It's a Wonderful Life

I went to a toy store today, on a mission.

(This toy store is absolutely wonderful. It's just a good, old-fashioned, independent toy store full of games and dress-up items and stuff animals and puppet theatre sets and just a little bit of everything. You can't set foot in this store and NOT be happy. It's impossible.)

So, as I walk in, the young man (what am I? 90?!) standing near the front says to me, "Just so you know, we're closing in about 5 minutes"

I cut to the chase. "Do you have any tiaras?"

I swear he sort of looks at me a bit oddly before he leads me to them.

But from the moment the words leave my mouth, I can't help but smile.

Standing in a toy store, on a mission to buy a toy tiara. Taking pleasure in every minute and really excited about it.

Life is pretty good. :)

(It's amazing how a $2 tiara purchase reinforces the joy in life. Or rather, it's finding such joy in buying a $2 tiara that makes life so wonderful.)