SHOPPING FUN???

Here’s an idea for a fun, stress-free, shopping frenzy– even with your husband. Check into the Westin–special holiday rates, and free parking if you have a Lexus–we don’t, so I should have borrowed Christine’s. The Galleria has a sparkling new face-lift with skylights, very chic, comfortable seating everywhere, and the biggest tree outside Rockefeller Center in New York. Plus, we in Dallas are smart–our tree is inside, and those little ant people skating around aren’t freezing to death.

Lot’s of new stores, go to dallasgalleria.com for a complete list. My favorites are Zara, honestly affordable runway fashion from Spain, and Teavana, for tasting teas and listening to Zen-like world music.

My sweet husband and I checked into the Westin to do the family shopping–tricky for 5 kids plus 2 “significant others”. You know, making everyone’s pile of gifts equal–no, it doesn’t change even when they are grown as our’s mostly are. Our son, the chef has had knives on his Christmas list for the last 3 years–I didn’t know there were so many options. The thought comes to me that knives for him are like shoes for me–you just can’t have enough. Come to think of it–we’ve only bought him 1 pair of shoes!