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WOW. On the road again (that would be the road, Reader Dear, back to Berks County,
where I took that tour of shops [just last week with my sises-in-law], and now (it's Thursday) I am about to do it again! This time I've got only the tattered remains of those sheets of coupons. And I've got just a few of the brochures, tickets and doodads. But I've got two friends along!



They are perfectly happy to get the second-hand version of this tour. It's simple: We go to the shops I enjoyed the most, first time around.

For lunch, we ponder the choices, and, after a small summit meeting, decide on crepes.

(As director of this tour, I've preordained that dessert will be ice cream, of course.)














We have a lovely time, in spite of the not-so-lovely heat wave [that I hope will soon wave goodbye!] And then, just before we call it a day and head out of Berks County, someone in our party spots a fabric store!

Now you do recall, Reader Dear, that imagined three-scarf dress? (Yes, yes. For the very real mother-of-the-groom-to-be!) This friend of mine, this stitcher ("That's what you call us--Stitchers!" says she), she's part of our party.
When she comes out of this fabric store...(No, no. It wasn't on the scheduled tour [This tour director can only make a stitch in time lose nine] but at this stop, the stitcher is like a kid in a candy shop!)

...where the rest of us* have left her while we go off to a nearby nursery (where one can lay down money, carry away a thing of beauty, and that sews up the deal!)...

...she's made a purchase!
You've got yourself only one guess, Reader Dear, and there's just one clue:
It is not blue!
(Speaking of dresses,
there may be two!**)

**Speaking of two,
getting to take this tour twice was a coup!
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*Just me, and the skillful friend who is driving, making the excellent U-turns (The secrets of Berks County--some of them have to do with road placement [Alas, the tour director is not such an excellent navigator])
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