{"id":331,"date":"2007-06-27T00:35:39","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T04:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2007-06-27T00:38:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-27T04:38:53","slug":"shopping-the-musical-or-shopping-with-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"Shopping, the Musical! Or Shopping with a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"text\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"text\">Have you heard about<strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shopping! The Musical?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/strong><span>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a <\/span>musical comedy of original songs and sketches about almost everybody&#8217;s favorite activity.  It focuses on all kinds of stores, customers and businesses as it concentrates on the frustrations, exasperations, and occasional joys of SHOPPING!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have to admit I am one of those people that loves to shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--more-->Late yesterday a friend called to catch up.<span>  <\/span>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been almost six weeks since I talked to him.<span>  <\/span>His children and mine were about the same age and we watched each other raise them as single parents.<span>  <\/span>We both did a pretty good job over these past 18 years and we keep in touch to see how things are progressing with them as young adults.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">His first child married and had a girl that will be three years old on Saturday.<span>  <\/span>He had just gotten off work and was on the way to the mall to shop for clothes for her. I invited myself to join him if he could stand some company. <span> <\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">You have to understand that I think it would be the greatest thing to shop for a little girl.<span>  <\/span>Having had boys, I did not have that experience of buying girly clothes.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Little boy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clothes are cute enough, but little girls dresses and accessories are just adorable.<span>  <\/span>We had so much fun picking them out.<span>  <\/span>Some came with little pocketbooks and hats.<span>  <\/span>One even came with a smaller matching dress for a doll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What great fun we had.<span>  <\/span>After getting them wrapped, we decided to grab a quick bite to eat and catch up on how things were going with both of us.<span>  <\/span>I know he will have fun sharing those with his granddaughter.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you take time out with good friends for some simple pleasures in life like shopping trips.<span>  <\/span>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll most likely have a great time.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">~ Joellen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shopping! 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