packing pretty

i. love. shopping. today my mom and i flew to slc, for mission shopping and other reasons, and bought so many things that i need for my mission! two of the things that were some of the most important, were luggage and a messenger bag. i had searched online for a messenger bag, on ebay actually, and found some that i really loved! problem was, the one we tried getting got out bid, and the one i was in love with was 150 dollars. and if you know me, that's no deal. the messenger bag was actually the last thing we bought today. we were going to get the luggage that i decided on, and decided to just go into the sister missionary mall to see what the messenger bags were like. i am so PRO-THRIFT SHOP and PRO-DISCOUNT, so i was NOT planning on getting anything from that store. but let me tell you!!! before we went into the sister missionary mall, we looked in burlington coat factory, ross, and tj max. crazy expensive, ugly, too small, etc. i walked into the sister missionary mall with my mom and BAM! there was my dream messenger bag! i absolutely love it!!! and, it was only 50 dollars! real leather + mustard yellow + classy design = happy me.  we bought it and actually got a 10 dollar gift card! i got an adorable pair of earrings for free! (which i'll show on my next blogpost). anyways, there's the story with my messenger bag. for those of you who are like me...anti-expensive-generic-frumpy-missionary-stores...don't give up on them yet! i am so excited and happy with mine!

messenger bag: edyn

                             sister missionary mall

                             $50.00

that was the end of the day. towards the beginning of the day, we went to burlington coat factory to search for a rain coat and luggage. i found a set of 3 suitcases (huge, medium, and small) but decided that i would search in other places just in case. well, that was a waste of time because i could only imagine myself with that adorable pink luggage set, walking away from my family into the MTC. so...we went back and got them! originally, the luggage would have cost 370 dollars!!! but we bought it for 180!!! for those of you who don't know, if you shop there for missionary items, you get 10% off! that made us excited.

three-piece luggage set: adolfo
                                            burlington coat factory
                                            $180.00

what a successful day!