West Hartford- Blue Black Square

Yesterday, I ventured up to West Hartford with my aunt to Blue Black Square (click on the underlined words to get to the website). It's a shopping center that has many stores and restaurants and feels kind of like a small NYC. We started out at Crate and Barrel because I needed to get a bamboo sushi mat. Yes, I am going to attempt to make sushi at home. Will it be a success? I'll let you know.

Next, we visited Charming Charlie, which is a "fashion accessory boutique" that has a lot of fun, costume jewelry, clothing, and pocketbooks. My sister and I first went into this store when we went to Georgia to visit my aunt, uncle, and cousins in May. It quickly became my favorite store, but I had no clue that there was one up north. Surprise!

We visited several other stores, but ended our day at White House Black Market. Richie and I are going to a wedding Labor Day weekend for a friend of his at work. It's a big, fancy, night wedding so of course, I need a new dress. I found that most amazing dress at WHBM. It's a black strapless taffeta dress with a slight sweetheart neckline. I put it on and fell in love with it...but it has a bit of a steep pricetag. I think I'll wait a see if it goes on sale or I get a coupon or something like that.

Overall, it was a nice day out with my aunt. We don't get to go out too often together, so it was nice to do so.