Hit a few more stores this morning and headed back to PEI. It took 7 hours with a pit stop
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Shopping Hints and Ideas - please add to this post
if you have any to add please comment and I will add them.
1. Bangor - check out http://www.famousshoes.com/
fabulous prices on shoes - I got a pair of New Balance sneakers for 44.00
2. Become a member at Kohls.com - I got two coupons - one for 20% off everything early in my trip and while I was on the road got another one for 15% off everything - of course we went back.
3. Last weeks of June are fabulous for summer clothes shopping - major sales as they are getting stores ready for back to school stock. Anyone know what other time sales are great in Maine????????
4. There is now a Sephora in the Maine Mall, Portland - wild makeup place.
5. What stores are where
Portland - H&M*, Forever 21*, Aeropostale, Sephora* , Marshalls
Augusta - Christmas Tree Shoppe*, Kohls, JcPenny, TJMax, Aeropostale, Fashion Bug
Bangor -Famous Shoes*, Kohl's, Hollister, JcPenny, Aeropostale , Marshalls
Freeport - Banana Republic Outlet*, Calvin Klein outlet*
* - only one location
recommended by Carolyn and Juanita
6. Petite shopping - Kohl's, JcPenny
7. Shopping for kids - Kohl's, H&M
8. Shopping for men - Kohl's
9. Shopping for women, H&M, Fashion Bug, Kohl's, JcPenny
10. Junior shopping (aka teen or young adult) - Forever 21, Kohl's, TjMax, Hollister, Aeropostale,
1. Bangor - check out http://www.famousshoes.com/
fabulous prices on shoes - I got a pair of New Balance sneakers for 44.00
2. Become a member at Kohls.com - I got two coupons - one for 20% off everything early in my trip and while I was on the road got another one for 15% off everything - of course we went back.
3. Last weeks of June are fabulous for summer clothes shopping - major sales as they are getting stores ready for back to school stock. Anyone know what other time sales are great in Maine????????
4. There is now a Sephora in the Maine Mall, Portland - wild makeup place.
5. What stores are where
Portland - H&M*, Forever 21*, Aeropostale, Sephora* , Marshalls
Augusta - Christmas Tree Shoppe*, Kohls, JcPenny, TJMax, Aeropostale, Fashion Bug
Bangor -Famous Shoes*, Kohl's, Hollister, JcPenny, Aeropostale , Marshalls
Freeport - Banana Republic Outlet*, Calvin Klein outlet*
* - only one location
recommended by Carolyn and Juanita
6. Petite shopping - Kohl's, JcPenny
7. Shopping for kids - Kohl's, H&M
8. Shopping for men - Kohl's
9. Shopping for women, H&M, Fashion Bug, Kohl's, JcPenny
10. Junior shopping (aka teen or young adult) - Forever 21, Kohl's, TjMax, Hollister, Aeropostale,
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Untitled - have no idea what to call this.
1. Most american restaurants have a sign at the entrance that ask folks, in respect to the other diners, to turn off their cell phones... great idea..
2. We saw many motorcycles in Maine - almost noone wears helmets - wild!!
3. Why aren't there any Kohl's stores in Canada?
4. Did you know that a small coffee at Tim in Maine is the size of our medium and that their extra large is very large! and their muffins are not as good as Canadian muffins.
5. Of all the stores and shops we visited only 1 or 2 had push button doors - it makes getting in and out of places a bit tricky at times.
2. We saw many motorcycles in Maine - almost noone wears helmets - wild!!
3. Why aren't there any Kohl's stores in Canada?
4. Did you know that a small coffee at Tim in Maine is the size of our medium and that their extra large is very large! and their muffins are not as good as Canadian muffins.
5. Of all the stores and shops we visited only 1 or 2 had push button doors - it makes getting in and out of places a bit tricky at times.
Day 6 - Round 2 at Kohl's
This morning we had a message when we went into the inn for breakfast. The ladies from the parade called and wanted our email to keep in touch. We told them we wanted to go to Savannah, Georgia someday and that we should keep in touch. They didn't come to the fireworks as they were tired - they had been cruising all day. I thought that was so neat - we made some new friends.
Checkout was at 11:00 - we left unwillingly at 10:57....
Stopped at a great restaurant on the way to Bangor called Sarah's place.
Got a room for a great price on priceline auction - Fairfield, Marriot - nice room.
