Fresh Market

Today was the Savannah Bridge Run. I know a lot of my friends ran and I'm sure they enjoyed it, or didn't enjoy it, as it us pretty hard to run up the Tallmadge Bridge!

I, on the other hand, woke up, popped coffee into the Keurig, and got some paperwork done.

I made some more brochures for my listing at 18 Hopeland Drive, an adorable bungalow on Savannah's Southside. I then made a few calls for Jon and Lisa, my clients who are looking for a house on Tybee to use as a getaway, and to put in a rental program with Mermaid Cottages.

Later I headed out and got to see Dimpy for a little bit when I was at her old house on Hopeland Drive. She stopped by to pick up mail and couldn't stay long, because she was getting ready to have a big party at the new house I recently sold them on Live Oak Way. They seem to be loving all that extra space. It's a beautiful house.

After dropping the brochures off at Hopeland Drive and taking care of a few things there, I headed down Abercorn to Williams-Sonoma and Fresh Market.

I didn't find what I was looking for at WS, but did pick up a 20 percent off "Friends and Family" coupon that they were handing out. I told them I had just sent my parents and siblings their gifts from WS online, and wished I had the coupon then!

The past few years I have picked out one nice gift from Williams-Sonoma and sent the same thing to each family - my parents, my sister Linda and my niece Emma in Maine, my brother George and his family in Connecticut, and my sister Kim (we step-siblings are both Kim) and her family, also in Connecticut. It has simplified my Christmas shopping a lot.

I love knowing a beautifully wrapped gift of nice quality will arrive in time for the holidays with a gift card from me and the boys. Last year our gift was a panini maker, which everyone seemed to love.

What do you do to simplify your gift-giving?

After WS, I popped into Fresh Market to pick up a delicious chicken Caesar wrap for a late lunch. I also picked up my favorite Dilly Cucumber salad, a pound of tuna salad, and a pound of Asian pasta salad. I knew we were out of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, so I picked up a bottle if that, as well.

I discovered plenty of nice Christmas food gifts there, so stop in and have a look around when you are out and about. You might want to send someone Savannah Coffee Roasters coffee, for example, or give a friend a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau. Do they have Savannah Bee honey at Frsh Market? I'm not sure. I found lovely skin pampering gifts for my sons' girlfriends, and very cute wicker baskets to put them in.

Fresh Market also has nicely decorated balsam wreaths. I would have picked one up, but unfortunately I didn't see them until after I had checked out.

I did not stop at Nadeau this time, because I knew I'd want to spend a long time in there, and I didn't really have the time.

Tonight Ben came home from his trip to Atlanta where he picked up THREE awards he won - a Gold Key, a Silver Key, and an Honorable Mention for films he made while at Savannah Arts Academy. I am very proud of him!

Robbie is busy studying for his upcoming exams at UGA. We can't wait for him to be back home for the holidays! He's done a nice job of getting through the first semester of school, which is a challenge for any freshman in college, I'm sure. I am very proud of him,

Happy holiday shopping, everyone, and thanks for stopping by!