My Favorites

Tuesday evening I had a complimentary facial at Origins in the Galleria- it was lovely! I do love their products and it was very relaxing to have someone give me a facial and redo my makeup. I recommend it! I bought a new lipstick and liner plus I got 6 free (small) samples! What a deal!

My next favorite thing to do is have a massage. I have a special place in Shakopee that I go to as often as possible and she now has yoga classes plus several other specialty services. Michelle is the owner and the name is River Valley Massage. I hesitate to give this out because I'll never get a spot after you've tried her. I have an appointment Saturday. She has also given me some tips on keeping my shoulders loose after knitting. Some involve exercise which I'm not very good at, nor fond of doing. I've been a slug all summer and need to get back into a routine. I'll walk every morning and do weights and crunches every other day. That's the plan but boy it's tough to get into the habit again. I've never been real fond of exercise but I know I should and I feel so much better when I do make the effort. Enough on that subject!

My next favorite thing is a manicure and pedicure. My favorite person has moved onto working with hair so I've been doing my own. Actually, I've been saving alot of money. A new nail salon is opening up in Ron's old spot by my shop. Can hardly wait. I can do my own and I do, but sometimes it's a nice treat to have them done.

My other favorite is eating dinner out. Last night we went to Salut in Edina. If you haven't tried it - it's fantastic. They have an oyster bar for you lovers of the little slimy things, great cuisine, very unusual, great ambiance, good service and we had a really fun wait staff last night. We had Oyster's with caviar, cream sauce and a shot of Russian Vodka. Excellent! A fresh beet salad with vinagrette dressing and to top it off we had a crayfish, polenta dish. A glass of Reisling and a very dry martini and we were set. Oh, they have great coffee and desserts also.
This evening was a mini vacation (since I didn't get one this summer).

I've been working on the vest for our class and my sister's sweater again. I have the sleeves on the sweater, now just to knit up to the collar. It's turning out very nice. Phoenix should be cooling off soon so she'll be needing her sweater. I have many more favorites but that's another blog.