The Cooley Clan: The German Store: $40, An over-priced bakery: $10, A trip to Salt Lake to see the Lights on Temple Square with my two best friends: PRICELESS!!!

Saturday was a great day! I started it out with a 9:00 am showing of "Avatar". The company that my dad works for had reserved the theater for that morning as a Christmas gift to their employees and their families. Although I am not a science fiction fan, I was pleasantly surprised by the movie. It was kind of long but it was good and worth getting up and going to the movie at 9:00 on a Saturday morning.

After the movie, Bergs came and picked me up then we headed to JCPenney to grab Michelle. We went down to Salt Lake so Bergs could get some hairs cut and then see the lights. It was a great time! While Bergs was getting a new do, Michelle and I made a pilgrimage to Siegfried's Delicatessen. It is the best place to get German goodies and I love to go there at Christmas time. I loaded up on some high quality German chocolate, marzipan, and other delicious treats. After the German store, we still had some time to kill so we went to check out a bakery that I'd seen a number of times while in Salt Lake. It was a cute little shop but kind of pricey. However, I did decide to splurge and buy a $10 Christmas Stollen (another German goody). Michelle and I then headed back to Bergs' cousin's house and we picked her up. Our next stop was the Olive Garden where we ate some delicious dinner. We even got Michelle to try a shrimp! (Which she promptly decided was nasty ;o) ). After we had gorged ourselves on soup/salad, breadsticks, and pasta, we waddled over to Temple Square and spent an hour looking at the lights. They were beautiful!!! I'm bummed that my camera was being stupid and couldn't get a real high-quality picture of the three of us in by the temple. Nevertheless, it was a great evening and I'm realy glad we took the time to go down there!