Shopping with my Sister and my Dad

Today, I went all the way out to Paramus, NJ to go shopping with my dad and my sister. He wanted to buy some ski gear for him and snowboarding gear my sister. Why nothing for me? There's one simple answer: I don't really like skiing. Ever since I was little, I hated it. It was always really frustrating for me, so my parents never really went skiing too often when I was younger. Now that my sister likes to snowboard, they've gone about three times within the past few months. My dad thought it would be better to invest in his own gear rather than renting each time (plus... the rental place at the place we go to REEKS of feet and sweat... so anything to avoid that would save our stomachs). My sister already has gear that she's borrowing from a family friend, but the board is too small and the boots are small as well. My dad ended up buying a pair of boots and skis and my sister got a nice Burton vest and a board that was about 35% off of the sale price (it was the display model and it was scratched up a bit, so the guy at the cashier took an extra 10% off plus the original 25% off that was given to all of the winter sport gear).

Of course, I had to buy a few things myself. We stopped by at a mall in the area, Westfield Garden State Plaza, and I picked up a scented candle from Bath & Body Works, two cookbooks from Borders (there was a giant clearance sale on everything in the store, so I couldn't pass this up), and some foundation from Bed, Bath and Beyond. This mall was really nice and really big; I'm not even sure if we walked through out the whole place and we were there for a good four to five hours. It had all your basic stores plus some stores that I rarely see in malls that I've been to, such as Superdry (Japanese company a company from the UK), amanzi tea, 16 Handles too (it's 16 Handles... without the 16 flavors.. bummer), and Garage. I would go there again since it's not too far and there are a good amount of stores and things to do there (they had an AMC theater and a bunch of restaurants, such as CPK, Napa Valley Grille, Grand Luxe Cafe, and Johnny Rocket's).

This is one of the cook books I bought. I've been really into making Indian food lately, so I thought this would be a good resource to cooking Indian cuisine. Plus... I like how this book came with a bag and how it says that it weighs 1.5 kg (a little over three pounds).

This is the scented candle I bought on sale. For some reason, I'm attracted to autumn scents, especially the smell of spiced apples or anything spicy and autumn-y. It reminds me of a delicious spiced apple cider I bought from Whole Foods.