I was talking to Joy in our room the other day. And it suddenly occurred to us that this was a perfect day to go shopping and get the stuff we needed!
For example, Joyce had grown out of her shoes, and she needed new ones.
So, we told Mama, and headed out!
The first store was cute, and had a dressing room! They had all kinds of stuff--like little toys...
And SHOES! I love shoes. Maybe they are girls and dolls' weaknesses? LOL
But first, I decided to take a look at the drawers. Oooo, looks like they have some neat stuff in there.
On my tiptoes, I peeked into the top drawer. They had leggings, tights, socks, and mittens! Awesome. I was especially loving those fishnet tights! They would be nice and warm in winter...
Unfortunately, it's not winter yet. Nor is it very cold. So with a sigh, I turned away, and looked at the second drawer.
Hmm, they have a black vest. Not very interesting. Then I pulled out something I loved.
"Joy!" I called. "Come look at this Christmassy apron!" I unfolded it. The ties were made of a red fabric, with gold shimmery snowflakes on it! It reminded me of Christmas so much.
I tied it on, and showed Joy. "Wow, that is CUTE!" She said. "Are you going to get it?"
"Definitely," I replied. Since the weather is getting cooler, we will be doing more baking. I will need this apron! So with a smile, I took the apron off, and gently folded it.
Joyce went over to the rack of dresses. "Oh wow, Ivy, look at this amazing dress!" She said, pointing to a blue princess dress. It had a velvet bodice with silver trim. Pretty.
She pulled it off the rack. "I have to have this for costume day!" She said. Since we don't do halloween, we just dress up. Mama does Reformation Day, but we can't come with her, so we have costume day at home.
"Are you sure it fits?" I asked.
"I don't care! Mama can adjust it." She replied.
Okay...
We set our stuff down on the checkout counter, and looked at the shoes.
Joyce pulled out a pair of white boots with pink soles. They were perfect for her. "I just love these and they will be perfect with some of these other stuff I have, and they have pink soles!!" She blurted. Even though it doesn't seem that way, she's younger than I. But sometimes you can tell by the way she blurts things like she just did. :)
The shoes came in her size, and fit perfectly. Yay! I went over to the hair section and pulled out a hairbrush. "We can share this," I said. There aren't enough hairbrushes for the 8 of us.
Then, something in the dress section caught my eye. I hadn't noticed it before, because the blue dress was covering it maybe. But it was a gorgeous dress. Red with silver trim, and and a silvery white jacket?
It looked magical. I couldn't help myself, I pulled it out and smoothed the fabric. Oh, this was THE prettiest dress. At least it seemed that way in the store.
"Whatcha got, Ivy?" Joyce asked. "I found this awesome red dress, and want to get it."
I held it away so I could get a better look at it. Hmm. It looked a tad small. "I'd better try this on."
"Go ahead," Joy said.
It lucky the store had a dressing room! I hopped it, and pulled the dress on, and then the sweater.
HA! It fit! I redressed into my regular clothes, and put the dress back on the hangar.
"So...?" Joy said. "It doesn't go well with my boots." I said frankly. "Did it fit?" She asked. "They really out to air out that dressing room too," I said.
"Uggg!" She said impatiently. "Does it FIT?"
I laughed, "Yep! Let's go to the checkout."
After I paid the girl at the checkout, she bagged our stuff, and we left. One store down, one to go!
The next store had only clothes. It was a small little shop, but had nicer clothing.
"Oooo, look at this pretty blue color," Joy said softly. I grinned a cocky grin, but said nothing.
"Wow, Joyce, they have just the stuff we need!" I said. "Joy!"
Ah, ignoring me again. Caught up in the other clothes rack. Actually, it wasn't a rack, but...well, nevermind.
"Whoops!" Joy yelped. I whipped my head around. She knocked over the counter! Some of the clothes were laying on the ground. Embarrassed, she set everything to rights. "Sorry about that," I apologized to the cashier.
"No problem." Was the reply. Okay!
After that fun little incident, I showed Joy what I was going to show her in the first place. "See, they have a silver purse I've been looking for."
"And they have this warm down jacket for all of us!" I said. Joyce grinned. She picked up the blue top, and handed it to me. "And this one too," She grinned.
I guess this store was a little bit more high-end. I gave her a generous amount of cash before she bagged our stuff, and thanked us.
Well, that was a fun day! After shopping, we bought ourselves some cocoa, and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon. Ah, I love shopping.
