Shopping with the Girls

I went with my sister-in-law and two nieces to a thrift store in a nearby city on Columbus Day. We found lots of good bargains-my 13 year old niece Katyana bought 3 skirts for $9. My sister-in-law found two pairs of jeans that fit well. My 4 year old niece did not find the time we spent shopping as fascinating as her sister did-after all, they had nothing in her size. Poor Becca got pretty bored, so she and I went into the shoe section and I let her play shoe sales lady [and I got to sit and rest...] Her taste runs to stiletto heels and really pointy toes, mostly about a size six...I felt like Cinderella's evil stepsisters. With size nine feet, I generally avoid that pointy-toed thing. I did find a nice fairly non-descript, low heeled, good tread pair that I bought for $9. I'd been looking at Walmart for new shoes but the ones I liked all cost $35.
After our thrift store expedition, we went to the mall and had some lunch. I scoped out some bargains her, too. Becca was especially pleased when I found a bin of 75% off stuffed animals. After digging all through the bin, we found some Dora the explorer dolls that cost about $1.50; it was easy talking Mom into one of those. I liked the Winter Dora, in a parka, but Becca overruled me. She picked one in shorts and a t-shirt, and stripped her right down on the ride home.