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holiday 2017 at grace

December

For Friday field trip today, a visit to one more of my favorite stores for holiday shopping!

Have a little virtual shopping trip with a few photos from this holiday season at Grace in Niantic, Connecticut.

Enjoy!

Hope your holiday preparations are coming along! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a fabulous weekend, Jackie

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taken for granite 2017 holiday

November

The games have begun…the shoppers are off!

I promised a week of shopping inspiration and today I share some photos from one of my favorite ‘beachy’ vibe shops.

Today, for Friday field trip, a holiday visit to Taken for Granite in Stony Creek, Connecticut.

Choose this brick and mortar store over internet shopping and delight in the personal service, gorgeous gift wrap, and carefully selected merchandise offered!

Enjoy!

Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful weekend.

Remember to take pleasure in simple things…like visiting a beautiful gift shop! xo Jackie

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Today for Friday field trip, a little shopping trip to one of my very favorite gift shops – Taken for Granite in Stony Creek. If you follow the blog, you know I especially love this shop at its holiday finest!

My schedule did not allow me to make it to the evening open house this year, but I found the daylight just as magical!

As always, the best in holiday styling! Enjoy!

I hope this awesome shop provided you with a little holiday inspiration! Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful weekend and remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

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shopping christmas past

January

friday field trip

In the ‘old days’ I would shop the big department stores the morning after Christmas, excited about getting a good deal – sometimes standing in line for hours to get a few rolls of the perfect wrapping paper or some gift tags at half price.

The excitement for this activity has worn off over the years…mostly because stores never close! Today, there is no big deal about waiting for the store to open on the morning of the 26th! And, the sales start way before the holiday even begins! Today, if you do want to shop the after-holiday sales, it is much more efficient to shop on-line…finding the best availability and shopping the lowest prices for holiday wares.

Still, old habits die hard and I couldn’t resist stopping in a store the week after Christmas. I happen to be driving past an Anthropologie and decided to make a stop. Although there was not very much holiday merchandise left, and certainly no long lines to get inside, I felt compelled to walk around the store. This year’s holiday ‘paper cut’ theme was still displayed and I enjoyed greeting the salespeople with ‘Happy New Year’ and walking around to get some final glimpses of the season past.

So, even though I didn’t stand in a line in front of a department store for hours waiting for it to open, or come home with my arms full of wrapping paper rolls, I realized that I did get exactly what I wanted.

My visit to Anthropologie made me realize that I really don’t want the shopping experience reduced to another computer function…particularly at holiday time when senses are in overdrive.

The experience of visiting a store – greeting people, touching fabrics, comparing the smells of candles, feeling the heft of a pitcher…these are all the things I wanted. I hope these are the things you want too.