And did Round 2 at Kohl's - Lulu tried to talk us out of it - but we were too determined. Went to another store called Famous shoes - got a pair of New Balance for $40. Going home tomorrow....
Will post links to my tripadvisor reviews in a separate post.
Checkout was at 11:00 - we left unwillingly at 10:57....
Stopped at a great restaurant on the way to Bangor called Sarah's place.
Got a room for a great price on priceline auction - Fairfield, Marriot - nice room.
And did Round 2 at Kohl's - Lulu tried to talk us out of it - but we were too determined. Went to another store called Famous shoes - got a pair of New Balance for $40. Going home tomorrow....
Will post links to my tripadvisor reviews in a separate post.
Day 5 - Fireworks
Woke up this morning and it was pouring rain. We had breakfast at the inn - fabulous - fresh fruit, homemade granola, and banana flambé french toast with a brown sugar sauce - it just can't be described. After breakfast I we sat in the living area with some other guests chatting and I showed Carolyn how to play crib.
We went out for lunch and the rain let up. We spent the afternoon visiting little craft shops. We lined up for a street parade and met 2 great ladies from Atlanta, Georgia. They were so nice. I was standing behind Carolyn's wheelchair and one of them went off to find me a chair from the public area. We chatted through the whole parade and we invited them to come to our B&B to watch the fireworks.
We spent the evening outside at the inn - Carolyn reading a book and I playing online poker. The fireworks were amazing. 50 or more folks - guests and friends of the innkeeper were there to watch. What fun. We met a couple who just got married - their combined families add up to 5 kids and there is another on the way - wow!!
We have to leave tomorrow - and we don't want to.... and we decided to spend the night in Bangor and can you believe it - do more shopping.... well I got another coupon from Kohl's... and I don't want to drive all the way home in one sitting.. :)
We went out for lunch and the rain let up. We spent the afternoon visiting little craft shops. We lined up for a street parade and met 2 great ladies from Atlanta, Georgia. They were so nice. I was standing behind Carolyn's wheelchair and one of them went off to find me a chair from the public area. We chatted through the whole parade and we invited them to come to our B&B to watch the fireworks.
We spent the evening outside at the inn - Carolyn reading a book and I playing online poker. The fireworks were amazing. 50 or more folks - guests and friends of the innkeeper were there to watch. What fun. We met a couple who just got married - their combined families add up to 5 kids and there is another on the way - wow!!
We have to leave tomorrow - and we don't want to.... and we decided to spend the night in Bangor and can you believe it - do more shopping.... well I got another coupon from Kohl's... and I don't want to drive all the way home in one sitting.. :)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Day 4 - Boothbay Harbor
Wow, I hope heaven is like this - our B&B is on top of a hill overlooking the harbor (harbour in Canada - LOL).
This town is so quaint. We had a lunch at a great restaurant on the way here just outside of Augusta. Tomorrow there is a parade of schooners coming to boothbay and fireworks tomorrow night. We will be able to watch it all from the lawn of the B&B.
Lulu was a bit confused this morning trying to get through double-laned roundabouts - she just wasn't on her game. Good thing we are only getting single laned roundabouts on PEI. I hope her next owner is not to harsh with her. (the lease on my van is up at the end of the month so Lulu (built in GPS) is leaving us - we will miss her).
Goodnight
This town is so quaint. We had a lunch at a great restaurant on the way here just outside of Augusta. Tomorrow there is a parade of schooners coming to boothbay and fireworks tomorrow night. We will be able to watch it all from the lawn of the B&B.
Lulu was a bit confused this morning trying to get through double-laned roundabouts - she just wasn't on her game. Good thing we are only getting single laned roundabouts on PEI. I hope her next owner is not to harsh with her. (the lease on my van is up at the end of the month so Lulu (built in GPS) is leaving us - we will miss her).
Goodnight
Monday, June 21, 2010
Day 3 - Lulu takes us to Portland, Maine
Well I think we are done, finished, completé... another marathon day of shopping - today in Portland. Our target today, The Maine Mall, Portland. We arrive and the first store my olympic shopper daughter spots is Forever 21. Oh my - this store was bigger than the Sears store in Charlottetown (full of teenager-young lady clothes) - it took 2.5 hours to get through and we still didn't see all the clothes. And the deals - layers this time for 2 to 5.00 - what the heck!! unreal...
