"shopping excursion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a trip taken for the purpose of shopping. For example: "We're going on a shopping excursion to the mall this weekend!".
The two things I promised her are a shopping excursion at Bloomingdale's and theater tickets.
Breakfast and a shopping excursion, sometimes, instead of dinner and clasped hands in a movie theater.
It was on a shopping excursion to Paris that Ms. Rogers bought her first Chanel suit.
FOR this shopping excursion I knew exactly what I wanted: a Palm V.
Number of e-mail messages offering me deals since my shopping excursion: 13.
This provides added appeal for customers who already know the single item they want to purchase during their shopping excursion.
But Mr. Bloomberg did not have just his loved ones in mind during his morning shopping excursion.
Edwin Chen, who is sitting on one of the mall's sofas, says he plans to buy several gifts for friends and clients on today's shopping excursion.
"It's going to melt eventually," he said, adding that the contents of his cart were merely the result of his latest monthly shopping excursion.
A successful shopping excursion involves a large volume of clothes, which can be stressful for any friends or family waiting on you.
REMEMBER the big pre-Labor Day shopping excursion, the reunion with beloved classmates, the specter of newly minted bullies and the scent of pencils in the air?
