Raindrops On the Mountains

Someone at the Weather Channel needs glasses. They said it was supposed to rain in the evening and be cloudy in the morning, but we awoke to a huge thunderstorm. I let Lauren sleep in and just lay around in bed and read her Monkees books.

The rain did subside long enough to take in another shopping center near Lauren. This one had a larger FYE that had just gotten in the September WebKinz. I got the Eagle. (Of course I got the Eagle. I'm a Philadelphia Eagles fan! ;) ) Lauren got the Sheep and the Bat. (I almost got the Bat but decided to hold off for Halloween.) I also found Singin' In the Rain on sale for $12.99. It costs as much as $27 reguarly; $12 with the Membership Card is a steal. Lauren also picked up the third season of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air and a couple of wrestling DVDs and posters. We walked through Wal-Mart and Michael's, but neither of us got anything else. Wal-Mart was just putting out their Halloween items. I liked looking at the new cookie cutters (though I usually end up too busy in October to do any kind of baking).

We had lunch at Price Chopper, the huge supermarket in the same mall. Like the Wegmans' in Cherry Hill, this Price Chopper has a small restaurant section on one side of the room. Unlike the Acme's tiny "cafe" area between the bakery and deli, with it's selection of fried chicken, salad bar, and deli sandwiches, this "cafe" had not only sandwiches and a salad bar, but a nice hot foods bar. (Acme sells some hot foods, but only at the deli.) I had mashed sweet potatoes, chicken Marsala, and baby carrots. Lauren had the chicken, chicken and gravy, cheesy baked pasta, and white rice. It was all quite tasty for a supermarket salad bar, and only $4.50 each, at least two times cheaper than the Old Country Buffet across the way (with some of the same food).

Since we were out anyway, Lauren stopped by a local pizzeria to pick up the pepperoni pizzas we were going to have for dinner. While the pizzas cooked, we looked at a small used book store in the same mall. They had a nice selection of paperback mysteries. I ended up with Death at Bishop's Keep (which I've been wanting to read - my grandmother gave me the second one, and the libraries only have the newer ones) and a small cake/cookies/pie cookbook. By that point, it was raining again, and had rained on and off all day. The rain didn't stop until we got home and were eating pizza over Wheel of Fortune (of course).

Tomorrow, we're going up to Vermont to the Vermont Country Store and the Manchester Outlets. It's supposed to be really nice, so we hopefully won't have the weather problem again. (It's now saying no more rain until Saturday, which we plan on spending relaxing at home after the Micky Dolenz concert.)

Oh, and meet my three new WebKinz, Swamp Fred the Bullfrog, Mochaberry the Cocoa Dinosaur, and Westbrook the Eagle! Swamp Fred and Mochaberry live in Fred's muddy swamp home, where Mochaberry has a hearthside bread business. Westbrook will have his own Red, White, and Blue Football room and will be in charge of the KinzBee's Sports Bar and Grill. (Westbrook is, of course, named for Philadelphia Eagle Brian Westbrook.)