What an Experience!

I had a crazy fun experience this morning that I must share.

Remember when I wrote that I had so many things I wanted to do while the 2 girls are in school? Well, I did one today. I dropped the girls off at school (it is raining cats and dogs and mice here) and went to St. Lawrence Thrift Store. I got there at 8:51 and I was the 3rd car in the parking lot. I knew they opened at 9:00 and I didn't get breakfast so I decided to run to Mickey D's for a quick sausage biscuit. When I got back to the thrift store it was 8:59 and the parking lot was half full. As I sat in my car eating my delicious breakfast, the cars just came flooding in. There was a line at the door of the thrift store that had at least 18 people in it that had formed while I drank my OJ. It was so crazy to me!

I am the kind of person that AVOIDS the day after Thanksgiving shopping like the plague and I miss some of the other BIG sales on purpose! I hate hate hate shopping with the rest of the population! Anyway, they opened the doors and let everyone in. I took a couple deep breaths, reminded myself that I had been wanting to come here with no children for a long time, and then I got out of the car.

As soon as I entered the building, I headed for whatever area had the least amount of people. In biology this is called DIFFUSION - the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lesser concentration. That was me - a little molecule practicing diffusion. The area of lesser concentration took me to the kitchenwares. That was okay with me I guess. I actually found some nice black plates, saucers, and cups for the timeshare. I didn't buy them though, maybe I will go back later and they will be gone. Oh, I forgot to mention why Wednesday mornings are so crazy at St. Lawrence Thrift - they are closed Mondays and Tuesdays for restocking, so Wednesday morning is the best time for FRESH goods.

After the kitchenwares, I made my way past the sports equipment and ran straight into a rack of Halloween costumes. SCORE!! My girls LOVE to play dress up and most of the dress ups we have a getting a little small for my Kelsey. I keep thinking she will grow out of playing dress ups soon, but then I remember I was still playing dress ups when I was 10 years old - maybe older!

Anyway, I scored 5 dress up/Halloween outfits for the girls, a sweet scary costume for Matt (wish me luck on this one!), and a very cool witches dress, hat, and black boa for myself for a whopping $21!! I guess I love St. Lawrence Thrift Store now too and I can get past ALL the people there on Wednesday mornings. I suppose that will be my weekly Wednesday morning outing - drop the girls off at school and go to the thrift store, and oh yeah, grab a sausage biscuit and OJ!