Am I excited?

YES!!!! As we pulled off the freeway in Cincinnati yesterday I gasped in excitement as I looked up at the building under construction ahead of us with a big Crate and Barrel on the side of the it! Then, as we entered the mall, I looked up at the arrows pointing what stores are in which direction and what did I see? Nordstrom!!! Now all those Nordstrom bucks we're earning with our credit card can go to good use :) Two of my favorite stores, now under one roof (well in the same parking lot) in a city near us. It was a good day. The news of these was exciting enough. Unfortunately they both don't open until next week, but I was ok with that, the signs alone put a smile on my face :)
I know many of you are thinking, "so what" there are 4 Nordstroms and 3 Crate in Barrels in a 25 mile radius of me. Well, not me :( I live in Kentucky. Chicago has the closest ones up until now, which is 5 hours away. I'm not headed there until Oprah sends me those tickets to her "Favorite Things" show. So I'll take the hour drive up to Cincinnati :)