lucky find!

i don’t frequently blog about stuff that i’ve bought because i don’t want to ever get caught up in “money makes you happy” sort of ruts, but today’s purchase is much less about spending money and much more about being extremely lucky.  i saw this exact same shirt on a kid in my toddler time about a year ago.  i couldn’t stop looking at it because i thought it was so very, very cute!  after class, i asked his mom where the shirt was from and she said “mini boden” and i went home and googled it and then sighed because a) mini boden is *ahem* a bit pricey and b) the shirt must have been at least one season old because it wasn’t currently available and i didn’t like the current designs quite as much as that stinkin’ cute fox.

ever since then, occasionally, i’ll go on to e-bay and peruse the listings there in the vain hope that i might find that shirt and that it won’t be already bid up sky-high and that it will be in my kid’s size range.  or at least not too small.  so imagine how i felt today when quickly flicking through the racks at my favorite thrift shop while trying to keep an eye on my kid who was riding a scooty tricycle thing around the store and what did i see?  t.h.e. s.h.i.r.t!!!!!!  the very one i’d been looking for!  in the right size!  and for $2.99 (plus 25% off because it’s monday).  i literally gasped, put my hand to my mouth and grabbed the hanger off the rack.  i felt a little light-headed and couldn’t believe my eyes.  i mean, seriously.  what are the odds?  squeeeee!  i’m still so excited that i had to share this story with someone before i’ve even had a chance to get a picture of the boy wearing it.  i’m sure it will show up in a video here sometime…