By Loretta Humble
My daughter Liz, granddaughter Taegan and I had a big day of Tyler shopping planned for last Saturday. Taegan reported she just didn’t have a thing to wear anymore, and her mom verified that was nearly true, so we decided to have our own Girls’ Day Out, and see if we could find her a bunch of new clothes for a moderate amount of money.
I drove to their house, and after a quick cup of coffee we headed out to Liz’s car. Liz got in, and Taegan and I waited for her to unlock our side. Let us in, we cried. Liz clicked the lock, and actually struggled a bit to unlock; a telltale sign that the house was in need of an Edinburgh locksmith. I got in front, leaving the back seat for Taegan, who was working a puzzle, and wasn’t being much company anyhow. So we headed out, Liz and I just chatting up a storm. At least a mile down the road, Liz’s phone rang. She looked at the screen. She said, “It says it is Taegan. How did it do that?” Then the voice on the phone told it all. You can also visit site for more info.
“Are you going to come back and get me?” asked Taegan.
Her door hadn’t opened, and we had just driven off without her. It took Taegan a while to figure out we weren’t playing with her. I wonder how long it would have taken us to notice she was missing if she hadn’t called?
Liz and I were laughing our heads off at ourselves. It took Taegan a little while longer to see the humor in it, but she finally did. I’m glad, since this day was supposed to be for her, and we’d just about left her behind.
If we had kept on doing crazy things the rest of the day, I’d have material for a whole column. However, after that first doozie, we just settled down to a sort of normal nice day of shopping.
There was that church garage sale in Brownsboro, however… This didn’t appeal to Taegan all that much, but for Liz and me it was irresistible. We have a long history of bonding while digging for other people’s cast off bargains. Thirty-something years ago, when Liz was a teenager, she got mad at me and rebelled by moving out and moving in with her grandma who lived half a mile away. We didn’t speak to one another for a few weeks. Then I guess Mama knew how to get us talking. She called me and told me they were clearing out an estate next door and throwing away good stuff! First thing you know, Liz and I were out there digging out great hankies and doilies, and antique beaded purses out of the trash, giggling and chatting like nothing had ever happened.
So, poor Taegan had to put up with us digging around finding some real bargains. They were selling everything for $3 per bag. We bought six bags of great stuff and a big box of Christmas decorations for the nursing home.
I’m not going to publish all the different bargain spots we shopped when we finally got to Tyler, but I will tell you we came home with a car loaded down with Taegan’s new wardrobe, really cute stuff she is very tickled with, plus makeup and underwear, and a few things for Liz and me, all at a very reasonable price. I even got a pair of those expensive Not Your Mother’s Jeans for a half-way respectable price. Taegan wouldn’t come out between trying on things, but took pictures with her phone and let us see them that way. I’m going to post some of those on www.aroundthetown.com/aroundthetown if she will send them to me. We had a great time. You’ll be seeing me in my bargains.