•November 15, 2017•

By Erin Valentine
NP Guest Columnist

There’s nothing like a shopping day with friends.

Karen, Becky and I went on our first two outings this fall, thanks to a Facebook promotion for a road trip to shops in Warrensburg, Normal, Champaign, Taylorville and Springfield.

Five shops in five weeks to get our card punched at each stop for the chance to win $500. We had from Sept. 30-Nov. 4 to make our stops.

We began at The Perfect Pair in Warrensburg, then on to Clinton for lunch at LaTeaDa tea room. Then to Beyond Normal (Normal) and to Texture Home in Champaign. We correctly estimated that one day was too much for all five stops. So the second trip found us headed to Taylorville to Dear Yesteryear, then to Springfield to Recycled Cottage to turn in our cards, and lunch at Incredibly Delicious.

So far, none of us has received the winner’s call.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.