Christmas is coming...here's how I know:
Each year we do a 'girls trip' in October. My mom, daughters, dil, and I all caravan up to a place called Lake Oswego (a small town near Portland) and stay at the Residence Inn...
We get the 'penthouse'- which is a nice, two story apartment that sleeps all 6 of us comfortably, has a kitchen, a bath upstairs and downstairs (good for nana, who doesn't do stairs well) a fireplace, and comes with complimentary breakfast and nighttime dessert.
We stay for 2 nights and hit the Saturday Market (artsy, craftsy stuff) Trader Joes (we dont have one here- so a real treat), the outlet stores, a mall, a movie, dinner out one night. Just some good bonding time and a nice kick off for the Holidays. 
(little ones stay home with their daddies)
I made the reservations today.
- Because we split the cost 6 ways, it is fairly reasonable for a weekend away and we always have a great time...this is year 3 for us!
Jingle bells, jingle bells...
Reservations Made!
June 13th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
June 14th, 2006 at 02:12 am 1150251160
I love Trader Joe's, and don't have one close, so I know what you mean by a treat.
The penthouse, in fact the entire trip, sounds very lovely.
June 14th, 2006 at 02:03 pm 1150293822
June 14th, 2006 at 10:31 pm 1150324307