We are moving on down our list of things we annually do. Saturday we went to the Far West Bookstore and bought each girl another new CTR ring. They started with the little green ones and then moved on to real jewelry. They are free to choose whatever ring appeals to them. Most of the past years outgrown rings are saved with the exception of one lost in the ocean and one in a store. They usually move them to a smaller finger and get lots of use out of them.
We headed to the Columbia Center Mall (is that the right name? where Macy's is etc. we just call it The Mall) In and out of all the stores or at least it seemed so. The girls are savvy shoppers, bargain hunters and love window shopping. We bypassed a Greek restaurant we'd seen earlier and ate an assortment of lunch items from the food court at noon. Ever to satisfy, not only the appetite but today's techie folks, they had 2 very large TV screens center-located on each of the high ceilinged walls. I broke out laughing at how modern we were with everyone munching and all looking different directions at different screens! What a funny world we live in.
I finally gave up on window shopping or even purchasing things and sat down to people watch. Lots of people milling about of course. What really caught my eye though was a center aisle small business. Threading. Khite in Arabic. Fatlah in Egyptian. Also popular in India. Some think it might have started in Turkey. I'd never heard of it! Have you? It's an ancient hair removal technique using plain old cotton thread. Here is one definition/explanation that I found....
Threading is one of the oldest methods of body hair removal. It originated in Turkey, although it is currently most popular in India and other parts of the Middle East. Today, threading is also gaining popularity in Western cosmetology.
Threading involves the practitioner rolling twisted cotton threads over hairlines to remove unwanted hair. To do this, the practitioner holds one end of a cotton thread between her teeth and the other in her left hand. The middle part of the thread is looped through the index and middle fingers of the right hand. The loop is used to trap unwanted hair so that it can be easily plucked from the skin.
It was fascinating! $40 to do your entire face. the woman having it done acted like it was painless. The hair grows back in 6 weeks. No discoloration of skin. After several treatments eventually the hair doesn't grow back. They have illustrations on line that were interesting. They also shape eyebrows beautifully. So there you go! something new to think about doing at some point?! Perhaps!
Typically we go to Burlington Coat Factory but this year we got sidetracked when Jeanee saw a Plato's Closet store. Plato's Closet is right in the parking lot, so to speak, of Burlington. (www.platosclosetkennewick.com/) What a wonderful store! A consignment store that has lots of teen appeal. Great assortment of clothes. All in great condition. Marvelous low prices. I asked Chelle if she'd heard of it and she said she'd bought 50% of her school clothing, last year, for Sophia. There are so many modest things for sale!
We did go ahead and do a lot of looking and a teeny bit more of shopping at Burlington before heading home for a nice dinner. I'm all relaxed and thinking it's been a long day and I'm so glad to be able to kick back and do nothing. Tori comes out with a new-to-her yellow purse. We compare it to a yellow purse I have. She suggests that we take our yellow purses with us tonight. Tonight? where are we going tonight? the day is over! Nana is tuckered out. She says...remember? The Music Man!!!.... I'd totally spaced it out and didn't even have tickets!
I quickly called and probably because it was only the 2nd night of the production, tickets were easy to get! It was just the 3 of us and we had such a great time. We love to go to musicals. The woman that plays Marian, the Librarian, is just amazing!!! What a talent!!! She was truly wonderful! For those who know the Akins....Amy was the choreographer. Tony, his brother and his father made up 3 members of the quartet. Plus Amy and Tony's son was one of the children. I really enjoy Warehouse Theatre productions. warehousetheatreyakima.org
Making summer memories takes a lot of energy!!! I can hardly wait to be with the rest of the family!!! I'll hibernate later!! I hope you are working hard on creating great memories for your families!!!
PS- My DIL, Lorrie, just now called from Kansas. We were firming up some menu details for McCall. I told her I couldn't believe that they would drive 21 hours, one way!, to be with the family. She really touched my heart by replying....you know what? some of the very best memories we have, are with the family at McCall.
It's all so worth it!!!!
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