Carolyn felt really bad after all that shopping, she decided I could shop for me now - so off to H&M we went - I found a skirt for $5, 2 more for $10 each - wow! I left Maine Mall with 3 skirts and a pastry brush from a kitchen store. Carolyn left with bags.... hmmm something wrong with this picture - I just can't figure out what it is...
We spent the last 3 nights in Augusta. I got a hotel room for $50.00 a night through Priceline auction - Holiday Inn - not a bad hotel - and for $50.00 who is going to complain.... My friend Cheryl suggested that we base ourselves here and it worked out very well. This way I didn't have to pack up and move hotels, Freeport is 45 minutes away, Portland 1 hour.
Tomorrow we load up the van and head out to Boothbay Harbor for 2 days of R&R. I booked a nice B&B - should be fun!!
Carolyn felt really bad after all that shopping, she decided I could shop for me now - so off to H&M we went - I found a skirt for $5, 2 more for $10 each - wow! I left Maine Mall with 3 skirts and a pastry brush from a kitchen store. Carolyn left with bags.... hmmm something wrong with this picture - I just can't figure out what it is...
We spent the last 3 nights in Augusta. I got a hotel room for $50.00 a night through Priceline auction - Holiday Inn - not a bad hotel - and for $50.00 who is going to complain.... My friend Cheryl suggested that we base ourselves here and it worked out very well. This way I didn't have to pack up and move hotels, Freeport is 45 minutes away, Portland 1 hour.
Tomorrow we load up the van and head out to Boothbay Harbor for 2 days of R&R. I booked a nice B&B - should be fun!!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Day 2 - Thank God for the GPS
Whoever invented the GPS should be canonized as a saint. It's like the cell phone - what the heck did we do before we had those. I have had a GPS for 4 years, but truth be known, this is the first time I really had to use it as I always know where I'm going..... well you know what I mean...
We named our GPS Lulu - well she talks to us - so we thought it would be good manners to talk back to her at times and for that she needed a name. Most of the time we praise Lulu for getting us places where otherwise it would take a lot of figurin' to get to... but sometimes her instructions are not quite clear enough. Tonight for instance, we were in a complicated exit and SHE WASN'T CLEAR ENOUGH so I took the wrong turn.... I had to drive 10 miles, pay $1.00 at a toll booth, turn around on the other side of the tool booth and pay another $1.00 to get on the other side of the highway and then drive 10 miles back to our hotel. I gave Lulu a few pieces of my mind.
Back to the shopping: Carolyn wants to sell the house and move into the Kohl's Department Store.. We spent the morning at Kohl's - Oh my - we bought 21 items including 5 pairs of shoes (including converse, airsoles, nike) a few tops for me, many tops for carolyn, 4-5 pairs of shorts, 2 dresses, etc, etc for 250.00 - the store had 30 to 60% almost everything and I had a coupon for 20% off above that. WILD!
Then this afternoon we left for Freeport with Lulu leading the way. Freeport is a fun spot but has a few challenges for a wheelchair - a few scary steep hills and a few stores with no access! The best deal there was those layered tanktops Carolyn wears at the Gap Oulet for 2.99 - wild and my best deal was a cute top at Banana Republic outlet for $10.00.
But we are not shopped out yet.... Tomorrow we head for Portland with Lulu by our side - she is sleeping right now - she had a busy day.
We named our GPS Lulu - well she talks to us - so we thought it would be good manners to talk back to her at times and for that she needed a name. Most of the time we praise Lulu for getting us places where otherwise it would take a lot of figurin' to get to... but sometimes her instructions are not quite clear enough. Tonight for instance, we were in a complicated exit and SHE WASN'T CLEAR ENOUGH so I took the wrong turn.... I had to drive 10 miles, pay $1.00 at a toll booth, turn around on the other side of the tool booth and pay another $1.00 to get on the other side of the highway and then drive 10 miles back to our hotel. I gave Lulu a few pieces of my mind.
Back to the shopping: Carolyn wants to sell the house and move into the Kohl's Department Store.. We spent the morning at Kohl's - Oh my - we bought 21 items including 5 pairs of shoes (including converse, airsoles, nike) a few tops for me, many tops for carolyn, 4-5 pairs of shorts, 2 dresses, etc, etc for 250.00 - the store had 30 to 60% almost everything and I had a coupon for 20% off above that. WILD!
