When we weren't watching football today, we were taking our junior niece shopping. She had $20 from Grandma that was burning a hole in her pocket, and she wanted to go to Target to look for some new Polly Pockets.
Okay, I thought. The high temp today is about 20 and on Friday I hopelessly jammed the zipper on my several-years-old and seen-better-days berber fleece parka. This seemed like a good opportunity to replace it. I did find some gloves, hats and scarves on sale, and picked up a a nice pair of leather gloves with thinsulate lining, but there was nary a winter jacket to be found. There were lots of spring-y things on the racks, though.
Niece Jaycie didn't have any luck finding new Polly Pockets, either, so we decided to hit Wal-Mart on the way home. Wal-Mart turned out to be a total bust. No new Polly Pockets. One meager rack of clearance jackets, but the largest was something like a size 10, which, alas, isn't me. But they, too, had lots of spring stuff.
Given historic weather patterns around here, when we typically have our coldest weather in January-March, you'd think that somebody would be smart enough not to clear out the winter wear until after at least Valentine's Day. But what do I know?
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