Inadvertent Spoils from PDX

I recently had to travel to Portland, OR for a quick (literally a 2-day) work trip.  To make the best (and most) of it, I was able to spend an evening perusing Portland's Pearl District.  I visited some of my favorite shops there: REI, Anthropologie (this store is amazing - it has 2 stories now and it even has a wedding section in addition to a huge furniture section), Sur La Table, West Elm, and  Whole Foods (if I didn't have such an early morning the next day, I would've visited many other stores as well).

On the way to some of these places, I stumbled upon Pearl Fiber Arts where I found this:

Sock yarn that's hand dyed specifically for this shop ... My kryptonite!

Then I saw this and was soooooooo tempted to buy it! 😍

Kitty, Unicorn and Hen yarn bowls!  The Unicorn was soooooooo cute! 

Fortunately, my good sense (and the thought of cracking one of these cuties on my concrete floors) brought me back down from my nearly (dangerous) impulsive buy! 😜

Then off I went to Whole Foods to find some Portland based stuff for a friend of mine.  I recalled the last time I was there that I had found this A-M-A-Z-I-N-G drinking chocolate there and I thought my friend would enjoy that.  So I inquired about it since I couldn't find it.  And I had 3! people help me find it.  Two of them (a manager and a sales associate) said, " Oh no.  You don't want to get our stuff.  You need to go to Cacao.  It's like a coffee shop but only serves the most amazing hot chocolate!"  They even helped me locate a shop (which was literally a block away).  Off I went and found this:

(Yes, I also bought one for myself and had THE most AMAZING cup of hot chocolate! 😍 Sorry, no picture of my hot chocolate - I was rushing off to my next stop!)

Then my final stop was Powell's Bookstore.  It was amazing - as usual! 😍❤️💟💖🦄🌈  And, while I did find a few books that really tempted me to buy 'em (the only thing that stopped me was knowing that I would have to lug it back with my already heavy work laptop), I found this for Hubby:

Isn't it sooo cute?  

It actually blended in with my actual (real) composition notebook I use for work!

(Yes, I managed to finagle this free sticker! 😝)

I wish I could've stayed longer and enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday there!

Happy Thanksgiving, PDX! 🦃