Then this afternoon we left for Freeport with Lulu leading the way. Freeport is a fun spot but has a few challenges for a wheelchair - a few scary steep hills and a few stores with no access! The best deal there was those layered tanktops Carolyn wears at the Gap Oulet for 2.99 - wild and my best deal was a cute top at Banana Republic outlet for $10.00.
But we are not shopped out yet.... Tomorrow we head for Portland with Lulu by our side - she is sleeping right now - she had a busy day.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Day 1 - Getting there
Left Westway at 8:05 - coffee and hot chocolate in Borden - 8:35 - Calais border 12:35 (atl) - arrived in Augusta, Maine at 3:30 (eastern time). I didn't mind the drive, I was a bit concerned as the farthest I had ever driven was to Halifax.
I don't know if I will go home via Calais route. I did not enjoy that part of the trip, 150 miles of nothing, no people, abandoned buildings, we met a car maybe every 10 minutes, no cell service, no towns, no exits, 80 degree turns going up hill, going down hill, signs warning truckers of the angles of the hills. I had not a nerve left when I hit junction 46. Thank you Stephen for this shortcut - it was nice to see civilization again LOL. For those of you who travel this route - you are very brave (or I'm a nervous nut)!!! But you gotta love those divided highways!!! I could cruise those all day.
We hit the hotel room - devised our plan and away we went. Now many of you think I over plan when I travel - actually what I do is research, research. I know about every restaurant, hotel and store in Augusta so when we got here we took a look at my sheet - picked a restaurant, stores in on end of town and we were off.... no sitting around wondering...
We found some good deals today. We hit - Christmas Tree Shoppe which has no Christmas stuff - I asked a cashier - did they not have a little bit of Christmas stuff and she abruptly said "no, not this time of year" - I bet they get asked that a lot. TJMAX and Fashion Bug - one store for Carolyn - one for me.
Unfortunately Augusta does not have many good restaurants that I could find (if anyone knows of one please let me know). We ate at Texas Roadhouse - Carolyn says it was sooooo cool - actually she had a 6 oz sirloin which was very good and very tender, I had the ribs - they were only ok. We order a baked sweet potato - oh my very delicious.
Stopped off at Grocery store on the way home and bought a bottle of Bin 99 Pinot Noir which I pay 15 to 16 dollars on PEI for 7.99...... Yellow Tail is also 7.99 - and I can only bring 2 bottles home with me - I guess I will have to drink lots while I am here.
Tomorrow we are off to Freeport. Stay tuned for Day 2
Goodnight
I don't know if I will go home via Calais route. I did not enjoy that part of the trip, 150 miles of nothing, no people, abandoned buildings, we met a car maybe every 10 minutes, no cell service, no towns, no exits, 80 degree turns going up hill, going down hill, signs warning truckers of the angles of the hills. I had not a nerve left when I hit junction 46. Thank you Stephen for this shortcut - it was nice to see civilization again LOL. For those of you who travel this route - you are very brave (or I'm a nervous nut)!!! But you gotta love those divided highways!!! I could cruise those all day.
We hit the hotel room - devised our plan and away we went. Now many of you think I over plan when I travel - actually what I do is research, research. I know about every restaurant, hotel and store in Augusta so when we got here we took a look at my sheet - picked a restaurant, stores in on end of town and we were off.... no sitting around wondering...
We found some good deals today. We hit - Christmas Tree Shoppe which has no Christmas stuff - I asked a cashier - did they not have a little bit of Christmas stuff and she abruptly said "no, not this time of year" - I bet they get asked that a lot. TJMAX and Fashion Bug - one store for Carolyn - one for me.
Unfortunately Augusta does not have many good restaurants that I could find (if anyone knows of one please let me know). We ate at Texas Roadhouse - Carolyn says it was sooooo cool - actually she had a 6 oz sirloin which was very good and very tender, I had the ribs - they were only ok. We order a baked sweet potato - oh my very delicious.
Stopped off at Grocery store on the way home and bought a bottle of Bin 99 Pinot Noir which I pay 15 to 16 dollars on PEI for 7.99...... Yellow Tail is also 7.99 - and I can only bring 2 bottles home with me - I guess I will have to drink lots while I am here.
Tomorrow we are off to Freeport. Stay tuned for Day 2
Goodnight
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