Taylor and I started the New Year with a road trip to the American Girl Boutique & Bistro in Dallas! Santa Claus provided lodging and gas for the trip. Taylor did dog sitting, extra chores at home and saved her allowance, birthday and Christmas money for the trip. We stayed at the Westin which is attached to the Galleria. That is the way to go! It was so convenient! Everything we needed was at the mall and I was glad not to have to drive anywhere.
We got to the hotel around 3:30 on Thursday. We were going to check in, freshen up and head over to the AG store. Well....our hotel room wasn't ready. We weren't about to sit around when AG was just a stone's throw from us. So, off we went in our traveling clothes to AG with Taylor's two dolls in tow. The first stop at AG was the Doll Hair Salon. Taylor decided to drop her girls off since it would be about 3 hours before they would be ready. The salon was doing a business! At a minimum of $10 per doll, it's a money maker. We took our time looking around and taking in the coolness of seeing in person all the things we've enjoyed looking at in the catalog. It didn't take Taylor long to find Ivy, the doll she was hoping to purchase. She bought Ivy and a few sets of clothing and then we went back to the hotel to check in and eat dinner.
Over dinner, Taylor was thinking about her purchases and how much money she had left. She decided to return the clothing and get another doll!!! I told her to think about it overnight since that's a big purchase. We went to get the girls from the hair salon and they looked lovely! We did more shopping/looking and closed down the Galleria.
The next day we had reservations at the AG Bistro for lunch. Taylor said she was sure she wanted another doll so we headed over to make the exchanges. Mia, the 2008 Girl of the Year, was her choice. She's very cute and has very pretty hair. Soon it was time for lunch. The bistro is really cute. Very girly with various shades of pink and green. The food was good and we enjoyed lunching together like fancy ladies! :)
Before we knew it, it was time to hit the road and head home. Taylor made an excellent co-pilot reading me the MapQuest directions once we got into Dallas and then when we were leaving.
We had a great time! It was such a blessing to me for us to have that special time together!
4 comments:
Yes, I removed the previous comment! Had too many type-o's to allow it to stay!! Glad you and Taylor got to get away. Looks like lots fun :)
I am so glad yall made it to the AG store! However, you should have called! Jill would have loved to make another trip to the AG store and bistro for sure!
I will have to tell her Taylor got Ivy and Mia.........we saw Mia unveiled on Oprah last month. She looks so cute!
Hope yall had a great time-----
love ya,
v
Jill said that yall need to come over. She got Samantha's wicker table and chairs and the serving kit for xmas and needs Taylor to come over because apparently Samantha and her other AG doll, Emily, need some new friends! LOL!
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