Labor Day Shopping Trip

Yesterday me, Duffy, Mr. & Mrs. Lau, Asa & Elaine, and Esther went cross the border to shop.

Me and Duffy were staying at Lau's on Sunday night since we are departing early in the morning. We first went to Cora for a big breakfast at 7a.m. We got to the Fort Erie border at around 10a.m. and we were surprised that there were no big line ups at the border (what a blessing from God). So we arrived at the Fasion Outlet Mall at around 11a.m. and spent 2 hrs shopping there. I didn't buy many things because even though the those brand names (such as Coach, Burberry, etc) were on sale, I'm not really a big fan of those things, and Duffy thought they were still quite expensive (over and above our budget), so we didn't buy anything.

We then went to Applebee for lunch. By that time, Esther had already spent like $400 for a Burberry scarf and a Cohen (sp??) handbag. Both Elaine and Vivian bought some purses from Coach.

Afterward, we continued to Warden Garlerier and shopped for another 2 hrs. This time, I guess because we were already tired and satisfied with the morning shopping, so we didn't shop as much.

When we crossed the border back to Canada, we were so worried that we may have to pay tax (since we were going to tell the truth of how much we bought), but amazingly the officer just inspected our trunk and then let us passed. (thank God again) ... and also there were no big line ups at the border. We didn't hit any traffic until we got to Mississauga, but overall it didn't take much time to pass.

We went to Luk Yu for dinner, but because we arrived late, many of the dishes that we wanted to order were sold out (what a disappointment! =( ) .... but overall it's still a great day trip and hopefully we'll have the opportunity to go out have have more fun together ...