Monday, May 9, 2011

The Girl Has Taste

Last week I took my three-and-a-half year old granddaughter to the thrift store to shop for a gift for her momma. Why the thrift store? Well, the thrift store and the dollar store are two of the smallest stores around which makes it much easier to keep track of a very active three year old. And out of the two choices the thrift store definitely has a wider variety of pretty junk. First we visited the toy aisle to get that distraction out of the way so we could better focus on our gift finding mission. Taking a child to the toy aisle of the thrift store can keep them entertained for quite a while. Three year olds don't seem to be bothered with the fact that most of the toys are broken or have dead or missing batteries. Once she had experienced broken toy overload we went on our journey to find the perfect gift. After searching high and low (me-high shelves, her-low) we were both ready to throw in the towel and resort to the traditional gift of a handmade card. It was then that she picked up this vintage darling off of the bottom shelf. I'm sure she didn't base her choice on the age of the item, it's color, or classic style. Her choice was likely based on how fun and easy it was the flip the lid up and down. Nonetheless she made a great choice. All that was needed to make it a perfect gift was the addition of some fresh color coordinating tulips, a tag and bow. . . along with a wish for a Happy Mother's Day and a hug and kiss. Her momma was very happy. And I, her nonnie, was pretty proud of her great taste and superb thrifting skills!

8 comments:

Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...

Excellent! Train 'em young, Joy! : ) Hope you had a lovely Mother's Day!

Heather at Happy Chippy Junk said...

LOVE this!! Love that you are teaching you grand daughter young!!

Diane said...

I remember those pitchers! They used to give them away when you bought Tang (the astronaut's drink!) Mom always had one of those pitchers in the fridge full of Tang! Nice pick!!

Beki - TheRustedChain said...

So sweet!!

CB said...

Good job - That was a great find and fun to do with a little one. I'm taking notes.

Vanessa said...

I'll be taking my nieces and nephews thrifting soon and writing about the results too. This is the perfect Mother's Day Gift, great taste indeed!

Erin said...

Such a beautiful gift and great idea!

Ceekay-THINKIN of HOME said...

A beautiful gift....great job!!

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