it's nice for a native, old-timer like me to see something familiar. Once we left Orange County on our way home, we saw this monster-Frankenstein thing on the freeway. We cracked up as the eyes would light up when the driver hit the brakes! haha! I have no idea what that thing was, but it was a good laugh anyhow. My husband tried to get a picture of the eyes lighting up, bad timing with all the stop and go traffic, known all too well to Southern Californians. As we left a bright, sunny Orange County, we ascended our mountain a little over an hour later and noticed we were driving up to the clouds. It looked dark and stormy. It reminded me of 'The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein' where she was bought from the gipsy family to live with her wealthy Frankensteins and ascending the Swiss mountains, through treacherous roads, clouds and storms, at last saw her new home, Belrive. It's so dark and romantic, driving up the mountain, entering the dark clouds, like entering another world; my own Belrive.

That was our Saturday...Sunday was spent shopping, online. Just window shopping though! Stay well and spread your kindness today. Smile at everyone you pass regardless of how grumpy they may look ;) It may change their mind...or their life! You never know...

~ER~