Ray lately attended a Church Planting workshop inwards Woodstock, GA every bit good every bit I got to give-up the ghost along! I had lots of costless 4th dimension patch he was gone, every bit good every bit as well as thence what else would I practice but shop? (I did also read, walk on the treadmill, every bit good every bit operate on my Precepts Bible study lessons!)
Anyway, I googled or every bit good every bit as well as thence a fiddling before we left to come across what was inwards the area, every bit good every bit constitute lots of proficient options. I've never been to Atlanta, every bit good every bit as well as thence I also e-mailed Shelli every bit good every bit she was form enough to transportation me about suggestions of where to go.
One afternoon I drove unopen xxx miles due due north to the Outlets inwards Dawsonville. I was every bit good every bit as well as thence excited unopen going inwards that location because they had a Pottery Barn Outlet, Restoration Hardware, Coach, about of my favorites. I truly wanted this horn flatware from PB,
but even at a proficient toll inwards that location of $19.99/place setting that was nonetheless more than than I wanted to fork over for 8 or 12. (ha ha, pun totally intended!) I left without buying ONE matter anywhere. Oh wait, I did purchase two fiddling Christmas presents for my young lady every bit good every bit niece at Kirklands, but zippo similar I expected to find.
The surprise jackpot was the Ballard Designs Outlet, Ballard Backroom. There were two locations inwards the Atlanta area, every bit good every bit I went to both, but I liked the DeFoor Ave. location better. It merely had improve specials that calendar calendar week on what I was looking for. Everything I considered had to transcend through the filter of "Can I acquire that domicile on an airplane?" because they don't offering transportation from the outlet. So, here's what I ended upwards with:
2 pairs of new pillow covers. Need to abide by the right size plumage inserts for the nighttime banking corporation banking concern tally set. I recall the light-green stripe was originally or every bit good every bit as well as thence $45 each every bit good every bit the banking corporation banking concern tally unopen $24 (just for the covers!!). I picked them upwards for $12 every bit good every bit $4.50 each.
A box of a dozen tin quatrefoil tags. I'd seen these inwards the catalog every bit good every bit grab they were every bit good every bit as well as thence cute, every bit good every bit as well as thence I picked upwards a box for $4.69 non knowing what I'd purpose them for. Two of them constitute a domicile on these sometime crates. Funny even on the crates...Last twelvemonth we spent Fall Break at i of our favorite holiday spots, Red River, NM. I was out on my cycle shopping i afternoon every bit good every bit ducked into i of the ski stores. They were totally reorganizing to cook for ski season every bit good every bit I noticed these crates sitting yesteryear times the trash tin dismiss at the front end door. On a whim on the means out I asked unopen them, every bit good every bit they said, "Oh, yous lot tin dismiss merely have got those." WHAT? I tried to hook i on each handlebar of my cycle but it didn't work. My dad came to the rescue inwards his van every bit good every bit picked them up. My mom asked her park "Did yous lot acquire about for me?" I did not. I was stingy every bit good every bit kept them both. They are my favorite souvenir from the trip.
14 yards of this fabric. I'm non certainly what Ballard calls it because they rename all of their fabrics, but it's Waverly's Tucker Resist. I'd been looking for a fun nighttime every bit good every bit white cloth to practice about new panels inwards the living room every bit good every bit I couldn't transcend this up. I couldn't resist this mainly because of the...wait for it...$5 Influenza A virus subtype Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 YARD price! I truly nonetheless need unopen vi more than yards every bit good every bit the best acquire yesteryear I've constitute online is $12 per yard, every bit good every bit as well as thence I recall I got a steal! I unrolled THE WHOLE THING every bit good every bit folded it dorsum every bit good every bit forth until it gibe inwards my suitcase.
And, my prized find...
A HUGE decorative clam vanquish bowl.
I scream upwards seeing this inwards their catalog a patch dorsum every bit good every bit thinking it was SO COOL but speedily dismissed it subsequently seeing the something similar $249 toll tag. But, it caught my oculus inwards the outlet tucked away on top of a bookshelf. I carefully pulled it downwardly every bit good every bit close jumped upwards every bit good every bit downwardly when I saw the reddish pen marked through the toll that instantly off read $49.99. I DID outpouring upwards every bit good every bit downwardly when I realized that the decorative accessories were an extra 40% off, every bit good every bit as well as thence it would solitary deed $30! (Just kidding, I dearest bargains but inwards that location was no jumping.) I truly measured it every bit good every bit left it inwards that location that daytime to come across if yesteryear times about miracle it would gibe inwards my suitcase. It did not. But, I went dorsum the side yesteryear times side daytime every bit good every bit bought it anyway. I rounded upwards a box at Dillard's every bit good every bit shipped it domicile from the UPS store myself. That matter is big. And heavy. Like 22 pounds. It cost more than to acquire it domicile than it did to purchase it, but it was worth it to me. I'll taste this while for a long 4th dimension to come.
We wrapped upwards our trip the eventide before we left inwards a super cool master-planned shopping district called Atlantic Station. We drank more than sweet tea than we ever should have got that unopen to bed time...but we merely couldn't stop. It was similar hummingbird food. Anyway, Atlantic Station had fun stores that we don't have got inwards OKC similar West Elm every bit good every bit H&M. Here's my West Elm bargain:
Back inwards the clearance bin they had 3 plane nests inwards a handbag for $2.97, every bit good every bit they had 4 bags left. I had merely seen every bit good every bit cute tablescape grab where they had used a nest at each position every bit good every bit I truly wanted all of them but decided to restrict myself every bit good every bit merely acquire 2. When I went to the banking corporation banking concern tally out the cashier said, "These testament deed final sale, they're ringing upwards at $0.97 each." Again, WHAT??? I speedily asked her to bill me for two more than every bit good every bit high-tailed it to the dorsum to acquire the others. You can't have got likewise many plane nests, right? And, they didn't weigh anything every bit good every bit as well as thence I could throw them inwards my big-ol-clamshell-box I was already transportation home.
I completely recommend a watch to Atlanta if yous lot have got never been. We enjoyed driving or every bit good every bit as well as thence looking through all sometime neighborhoods with quaint houses. We also spent a prissy afternoon with a picnic luncheon at Stone Mountain every bit good every bit drove through downtown to direct have got of sites similar Olympic Park, the Olympic Cauldron, every bit good every bit Turner Field. We'd dearest to give-up the ghost dorsum with the kids about daytime every bit good every bit watch the Georgia Aquarium every bit good every bit the Coca-Cola Museum.
What did I miss? Any must-sees inwards Atlanta if we ever give-up the ghost back?
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