My son and I went to town for a cultural experience of going shopping in December. I was hoping to find a sweater to wear for the last day of school and also for Joyful Hearts Christmas. The campers come Friday and leave Saturday afternoon. I felt led to try TJ Maxx first and sadly had no luck there. It was a race against the clock to stay within the window from willing shopper to an annoyed one. We went to Target, then nowhere else.

I bought another beige sweater. My son said he thought it seemed like I already had one like that. I still have not figured out where to shop that will let me find clothes that fit my body and style. I also found a pair of double heart earrings with an arrow shooting through them. The color was that softer, more pinkish red I like more as a color. I have another beige heart sweater, two heart necklaces, and a now a set of heart earrings.

We browsed the Lego section. The boxes are already so picked over. He picked out a package of sour skittles at the self-check out station. The nice check out lady came over and helped us because he scanned the skittles on a crinkled part of the bag and it froze the machine. We walked outside and saw the far off van. I said to him, see that van? I told him now we will walk to the van, and we will thank God for the gift of health and youth.