I am a girly girl, and God knew that although I love to go camping and fishing with the best of them, I needed some pink bows and nail polish in my life. So God blessed me with four little shopping partners! I have trained them well in the ways of the mall, and one day they will go forth on their own and do my proud! My eldest shopping partner just turned 11 and is now calling herself a pre pre teen. This is quite fitting considering she is 11 going on 17. Addison is the spitting image of me. From the color of her hair, to her posture, all the way down to her attitude, we are one in the same. This being said, we can spend entire days butting heads, and having long “discussions” in which we are both always right! However when all the pre-teen drama is set aside we are best friends. We are best friends who love to shop! So every year on Addison’s birthday her and I take a day just the two of us. We wake up early, get all dressed up, and hit the malls from sun up to sun down. This has become one of our favorite days of the year. Addison gets a new wardrobe and I get priceless time bonding with my oldest daughter. This was the third annual mommy daughter birthday shopping extravaganza! Although it is usually a day for just the two of us, this year we decided to celebrate with our two BFF’s Debbie and Adele. It became a mother daughter shopping trip for two. Which of course ment double the laughs, double the shopping, and double the fun. Knowing that our BFF’s are moving away at the end of the month this day was bitter sweet. But for right now in this moment I am only going to think about the sweet. I am going to cherish the day and all the great memories we made. I will focus on the sweet and let my husband worry about the bitter when he gets his credit card bill. For me this day was all about my sweet daughter, our sweet friends, and most important the sweet deals we SCORED! We scored good food at Macaroni grill, we scored fantastic deals at Macy’s, and most of all we scored the best friends, and daughters these mommies could ask for!









Addison is rocking her first pair of designer jeans. Happy 11th Birthday! I love you!






















































































