A Morning of Shopping

My mom wanted to take Megan shopping this morning for her birthday gift, so Megan and I met her at the mall ... Limited 2, to be exact. Megan began to browse the many racks of colorful clothes, and soon our arms were filled with shirts, skirts, sweaters, pullovers, and more, so we decided that she had better start trying things on. I was really surprised that Megan chose so many skirts and dresses. For the past year, she has really only wanted to wear jeans and shorts. Maybe we are making the transition into a young lady this summer.

After trying on a few shirts, we quickly realized that she has grown a bit since our last shopping trip, so we had to make a few size adjustments. In the end, she chose a precious dress with a colorful print of red, turquoise, and white with black accents and trim. It is adorable on her. She also chose a precious slightly v-necked white t-shirt with silver crowns embellished on the front and a peachy/pink skort to match. It looks so cute on her, and she loves it almost as much as the dress. My mom purchased these two outfits for her, and I put the rest on hold for me to select from for her gift from us. I will return tomorrow or Monday to make the final selection for her birthday so that it will be "somewhat" of a surprise.

After leaving Limited 2, one of the kiosk guys caught Megan's attention. His kiosk contained flat irons and unique curling irons. So, as I went off to clean my contact lenses, Mom watched Megan while the sales guy began to curl her hair. The first few curls were rather tightly twisted into curls which resembled Shirley Temple curls, but the next few curls were much looser and natural. The iron created a really beautiful wave of curls and made her hair appear shinier.

Megan was SOLD and wanted to buy it on the spot. Mom and I were a less anxious, especially after learning that the iron had a $150.00 price tag. Of course, the guy turned on his "salesman charm" and said that he would give us his BEST deal ... a $20.00 discount. That did not persuade me. Next, he said, "Well! Since your daughter is a student and her birthday is coming up, I will give you the student discount, as well. An additional $10.00 off." I was still not moved by the $120.00 price. Just as we started to walk to the side of the kiosk, he said, "I don't want you to leave without this, so I will do something even MORE special for you. I will throw in the curling iron holder, a $29.99 value, absolutely FREE." Megan was ecstatic, thought this was the deal of the century, and just could not believe that my mom and I were not just handing our money over to this man. We declined his offer, thanked him for sharing the information with us, and began to walk away. He called out to us and offered us one final offer. "$100.00 for you because I like you. That is the best that I can do." Again, we declined and walked away. Although the curls looked great on Megan, I think that her fascination with the iron would be rather short-lived, and she would be frustrated by the amount of time it would take to completely curl her hair. So, I think that it is best that we let this "deal" pass us by.