We had brought options for Kelly to wear so she'd fit in. We ate seafood at Ivar's on the waterfront then visited Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe. Kelly was dismayed that the very attractive mummies there hadn't been buried, but we did enjoy the overpowering smell of urine.
A mom and daughter said our outfits were great and showed us that the daughter had made the skirt she was wearing out of an old pair of jeans. Definitely more appreciation in Seattle than in State College, Pennsylvania, where the staff at the Bostonian, a snooty store we used to visit each time, had us on file with the police as itinerant gypsies who were probably shoplifting! (Christie's friend found her police report and gave it to her as a going-away present, along with a letter of apology from the Bostonian! They were surprised to find out Christie was a pastor's wife.)
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