Tales of the Traveling Tote - Fall 2017

If you are here for the first time, welcome to Mountain Breaths! Today I am joining a group of talented bloggers to bring you our Tales of the Traveling Tote. 

We are honored and excited to have TWO new members!!!

  Jackie with Miss Madi K @ purplechocolathome.com

Ricki Jill with Countess de Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Miss Aurora (my tote) had a wonderful 2017, and was thrilled to meet several of her Sistas in New York City. Pour yourself a cup of coffee or tea, and enjoy our NYC video :-)
For some previous adventures, click here Traveling Totes Through the Seasons and Acadia National Park.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we attended a Cayuga Lake Wine Trail event. We were given our "kit" for the day. Two souvenir wine glasses, recipe card set, and a grapevine wreath so we could collect ornaments from the participating wineries. 

Life is certainly an adventure, and I wish I had my tote when I went on a bobsled in Lake Placid five years ago. I would have asked that guy with the camera to take my picture! I had to sign a waiver and almost bailed at that point. It was an amazing ride!

In October, we enjoyed a very special weekend in NYC. Our group of seven bloggers met for brunch at The Russian Tea Room located at 150 West 57th Street (between 6th and 7th Ave) in New York City. I wish we had a photo of all seven of us, but somehow that didn't happen. 

Mackenzie-Childs hosted a champagne and dessert party for us before we shopped and filled our totes.  For more on our New York City trip, click here. 

In the first photo of this post and you will see a rose on Miss Aurora. When I purchased the roses for our NYC trip, I asked Jenna @The Painted Apron if she would design a card that I could give with the rose. Isn't the card wonderful! 

Also In October, I went to the Queechy Lake in Columbia County, NY, the Berkshires in Massachusetts and Saratoga Springs with the Scoots (annual girls weekend). Our itinerary included a 60th birthday celebration for Maureen, a visit to Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts, dinner at the Backwater on Queechy Lake and a day at Congress Park in Saratoga Springs.



My non-blogging friend Tami and her tote Miss MC la Mer traveled to MacKenzie-Childs in Aurora, NY to start my Christmas shopping!  Ha!

To thank you for following along with our adventures, we are having a giveaway! To enter your name in the drawing, visit Patti @ Pandora's Box.

To see what Miss Aurora's tote sistas have been up to, click on the participating blogs below.

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Katie with Miss Daisy @ Preppy Empty Nester

Linda G with Miss Poppy @ More Fun Less Laundry

Linda P with  Miss Lola @ Life and Linda Life and Linda

Patti with Miss Kenzie and Miss Taylor @ "Pandora's Box"

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie with Miss Madi K @ purplechocolathome.com

A visit to Buttonwood Grove Winery isn’t complete without saying hello to Melody, a Scottish Highland cow. 

See you again in March with more adventures! Hopefully we will have some crocus blooming by then! 
xoxo
Debbie