Elks Christmas Boutique October 20, 2024

"From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it."

We Arrived A Little Before Noon!

The Christmas Boutique is an annual event at the Elks. A boutique is a retail shop (or shops) that deals in high end fashionable clothing or accessories. The word is French for "shop", which derives ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη "storehouse".

The kids arrived before us and found a table and a boggle of Chardonnay complete with four glasses.   We dicussed the plan of attack!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
We found Robin's hair thing-a-majig and brought it too her; she was having withdraw symptoms without it!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Wine consumed, time to go!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Oh My! It is fully underway; Mary and Robin attack the first aisle!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Some Halloween slipped in also!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Beware of these two!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Count your fingers afterwards!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Goody bags! We needs some!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Discovering new favorite things.

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Meanwhile Bob found a pretzel!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Dig the shirt, a new acquisition from High Seas Trading Company!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
DO NOT spill the wine!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
We are having too much fun!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Have wine, will shop!

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." ~ Bill Vaughan

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
A decision is about to be made!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Looks like an explosions in a psychedelic paint store!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
"Let's have a glass of wine!"

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
The kids are going to Disneyland; we are going to lunch at Benji's!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
We are having a load of fun!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
The pastrami sandwich that ate Detroit!!

2024-10-20 Elks Christmas Boutique With The Duda's
Smile! We are going home!