Well, She Does Have Great Taste

Yesterday, Rebekah (age 5) and Rachel (age 18 months) accompanied me to, what I told Josh (age 3) was "girly store". The store was, in fact, a second -hand women's store. (Josh was still devastated, none-the-less, that he could not come too.)

Rebekah (and Rachel) found numerous things that I should buy: a sweater two sizes too small, a jacket in a horrid color, a necklace that just wasn't what I was looking for, and a pink purse.

It was rather easy to convince the girls (i.e., Rebekah) that those items would not work, for one reason or the other. But, I was feeling a bit guilty. Rebekah, God bless her sweet little heart, really wanted to help me find something beautiful, and I was shooting her down left and right. Besides the fact, she INSISTED that I did not have a pink purse and that I NEEDED a pink purse. She didn't understand that I had just been given a number of very nice purses from my mother and I had spent my spending money* on a beautiful orange purse. (* any money in my possession is spending money, even some not in my possession. That's why I don't carry cash!)

Trying to distract her sweet, helpful intentions, I asked Rebekah if she would like a pretty pink purse for herself. She decided that she needed BLUE. (Ok, it is a second-hand store, so the prices couldn't be TOO outrageous, right?)

The first purse she picked up was a Vera Bradley. Don't shoot me, but I HATE Vera Bradley. (If you don't know what I am referring to, Google it...) And the price on the second-hand Vera was still $35.00. NOPE!

The next purse she picked out was a beautiful Nine West, another "expensive name brand", but I decided that I could "borrow" it from my daughter, if need be. The girl does have exquisite taste!!

"our" new purse