Ballard Backroom Loot
Ray lately attended a Church Planting workshop inwards Woodstock, GA as well as I got to become along! I had lots of gratis fourth dimension patch he was gone, as well as then what else would I create but shop? (I did also read, walk on the treadmill, as well as operate on my Precepts Bible report lessons!)
Anyway, I googled or as well as then a petty earlier nosotros left to meet what was inwards the area, as well as establish lots of skillful options. I've never been to Atlanta, as well as then I also e-mailed Shelli as well as she was sort plenty to transportation me some suggestions of where to go.
One afternoon I drove close xxx miles due north to the Outlets inwards Dawsonville. I was as well as then excited close going in that location because they had a Pottery Barn Outlet, Restoration Hardware, Coach, some of my favorites. I genuinely wanted this horn flatware from PB,
but fifty-fifty at a skillful toll in that location of $19.99/place setting that was nevertheless to a greater extent than than I wanted to fork over for 8 or 12. (ha ha, pun totally intended!) I left without buying ONE affair anywhere. Oh wait, I did purchase 2 petty Christmas presents for my immature lady as well as niece at Kirklands, but zippo similar I expected to find.
The surprise jackpot was the Ballard Designs Outlet, Ballard Backroom. There were 2 locations inwards the Atlanta area, as well as I went to both, but I liked the DeFoor Ave. location better. It simply had improve specials that calendar week on what I was looking for. Everything I considered had to exceed through the filter of "Can I larn that domicile on an airplane?" because they don't offering transportation from the outlet. So, here's what I ended upwards with:
2 pairs of novel pillow covers. Need to honor the correct size plume inserts for the dark banking venture check set. I think the light-green stripe was originally or as well as then $45 each as well as the banking venture check close $24 (just for the covers!!). I picked them upwards for $12 as well as $4.50 each.
A box of a dozen tin quatrefoil tags. I'd seen these inwards the catalog as well as catch they were as well as then cute, as well as then I picked upwards a box for $4.69 non knowing what I'd role them for. Two of them establish a domicile on these former crates. Funny storey on the crates...Last twelvemonth nosotros spent Fall Break at i of our favorite opor-garai spots, Red River, NM. I was out on my wheel shopping i afternoon as well as ducked into i of the ski stores. They were totally reorganizing to fix for ski flavor as well as I noticed these crates sitting past times the trash tin dismiss at the forepart door. On a whim on the agency out I asked close them, as well as they said, "Oh, you lot tin dismiss simply accept those." WHAT? I tried to claw i on each handlebar of my wheel but it didn't work. My dad came to the rescue inwards his van as well as picked them up. My mom asked her commons "Did you lot larn some for me?" I did not. I was stingy as well as kept them both. They are my favorite souvenir from the trip.
14 yards of this fabric. I'm non certain what Ballard calls it because they rename all of their fabrics, but it's Waverly's Tucker Resist. I'd been looking for a fun dark as well as white cloth to create some novel panels inwards the living room as well as I couldn't exceed this up. I couldn't resist this mainly because of the...wait for it...$5 Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 YARD price! I genuinely nevertheless demand close vi to a greater extent than yards as well as the best larn by I've establish online is $12 per yard, as well as then I think I got a steal! I unrolled THE WHOLE THING as well as folded it dorsum as well as forth until it gibe inwards my suitcase.
And, my prized find...
A HUGE decorative clam vanquish bowl.
I scream upwards seeing this inwards their catalog a patch dorsum as well as thinking it was SO COOL but chop-chop dismissed it later seeing the something similar $249 toll tag. But, it caught my optic inwards the outlet tucked away on top of a bookshelf. I carefully pulled it downwardly as well as almost jumped upwards as well as downwardly when I saw the reddish pen marked through the toll that straight off read $49.99. I DID fountain upwards as well as downwardly when I realized that the decorative accessories were an extra 40% off, as well as then it would alone move $30! (Just kidding, I dearest bargains but in that location was no jumping.) I genuinely measured it as well as left it in that location that twenty-four hours to meet if past times some miracle it would gibe inwards my suitcase. It did not. But, I went dorsum the side past times side twenty-four hours as well as bought it anyway. I rounded upwards a box at Dillard's as well as shipped it domicile from the UPS store myself. That affair is big. And heavy. Like 22 pounds. It cost to a greater extent than to larn it domicile than it did to purchase it, but it was worth it to me. I'll savor this slice for a long fourth dimension to come.
We wrapped upwards our trip the eve earlier nosotros left inwards a super cool master-planned shopping district called Atlantic Station. We drank to a greater extent than sugariness tea than nosotros always should accept that unopen to bed time...but nosotros simply couldn't stop. It was similar hummingbird food. Anyway, Atlantic Station had fun stores that nosotros don't accept inwards OKC similar West Elm as well as H&M. Here's my West Elm bargain:
Back inwards the clearance bin they had three plane nests inwards a handbag for $2.97, as well as they had 4 bags left. I had simply seen as well as cute tablescape catch where they had used a nest at each identify as well as I genuinely wanted all of them but decided to trammel myself as well as simply larn 2. When I went to the banking venture check out the cashier said, "These volition move terminal sale, they're ringing upwards at $0.97 each." Again, WHAT??? I chop-chop asked her to accuse me for 2 to a greater extent than as well as high-tailed it to the dorsum to larn the others. You can't accept likewise many plane nests, right? And, they didn't weigh anything as well as then I could throw them inwards my big-ol-clamshell-box I was already transportation home.
I completely recommend a see to Atlanta if you lot accept never been. We enjoyed driving or as well as then looking through all former neighborhoods amongst quaint houses. We also spent a dainty afternoon amongst a picnic tiffin at Stone Mountain as well as drove through downtown to choose receive got of sites similar Olympic Park, the Olympic Cauldron, as well as Turner Field. We'd dearest to become dorsum amongst the kids some twenty-four hours as well as see the Georgia Aquarium as well as the Coca-Cola Museum.
What did I miss? Any must-sees inwards Atlanta if nosotros always become back?
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