Weekend Plans

After our plans for snowboarding fell through, I was just hanging out at the house. My friend Candy suggested we go "shopping" (i.e. pricing) in Leesburg for things to furnish/decorate the new house my bro and I will be moving into shortly. I thought it was a great idea, BUT asked her if she wanted to go to colonial Leesburg first to just walk the streets and look around at all the shops/boutiques.

I have been wanting to do this with my sister since I discovered that there was actually some substance to the "Colonial" claims this past summer. Unfortunately, my sister is still several thousand miles and a BIG pond away, so I went with Candy. Louisa and I will of course check it out again whenever she gets to come back!

We visited several antique shops, two boutiques (read: way-overpriced-designer-clothes-that-I-could-make-for-one-third-the-price), two coffee shops, one antique furniture place and the thrift store. I also showed her the townhouse we highly considered buying. Probably my favorite part was walking on the old brick and seeing the old houses. Actually, no. My favorite part was describing how good my Mom was at teaching us to relive history. I LOVE walking through old towns and imagining what it might have been like for a girl my age in the 1860s, trying to help the soldiers, trying to maintain my household, loving my family, etc. Mom loved history. I can still see the sparkle in her eyes (and I think it comes out in mine, too) whenever I come up with stories that start with "imagine what so-and-so was thinking on such-and-such a date when....." Yes. Remembering Mom was the best part. (Oh, and I loved hanging out with Candy, too.)

Of course, with all those high price tags, we came away with two treasures--both from the thrift store and both under $3. Now THAT's my kind of shopping! =)