What Did You Do This Weekend?

Well, Michelle, since you asked...I will tell you (wow, I'm such a nerd!)
I went into New York City on Saturday.

The first place I went was Union Square. It was a beautiful day and lots of people were out selling things and hanging out...this isn't a picture of that. This is a picture that I stole off the Internet because I wanted to show you the stores that I went to. DSW and Filene's Basement. If you don't know, DSW is a wonderful shoe store, and Filene's Basement is...well, it's better in Boston but its fun here too, it's basically a store with some great clothes and stuff for some great deals. They are both in this building in the picture above.

And this picture is one that I did take, it's Union Square out the window of Filene's Basement which is not a basement but actually on the top floor of that building in the picture that I didn't take. Whew.
After I shopped for a while (without buying anything, by the way) I decided to head to Times Square to the Tkts booth to see if I could find some discount tickets for a Broadway show that I might want to see. I didn't. I got there and decided that I wanted to see Chicago but the discount tickets weren't that discounted and the nice lady told me I would probably get a better deal if I just went to the box office and bought them there. So that is what I did. I got to the box office and found out that I could get some decent enough seats for a little more that $100 OR I could take the standing room only tickets (which she informed me were assigned spaces and she had one available that was a great view behind a wall to lean forward onto and next to a wall that I could lean sideways onto...did that make sense...) for about $27. Since I have recently discovered that saving money needs to be a top priority for me right now, I decided to see Chicago standing up...I can handle leaning for two hours, right? So I bought my ticket and moved on to the next part of my day.

Battery Park! Like I said earlier, it was a beautiful day, so I decided to go wander around Battery Park for a while. I saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (from a distance, I didn't ride the ferry out there), I saw a very entertaining street performance, I enjoyed the sunshine. It was great.

I also saw this statue that used to sit at the base of the World Trade Towers. I remember seeing it there when I came to New York back when I was sixteen.

After that, since I was in the area, I walked over to see the bull. I don't know who this guy in the picture is, it was impossible to get a shot of the bull without having someone in it. And it was also impossible (ok not impossible but more effort than I was willing to put forth) to get a picture of me and the bull...at least his head.

There was no waiting or pushing at all if you wanted to take a picture of yourself with the bull and his...um...backside so I got some nice people to snap my photo there instead. Say cheese!

Then it was time for the show! Note: after wandering around all day, two hours actually is a really long time to stand to watch a show. And on top of that the show was just ok...or maybe it was because of that, I haven't decided. Anyway, I suggest forking over the extra money for a seat.

Sunday!

On Sunday I went shopping. It was another beautiful day and I decided to go to the Woodbury Common outlet stores. My friend Megan told me once that she thought they were in Connecticut. I knew they were actually in New York but since she got confused I figured they must be at least close to Connecticut...not really. But the hour and a half drive was so worth it. These are outlet stores for very high end merchandise, which made it fun to wander around. I bought a couple of pairs of shorts, some jeans, a few tops, and a necklace. I refrained from buying the Jimmy Choo shoes that I fell in love with, because even though they were at the discounted outlet stores, $600 for a pair of (beautiful and wonderful) shoes is still out of my price range.

So there you go. That's what I did this weekend. (I was going to say that was my weekend in a nutshell but that was no nutshell...that was a dang novel! Sorry!)