With summer drawing to an end, school shopping was on the brain.
As my good friend Keri and I were talking one day, she mentioned that her daughter Emma admired Rylee's style (Oh boy, that was a nice boost to Rylee's self-confidence). I explained that Rylee and I buy a lot of our clothing second-hand (or major clearance). Keri said Emma knew that and would like to go second-hand shopping with us sometime. I thought that sounded like a blast, so we planned a day to... shop 'til we dropped.
When we picked up Keri and Emma, I explained to them a philosophy I learned from my mom... "Second hand shopping is like kissing frogs. You may have to kiss a lot of frogs, before you find your prince."
I wanted to prepare Emma for a lot of looking and maybe not so much finding or buying. :)
"Hey Emma, look what I found for you.. a Jonas Brothers school bag! Just kidding." :)
GOODWILL was our first stop. Rylee and Emma found several pieces of clothing to try on and even looked at some jewelry, but didn't end up buying anything.
On our way to the next store, we realized we were hungry, so we stopped at ZIPS for lunch. ZIP fries..... yum!
Next up was the IDAHO YOUTH RANCH, then SAVERS and finally the D.I. Again a lot of trying on, but not a lot of buying.
The last stop of the day was TARGET. Rylee had some things she needed to return and the girls still hadn't had their fill of shopping yet. Keri and I were tired (truthfully I don't know if Keri was tired, but I was), so we sat in some chairs by the dressing rooms and chatted, while the girls went off on their own and continued shopping.
Next up was the IDAHO YOUTH RANCH, then SAVERS and finally the D.I. Again a lot of trying on, but not a lot of buying.
The last stop of the day was TARGET. Rylee had some things she needed to return and the girls still hadn't had their fill of shopping yet. Keri and I were tired (truthfully I don't know if Keri was tired, but I was), so we sat in some chairs by the dressing rooms and chatted, while the girls went off on their own and continued shopping. Overall, we DID kiss a lot of frogs that day... without finding many princes, but we had sooo much FUN doing it. Can't wait to do it again.
PS- Emma told Rylee that she thought SAVERS had the most "princes" of the day.
PPS- Later Keri told me after second-hand shopping all day, once Emma saw the retail prices at TARGET she said, "Now why would I pay THAT much for a little shirt, when I can find it so much cheaper second-hand???"
I do believe this shopping trip was a success. :)
