Today, Dennis took Alyna, a friend and me shopping all day. I've been wanting to go to Oberhausen Germany to shop at a big mall to see what I could find to wear for all weddings. So this morning bright and early we got up and drove to Germany. We went to Koln (Colonge). Schildergasse is reported to be the biggest and busiest shopping street in Europe. It had a lot stores we have become familiar with but also a lot of new and interesting ones we explored. The window displays were quite interesting. At the H&M store, the mens display made me laugh. Rolled up pants, sweater and shirt tucked into slacks and just the whole color, style thing was enough to make me stop and take a picture.
We looked at most every shoe store for the perfect shoes for Lisa to wear for her wedding. (That was a great excuse for looking at shoes. Thanks, Lisa.) We found lots that we would have loved to buy but Alyna and I really don't need many more shoes right now.
We did find some cute outfits but the price tag on most of them were enough to discourage us from even trying them on.
After an hour of two of shopping it was time to eat. I'm sure Dennis would have chosen something a little more authentic but the girls voted for Burger King and so that's where we had lunch.
We then drove into Dusseldorf and shopped at a big grocery store there. We decided to still go check out the mall since we were only about 15-20 minutes away at that point. It was a HUGE, two story place. We set up a meeting time and place so everyone could go browse and shop to their hearts content. It was super crowded and sometimes the lines to the dressing rooms and check stands were so long that even if I found something I liked, I wasn't willing to wait. After all, we only had 45 minutes to look around. When we met back after 45r minutes, we begged another half hour and I think by the end of that time we all left happy. I would love to to back on a weekday when it isn't so busy but I really apprecaited Dennis' being willing to spend the day doing what we wanted to do.
What a Sweetheart! He does so many things to make me happy and make my life easier. I love him so much!
2 comments:
Happy Valentine's Day? IS this a American holiday only? I had a nice surprise on my door step this afternoon. A wedding announcment. Yea! That means you'll be coming soon. Since we're still around we plan to come. I'm looking forward to seeing you all.
Awwwww. Sounds like fun. Hooray for dad for being so nice.
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