Saturday (11/09) we joined the Forest Preserve District of Will County at Lake Renwick Preserve to look for migrating waterfowl. Everything was so far back on the opposite side of the lake we could barely make out what type of ducks they were. That being said, there were two bald eagles at the heron rookery and we saw three mute swans in flight.
After our walk we stopped at nearby Paul Rose Records to look around.
The owner was very friendly; he asked what we wanted to listen to while browsing so I said The Cure, naturally. He was telling us how he’s one of the only stores that still has copies of the newest Cure album on vinyl. It was tempting to buy a copy to help complete my collection, but $50? Seems pretty steep, so I’m holding off for now.
The store was really cute and they have a little boutique section upstairs. I asked how much the felted pumpkins in jar were only to find out they were just decoration and not for sale, haha! Too bad, because I really wanted a purple one. The owner said his wife bought them and it happens all the time where people try to buy the decor. Maybe put a sign that it’s not for sale then? Because they had candles and other decor like pieces right there so it wasn’t obvious the pumpkins weren’t for sale.
Anyway, we got two used records and the guy gave us a marker to sign his wall so that was kinda neat.
We stopped at home to drop off my camera, then went to a craft/bake sale at a church where we got treats and a cute homemade snowman Christmas ornament.
The treats were a bit on the disappointing side. I grabbed the biggest rice krispie treat they were selling but it wasn’t nearly as good as the one I got back in September at the dog event and that made me sad.
For lunch we had chicken salad sandwiches and a new soup from Costco – cream of chicken wild rice which was very good.
After lunch we winterized the patio by removing the umbrella and rug. The we put up our newly purchased shepherds hook, moved the suet feeder to it, and put the bird feeder on the existing hook. I filled both feeders, which included adding peanuts to the tray of the seed feeder. Shortly thereafter we saw two downy woodpeckers and a house finch.
Sunday (11/10) we visited the arboretum and a nearby lake looking for migrating waterfowl to no avail.
We stopped at Sonic to try the new Sparkling Cookie Dr. Pepper which wasn’t nearly as good as the Dirty Dr. Pepper we recently had.
We also stopped at Dollar Tree and snagged some canned coffees for those lazy days.
The thing I don’t love about them is how thick they are. They remind me more of a flavored milk than coffee even though coffee is first on the list of ingredients.
Our last stop was Aldi and we were almost t-boned by some idiot blowing a red light. The oncoming traffic had already turned left so this person (in the cross traffic) had no business entering the intersection at all and couldn’t have possibly been watching the road. My heart was racing for a good five minutes after that close call.