T Stands for Touring Day

   Delight thyself also in the LORD;

and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵ Commit thy way unto the LORD;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalms 37:4-5

By touring, I mean running around all over the city, not really, just downtown, where I normally do not go.  It is our last day before a snowstorm, and then another behind it, too.  I took advantage of the day and I met a friend for a brunch of soup and homemade cinnamon roll, no photos.  We then went to three places I wanted to go to for shopping for a Valentine gift.  First, I stopped and took a couple of photos of two more Keepers replicas to add to my collection.  

One was right outside the diner where we ate, and the other was around the corner in front of a bank.  I think there must be a couple hundred of these replicas of our Keeper of the Plains around Wichita. I linked you to the Wikipedia that tells you about our Keeper if you didn't know about it.

After I got my photos, my friend and I headed to Spice Merchant.  Elizabeth has been talking about this for ages, so I wanted to see for myself.  My friend got some coffee for her grandson, and I found a mug for me, my Valentine's gift to myself.  My favorite one cracked last week when I poured hot water into it.  I had used it for several years; don't know why it finally did this.  Anyway, I looked for the one that said Foxy that Elizabeth saw and photographed, but the clerk couldn't find it for me.  So, I got this one.  It is dishwasher safe and microwavable.

They had added the extra room as a teashop since I had been there many years before.  I don't know where the photos went that I took of the entry way into the teashop but can't find them.  These mugs were out in the main part of the shop.

But inside the teashop near the windows, they had these stained-glass windows with the China imbedded in them.  I thought they were pretty neat.

Next, we headed to Cocoa Dolce Chocolatier, and I forgot to take photos. They make upscale chocolate, and I was able to pick up a small gift.

Next, we headed to The Nifty Nut House and found more tasty stuff!  I did take a photo of the entrance:

It is huge and they have every kind of chocolate and candy you can think of to buy by the pound or half pound.  

By now, my friend was tired, so I took her back to her car at the diner.  Then I went into a bookstore there.  Oh, my goodness, they had lots of goodies.  I found some items, but when I looked at the price put them back! LOL Nothing, I needed anyway.  I took one photo in the bookstore. For our dog and cat lovers, I noticed these.

Finally, after a stop at the post office, I got home to a package: it was a prize I won. It was a surprise as I didn't know what I won.  I happen to like 49 and Market and there were several items from them.  The 12 by 12 pad of Spring paper has 40 double sided sheets of premium quality paper.  I know I will like at least one side of each. Pretty nice prize.

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure and stop at Altered Book Lover and see Elizabeth.  It is our once-a-week tea party or TSFT.