Easy Enough

And it's been a while since I have written about my disastrous attempts to leave the house. This field-trip Friday I thought maybe we would make a few stops and then hit a park. I needed one thing from the fabric store and one thing from Target to keep moving on my pricing and tagging for next weekend's consignment sale: safety pins and card stock. Easy enough? I was feeling pretty cocky as we paraded into the fabric store. Everyone was listening and holding onto the stroller in their designated spots. No one darted into traffic and all dollies were left to guard the carseats without protest. I ignored the nice couple going on about my sleeping little boy (not in fact a little boy and not in fact sleeping) and went about my shopping experience. Until. We crossed the threshold of the carpet entryway onto the shiny waxed tile floor. Oh yes. I remember now. Clayton is afraid of shiny floors. Grand. So I carry his adorably petrified self and push the stroller at toddler walking pace and find our safety pins. In order to exit they wanted me to pay for the safety pins. Who knew? So to do that I needed to dig my purse out of the bottom of the stroller and set the little boy (the real one this time) down on the shiny floor to do so. This stroller has a ton of bells and whistles for the kid mind you, but access to your purse is not one of the advertised features. Let's just say the fabric store people smiled kindly and were happy as we made our way out the door.

Back in the car. My arm is tired, Clayton wants the keys. I need the keys to drive. I both won and lost that argument. So the deal at target was he got to hold the keys if he stopped screaming. Phew. Again they are walking like big kids, this day just might turn itself around. Crap. The floor. He sits down at the edge of the carpet as at least 10 target patrons that have to stop short behind us wonder what I am doing to my child. Up you go buddy, let's get this done. And by get this done that would require buying card stock. Which they apparently stopped carrying sometime between when I bought it there 6 months ago and today. Fabulous. I could use so Zip-lock baggies so we grab those and head to the checkout. The lady takes one look at my entourage and then 3 or 4 looks at my Zip-locks. Is that all? Yep, we had a Zip-lock emergency, just ring it up please. My arms is about to fall off. Clayton hang on! Back to the car. Rewind and replay they key excitement. And we skipped the park. And I am not tagging and pinning because I don't have card stock to print on. But they are napping. Success! We did save the afternoon with biscuits. So I will leave you with photos. Mya and Ella were angels today by the way. THANK YOU LADIES!