You Gotta Dance to Your Own Beat

Today has been a nice, peaceful family day. Tried to go Christmas tree shopping but the place we want to get our tree isn't starting sales until December 1st. We buy our trees from the American Legion because the money goes to care boxes for deployed military and other veteran programs. I'm also a member. We went to the Legion Post here for the first time today and 2 minutes after walking through the door it felt like I had known the guys for years. It was really nice. 

After leaving there we went out to eat. My daughter just came into a little unexpected cash and treated me to Olive Garden. We ate until we could hardly walk and then ordered dessert to go. No way we were passing up black tie chocolate mousse cake!

Once we could move it was off to do a little clothes shopping. Her boyfriend got to stand around holding purses and looking uncomfortable. She FINALLY found a coat she was willing to wear too which is nice because she walks to the bus either really early or very late, when it is cold out there. Stubborn kid! She bought a few more clothes and then we just wandered around a bit.

We went to this place called Gifts From Afar that has all kinds of art and clothes and things from India, China, Africa, all over really. When you first walk in there is a wall of saris and belly dancing costumes. The music in the store was very high energy belly dance music that I immediately fell in love with. Poor kids, they were looking at things and I was roaming the aisles doing little dance moves I remembered from a belly dance class I briefly attended. Now, I thought I was hidden from view but it seems, not so much. I turned around at one point to see the man who ran the shop just smiling at me. When we got to the cash register for my daughter to make her purchase, he grinned at me and handed me a copy of the CD that was playing in the store.

I have the music, I have the little wrap skirt with the coins that jingle, now if I could just get that body I'd be in business! Maybe a little less pasta and chocolate mousse cake would help. But where's the fun in that?

Later folks, sweet dreams.