Taking the Scenic Route

Today didn’t turn out quite like we planned it, but it was still very good.  Mom met us at the Old Navy Outlet to help watch Zane while we debated over his winter wardrobe.  I gotta tell you, that is such a blessing because it gives us time to make good decisions instead of just throwing things into a cart, which we really can’t afford to do.  She also surprised us by pitching in a significant portion of the money for our purchases.  We did find fleece pants…thank goodness.  I was dreading having to sew part of his wardrobe and now I don’t have that stress on me.  (I have never been great at sewing and it is almost painful for me)  So, he now has a pair of overalls, a pair of jeans, a pair of courdorys for church, 1 sweater for church, and a few thermal and normal long sleve t-shirts.  yeah!  I did actually purchase one shirt with a pattern…a colorful striped shirt.  I love Old Navy…you can get decent stuff with no logos and no screen prints or anything…yeah!  I really dislike “stuff” on shirts.  We also got a halloween costume on sale.  I wasn’t planning on doing that, but when I saw that part of the costume was basically a blanket sleeper in a big enough size, in fleece, I was all for getting the costume.  lol.  Carters doesn’t make big enough blanket sleepers and that costume was cheaper than the few blanket sleepers I have seen in his size….I sort of doubt that most people pick costumes for that reason though.  hee hee.

As we left the mall we debated whether or not it was worth going to the fair.  We decided it would probably be very frustrating and Zane would “get it” a lot better next year.  It seemed like an expensive way to spend an evening frustrated, so we opted for a dinner out instead.  It was a good decision.  We had a lot of fun.  Zane snuggled in Grandma’s lap most of the meal, demonstrating his skills with silverware.  He also feed Grandma some of the food she gave him to eat.  lol. 

It was a good day.