pumpkins

i took thursday and friday off to have a little break, after working so much in georgia. the first day i did laundry, went grocery shopping, took a nap, finished up project runway on dvr. yesterday i went out to rancho to have lunch and go shopping with my mom. she is super busy with all her efforts for the yes on prop 8 campaign, and i have been busy with life, so it was a fun day off for both of us.

we had a DELISH lunch at souplantation (i am always delighted by healthy-ish buffets) and made our first stop at tai pan trading.

my MIL got me hooked on tai pan a while back; it is a fantastic home decorating warehouse that started out with two salt lake city locations. seriously, this place is like a dream come true if you want to spice up your house. every time we've been to utah since we got married, i have made a trip there. unfortunately i was always limited to what i could purchase since i'd have to lug it home on the plane with me.

naturally i was ecstatic when i heard one was opening in california -- and even more thrilled to hear it was opening in my very own hometown. tai pan rancho opened on monday and it was everything i had hoped.



the place is so big it's sort of overwhelming (especially cause it's loaded with christmas stuff right now, but i can't remember what new decorations i bought last year) but i made off with a lovely collection of new halloween/harvest decorations for the apt. SO FUN. i highly recommend checking it out if you're ever in the 909 (or in utah). oh, and if you go on 11/15, you can meet marie osmond :)

and speaking of gourds (my favorite seasonal word...so ugly)...i think i ate my weight in pumpkin chocolate chip cookie dough today. gross.