Great exchange rate + 5% tax + US Thanksgiving shopping deals (US equivalent of our Boxing Day sales) = some great shopping in Baltimore over the weeked.

I've been looking for a leather jacket for what seems like years now and finally found one I really liked in Wilson's (the US version of Danier).  Original price was $375 US and I got it for $110!  Throw in the almost-negligible 5% tax for an after-tax price of $115.50, and that means I just bought a great leather jacket for $135 Canadian!   Sweet.  The Nike outlet had 25% off everything, Banana Republic took 30% off everything, Gap was running crazy sales, Eddie Bauer, Kenneth Cole, Hugo Boss... even the Fudgery store was running a 2 for 1 deal (I bought three pounds of fudge... ugh).  Sara got hers as well: two(!) pairs of Nine West boots totalling under $80 US, a pair of Nike trail runners for $50, numerous pants/sweaters/tops from Banana Republic (prices are waaay cheaper in the US than in Canada!), leather purse and wallet for $25 at Wilson's, tons of soap shtuff at more than 50% off... yeah, we went nuts.  But we got really, really good deals.  :)

Baltimore itself was pretty nice - the weather was an excellent 10 degrees and sunny for the majority of the trip.  Perfect weather as we walked around the Inner Harbour waterfront area.  Spent a day in the aquarium, had great seafood, made some friends at the Thai Noodle Bowl, almost accidentally crashed a Narcotics Anonymous conference, and took lots of pictures.