Speed Shopping Spree

Today was the second of my annual post-Christmas shopping sprees with my grndchildren.  They have been delayed this year because I was traveling.  Today's shopping experience was with my second oldest grandchild, a girl.  We had a tasty lunch at Chili's (her choice) with good conversation about her upcoming trip to France and lots of other topics including college plans and career dreams.  This, for me, is always the most enjoyable part of these shopping days. As it happened, we ate first, then shopped today. We shopped at the mall, but, instead of the long tours of many stores that I was anticipating, we were in and out of one clothing store and one book store in record time.  She knew exactly what she was looking for in both places, bought what she wanted and we were on our way.  Then a stop at Target and Starbucks and our big shopping event was over.  She was happy to have some money left to put in her bank account and I applauded her common sense shopping skills. Gone are the days of marathon sessions at "Build a Bear" and "Toys R Us" but that's OK. Every age brings its own pleasures.  By next year she'll be driving me when we go out. That's a strange but fun thing to think about.