Three years ago on one of our jaunts to Target, I came across a shower caddy (You know the ones college students use). It wasn’t in the right isle and it was marked down to $1.50. I took it and put it in my cart. A little later my niece comes by (with a bag of hot Cheetos, her umpteenth tube of lip balm and a sweet smile). She put her loot in the cart and asked what the shower caddy was for. (She thought it was for her cleaning supplies because one of her duties is cleaning the restroom…No, she is not Cinderella!).
I told her it was for when she went to college. She reminded me that she was just a going to be a sophomore in High School. I said..”I know, but one day this caddy is going to college with you.” She just looked at me and rolled her eyes…….(teenagers and their stupid ‘eye rolls‘ suck!)
Any-who…..fast forward to last Monday, August 16, 2010 and the shower caddy (full of shower stuff) was one of the first items unloaded from the back of our truck to be placed in my nieces college dorm room. Like her, it was left behind in a place that it didn’t belong. It was marked down because it’s owners didn’t know it’s worth. Like her, it had made it to college because someone believed in it.
I miss that stupid shower caddy very much. I hope it does well in college.
3 comments:
Getting a good deal at Target-Priceless!! Sending your niece to College after only having her for 6 yrs priceless!!!! being lucky to having an aunt like you --PRICELESS!!!!
For everything else, use Mastercard!!
Wow, one of the best pieces of writing to date!
That stupid shower caddy almost made me cry!!!
Making 1 of your 2 only commenters on your blog almost cry--priceless!!!
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