Yesterday, I needed to go to the store and Ryan really wanted to play disc golf before work, but looking at the clock said there was no way to do both. Our compromise: get the kids dressed and ready to go, and we all went to Ross and Target. Ryan needed to look for more work clothes and he'd been promising me a new purse for ages (I'm picky about purses and had been looking constantly every time we'd been anywhere that had them).
We split up the second we walked in the door to Ross. The guys got a cart and headed to the men's department, and Ryli held my hand and walked to the opposite side of the store to purses and handbags. A few purses jumped out at Ryli, but I was looking for something a bit more subdued than the Ed Hardy and pink(imagine something between cotton candy and Pepto Bismol pink) numbers that she was gravitating to. On our way up the third aisle, I found it... a pretty brown purse that had a larger compartment down the middle with two smaller ones in front and behind. Another plus were the pockets on the ends that could hold a sippy cup apiece. I snagged that puppy up!
We headed over to the men's department. Ryan had already found a few things to try on. Since Landry was still content sitting in the cart's basket, I told Ryan that I'd take Ryli back to the kids' department since she had some birthday money in my wallet. She found a Dora Mega Blocks set, so we rejoined the guys. I took Ryli to the restroom, and then took both kids to the kids' section so Ryan could try on what he'd found.
As the kids looked at the toys and played, Ryan sauntered back in the jeans that he'd found. He was unsure about them, but I told him that they were really good (because they were!!!) so he went to try on the prospective work shirts that he'd found.
Ryli put Dora back for a really cute pair of Osh Kosh pink glittery ballet flats that she'd found. She tried them on and stood up, then proceeded to rip off the tag and had it to me, then put her other shoes in her backpack. All righty, then.
We went to check on Ryan to see what the hold up was on his second trip down the runway, and he was a bit less than thrilled. Apparently, the attendant stopped him and told him that it was against store policy to leave the fitting room area to show anyone anything. That was a new one to either of us. Ryan grabbed a truck for Landry and we headed to check out. Ryan went out to grab the Target cart we'd parked outside, and I checked out.
Upon leaving Ross, it became glaringly obvious that Landry needed a bit of freshening up. To put it mildly, he stunk. Ryan ran the loot from Ross to the car to exchange it for the diaper bag. I changed Landry first thing when we got into Target while Ryli and Ryan went on a daddy-daughter recon mission.
The grocery shopping portion of the trip went by as expected... the kids were getting tired of being at the store and running amok except for when they were eating samples. Ryli grabbed an armful of bananas and put them in the cart, which was miraculous considering the proximity of the Valentine's Day candy. We got what we needed and headed to the registers.
Once we found a short enough line and got in it. That's when the cart anarchy began. Ryli was nice enough to busy herself with putting things on the conveyor belt, whereas Landry just wanted out. He is no stranger to attempting to bail from carts, so as soon as it was unloaded, Ryan escorted the kids to the car while I checked out.
Soon, we were headed for home, no major melt-downs and two sleeping toddlers. I call that a win!
