Saturday: I shopped for and found the perfect TOTE to house the Christmas present I bought for Erin. When I was at Sam's Club the other day I saw a very long and narrow package containing an entire unicorn family--TEN of them in various sizes, colors and detail. The hair is comb-able! Their heads move. Their wings open and close! PLUS, there was a bunch of cute accessories: hair brushes, combs, hair ribbons, a blow dryer (that does not require batteries) ... anyway, I couldn't find the price anywhere on any of the boxes on display. FRUSTRATING!! I had to climb on the shelving to find a small sign that said $22. I felt that this could not possibly be the correct price and walked away--I almost gave up! But as I went down the aisle, I could just see in my mind how Erin would love to play with these and how much fun she would have; so I went back and threw the box in my cart. I figured I would just ask the price up at the check-out. I was so happy to find that $22 WAS the price. I have also purchased for Erin a Jasmine doll (super cute) for $20.
When I got the box home, I started looking carefully at what was inside. There was a LOT of small parts. Erin would lose them! She hates it when she loses things. She will say: "Gwamma--I WOST it" and make the saddest faces. But what if I was able to get a small TOTE in which to store all of her unicorn things? I found just the right one at Meijer this week for $8! When you add up the 22 + 20 + 8 it equals the $50 I allot for each grandchild for Christmas--yay!
I decided to get my paints out and decorate the tote to make it a little more special. I asked Kaitlyn if she wanted to make a little message for Erin on the inside. This is what she wrote: "I love Erin--KT."
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