HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRIS .. DAY TWO!!!

For your 50th birthday you deserve a celebration that goes on and on and on, right??????  I started the day by gobbling MY birthday cupcake along with my first hot out of the pot cup of Cinnamon Pecan Coffee .. Yummmmmm!!!  

 

Madonna showed up bright and early with Cris's birthday gift .. Gosh .. I sure wish I had cleaned all that junk off the side of my fridge before I took this picture .. LOL!!  

Madonna is such a creative person .. the birthday card was hand crafted!!  

And then there was the Birthday Tiara .. with a big Five Oh on it!!!  

And then the hand crafted apron!!  

And hot pads to match ...

And the hot pads have magnets in them so you can just toss them on your refrigerator when you're finished with them!!!   Or I guess you could stick them to the side of your stove .. but the girls had fun throwing them at the refrigerator .. LOL!!  There was one more gift in that big purple bag but I'm saving the best for last .. sure hope I don't forget to post it!!!  

After the opening of the gifts .. the three of us climbed into Madonna's car and we headed out on our day's adventure!  First stop ... Sweets of course!!  

 

 We had already decided that before we headed in towards the city on this day of  treasure hunting that we were going to stop by Schnuck's and get one of their delicious sweet rolls to start our day .. Madonna and I have already made our choices but the birthday girl is having a hard time choosing only ONE!!! 

This big Cinnamon Roll with Maple Icing .. Vanilla swirls .. and crushed Pecans is always my favorite!!!  

And Chocolate Milk!!  Yummmm ... nothing like a Maple Pecan Cinnamon Roll and Chocolate Milk to start your day off right!!  We are not even going to contemplate how many calories the three of us consumed before we ever even got the day going .. LOL!!!  You don't count calories during birthday celebrations, right????  Yeah .. that's what I thought!!! 

Madonna had a long list of places to go .. some of them were places we had never been to before .. like this one.  There was a regular resale shop downstairs and the upstairs was filled with small Flea Market booths.  Very neat and clean.  All three of us found something there and all agreed it was a place worth revisiting. 

Of course you can't go treasure hunting without hitting a few Goodwill stores .. this is one we had never been to before.  We went so many places I don't remember whether any of us got anything here or not!!  We went to a couple of places after this one but don't ask me where .. I don't remember .. LOL!!  

Eventually stomachs were growling and we decided it was time for lunch.  There is a small strip of eating places we like to go to because it has a variety of choices of places to eat .. a Cafe type restaurant .. A Chinese Buffet .. a Dominoes Pizza .. and a Qudoba .. which is one of Cris's favorite eating places.  Madonna and Cris got their lunch at Qudoba and I got a Chicken Bacon Ranch sandwich from Dominoes.  There was a terrific breeze so we decided we would eat outside.

After lunch we were on the hunt again.  We eventually came to another new store ..  

 This one just recently opened and is owned and operated by disabled veterans!!!  It was a nice clean store .. but things were a bit pricey in comparison to other thrift stores!!  


As I said earlier .. we went to so many places I lost track of them.  Both Value Village Stores .. 2 or 3 or 4 more Goodwill stores .. a couple of small resale stores.  The Value Village Stores don't have public bathrooms .. we hit the second Value Village store along towards evening .. when we left the store all three of us were in need of "powdering our noses" so to speak ..  so we ventured over to the Taco Bell that was in the connecting parking lot for a brief visit but ended up staying long enough to eat a little bit before taking off again.  I had a Chalupa .. the girls both had a Taco.  No time to linger .. there were more stores to visit and more fine treasurers to see .. LOL!!!  

We came dragging into my home in Hematite about 9:30 pm!!  That's about 13 and 1/2 hours of climbing in and out of the car .. walking up and down aisles .. yakking .. laughing .. and having fun!!   WOW .. what a day!!!  

As soon as we got settled in Cris and Madonna started digging through their bags of treasures to see just what they had found!  Just like two little girls giggling over their treasures .. LOL!! 

Madonna is quite proud of her pink chenille bathrobe .. with a hood no less!!  She really loved that hood!!  Her sister looks like she just might be pouting because she didn't get one .. LOL!! I love this picture!! 

Sad to say these are the only treasures I found .. and I got the America America sampler the day before!!  The auto vacuum was for Rob .. and believe it or not I got the pumper bottle to put my dish washing liquid in!!  I am too lazy to bend over and put my Dawn dishwashing liquid under the sink when I'm done with it .. it sets out all the time and becomes quite unsightly .. I thought this might be a whole lot better .. we'll see!!  And now get all that stuff off the table girls we're going to gobble a few goodies!!!  

This is the first chance we've had to sit down and enjoy the goodies that Madonna made .. 

And believe me we did enjoy them!!!  Thank You Madonna for the home made treats and the Cupcakes and Ice Cream!!!  

DAY THREE!!  

  Madonna and Cris ventured to Farmington, Missouri for the third day of celebration .. sad to say I didn't get to participate in this day's fun for I had to work so this will be a short story!!  They went to a place called "The Factory" .. this is an old factory building that is now filled with craft booths .. resale booths .. and a small cafe.  They also went to a flea market that is set up in a group of storage buildings.  Farmington Goodwill.  Applebees for lunch.  There are a couple of nice Antiques / Collectibles shops in Farmington but they didn't mention having gone to those.  After thier jaunt in Farmington they came back to Hematite and picked up Miss Lindsay and went to the theater in Festus to watch "Brave".    If Madonna has pictures I will create a DAY THREE page and share them with you .. all I have to do is remember to ask her .. LOL!!  

DAY FOUR .. 

The celebration is almost over .. Cris would be going back home today!!  Another of Cris's favorite treats when she is in this area is the Cinnamon Crunch Bagels with Honey Walnut Cream Cheese from the St. Louis Bread Company.  It just so happens that these are a favorite of her mother's too!!  So as she was taking her shower I headed into Festus to the St. Louis Bread Company to purchase her last birthday treat .. Yummmmmm!!! 

This was Monday and Madonna had to work .. so Cris had to pose for the obligatory Hematite Bed and Breakfast front porch picture all by herself!!  She doesn't look 50 years old does she???? 
 

Speaking of being 50 years old .. remember that last gift in Madonna's big purple bag of gifts? 

 The one I saved for last????? 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CRIS!!!!! 

Love you Cris .. I hope you enjoyed this birthday celebration as much as I did!!!   My biggest treasure of the weekend was being able to spend time with my daughters doing absolutely nothing but HAVING FUN!!!