With no acro dance to amuse her in the morning, I bring Little Miss with me to the shops in the afternoon in the hope of her getting some fresh air. I know it isn't going to go well when she produces 20p from her pocket and says she wants to buy something. She heads hopefully for the toy aisle. When she realises the fruitlessness of her endeavour, she asks to look in the sweets aisle. In the sweets aisle she has a choice of five sweets that are 20p or less. I probably would have stretched to the extra 5p needed to buy one of the sweets on the upper shelves but she wants candy sushi - £3 - and a pizza made of sweets. I hold my ground, thinking it will be a valuable lesson.
Five minutes later, we leave empty-handed. I give her the opportunity to bail, but she is determined to spend her 20p and so we head to the old Fruitmarket. She wants to go to Poundland, even when I tell her the clue is in the name, but she is not to be dissuaded. However, we head to Home Bargains first so that I can pick up Little Master's pasta pouches. We de-tour to the sweets aisle and this time we find only one sweet that is 20p or less. It looks suitably chemical for her to be enthralled by it. She pays for it and adds it to her bag.
She still wants to visit Poundland: it is a new shop and it has replaced Poundworld, her favourite shop. She trips around, happy because she has the sweet in her bag. Heading for home, I explain we need to take a little detour so I can take a photo. First off she is curious, "Do you have to take a photo every Saturday?" but once I explain I go every day, she loses interest and pleads to walk home on her own while I go take a picture. Not a chance. I allow her to open her sweet instead, which keeps her happy until we go home. Her blue tongue is all the reward she needs at this point.
Five minutes later, we leave empty-handed. I give her the opportunity to bail, but she is determined to spend her 20p and so we head to the old Fruitmarket. She wants to go to Poundland, even when I tell her the clue is in the name, but she is not to be dissuaded. However, we head to Home Bargains first so that I can pick up Little Master's pasta pouches. We de-tour to the sweets aisle and this time we find only one sweet that is 20p or less. It looks suitably chemical for her to be enthralled by it. She pays for it and adds it to her bag.
She still wants to visit Poundland: it is a new shop and it has replaced Poundworld, her favourite shop. She trips around, happy because she has the sweet in her bag. Heading for home, I explain we need to take a little detour so I can take a photo. First off she is curious, "Do you have to take a photo every Saturday?" but once I explain I go every day, she loses interest and pleads to walk home on her own while I go take a picture. Not a chance. I allow her to open her sweet instead, which keeps her happy until we go home. Her blue tongue is all the reward she needs at this point.
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