Whew!

Yesterday we set out on the adventure that is school clothes shopping. Lucky for us, we were able to go on a Friday, which saved us the massive crowds. We also lucked out that all of the other local districts start school on Monday and we start in two weeks. I think we got better deals because of this. We spent less this year than ever and I think she got more stuff too. We had to go to a couple of stores, but we finally found the hy-tops she wanted too. It feels good to have it done with time to spare.

I have to say though the behaviour of two of my children left quite a bit to be desired. To protect their identity we'll call them #2 and #3. They were relentless in their bickering and even got physical on a couple of occasions. We took the truck which put them in much closer proximity than they are used to in the SUV. There was a lot of "she's looking at me," " she's touching me," and all of the other cliche' sibling issues. We survived though and in the end I chalked their outbursts up to exhaustion. 7 hours of shopping wears on even the strong in spirit. I can't believe in two weeks we're back to the school routine. Wow.