It's cold....really!

I know most people don't believe that it gets cold here but I think 37 degrees qualifies. 37 degrees is quite inconvenient in a subtropical climate. First off, our kids don't own winter clothes. They have hoodies and wear tights under their skirts on really cold days. Read:in the fifties. Second my class, including two that actually are my own, is scheduled to sing outdoors for 45 minutes for a food drive today. Our usual sub-tropical weather pattern allows for outdoor events in December. For the record... they are predicting snow flurries.

So what is a mother to do when her littles are expected to stand in the blizzardy weather and spread Christmas cheer? She has to join the rest of Corpus Christi on the hunt for scarves, hats, and mittens. First I head to Target. Target has absorbed much of our discretionary and non-discretionary income for a large part of our marriage. It is the perfect store! Where else can you buy toothpaste and lingerie? Is there anywhere else you can buy a cell phone, snacks for the kickball team, and a new vacuum cleaner? Yes, that's what my cart usually looks like... I love that Target is open early enough on Sunday mornings that I may have once or twice bought my kids new outfits for church in a moment of weak desperation. I am well aware that my husband does not keep me around for my amazing laundry competency.

Target did not come through. Well they had scarves and such but they were more then I was willing to pay considering that it won't be this cold again for three years and I can't guarantee that I will still be able to locate these items tomorrow let alone another winter.

At this point I am wondering why J is home where is is warm and there are a gagillion less people frantic that their kids are going to freeze on the way from the car to the classroom. And it occurs to me that the winter clothes that have been limiting my Old Navy options for months, might now be useful! So I head to Old Navy. I leave there without scarves and hats, but not empty handed. I purchase a v-neck sweater for purely therapeutic purposes.

And I am running out of options so I go to Walmart. At Walmart I throw out all frugalness when I come across adorable mickey mouse hat, gloves, and scarves. If I had any willpower at this point, the purple and black design would have been a tipping point anyway. Needless to say, they came home with me and were met with delight!

My classroom steps are icy at this point, and it is expected to get colder before our big performance, I imagine that anything bought for vanity, will be relished for warmth. At least that is how I am justifying it for now!