After leaving Portsmouth we headed up to Barrington, New Hampshire to check out a country store I spotted online a few months ago. Friends, pastries, thrift stores and country stores were the main focus on our trip this year and let me tell you Bob… we hit the jackpot in Barrington.
Calef’s Country Store in Barrington, New Hampshire was hands down our favorite country store of the trip. There was a little bit of everything {for both locals and tourists}.
We picked up sliced ham, cheese and pickles from the deli counter for a picnic lunch. And it was fantastic.
Seriously. When was the last time you saw pickled limes of giant dill pickles being sold out of a barrel at your local market? Umm… never. 😉 I asked the guy behind the counter what people did with the pickled limes and he said some people freeze them and put them in margaritas {gag} and the really adventurous ones EAT THEM {double gag!}.
We sampled the ginger snaps and they were delicious. Nice and crisp, just the way they should be.
After Calef’s, we headed north towards the Sunapee area so I could take a look around at the Dorr Mill Store. It’s a {rug} hooker’s paradise if you ask me. Last year when we stopped by the store I ended up going home with 30+ yards of wool.
This year I did much better and only came home with 17 yards of wool in my luggage. 😉
And a lot of inspiration too. 🙂 🙂 🙂
And last but not least… I found Aldi. OH MY GOODNESS!!!! People are always telling me that Aldi has some seriously awesome prices… and they do! I’ll do a proper post on the store on Monday {with loads of pictures}. If I lived in the area I’d shop there on a regular basis that’s for sure. 😉
Have a great night everyone, I’ll check back in tomorrow.
~Mavis
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