Happy Birthday Camryn!!

My daughter, Camryn, turned 9 this year! It really feels like just yesterday she was a baby. But here I am..on the cusp of her being "double-digits" in age. Her birthday was January 13th. Usually we plan a party...some of her themes in the past have been "American Idol", a "DIVA" party, and one year we did a "Make-over" party. Well, this year Camryn had other plans. She wanted to go shopping!!! At first she requested to go to the Galleria Mall where there is a COACH store. ???? Next, she thought maybe we should go to NorthPark, where the JUICY COUTURE store is located. ???? See where this is headed...I am raising a Fashionista! After informing her that any shopping trips for the purpose of those stores would result in her getting maybe ONE item from the clearance racks..and showing her online how much that stuff costs...(besides the lecture of who does she think we are?!?!?)..she realized that just any old mall would do. SO, we invited her cousins Mylah and Zoe along and we were ready for a day of shopping. They got their nails done, did a round of ice-skating, and we ate at The Cheesecake Factory. Camryn had about $250 to spend and she was actually very frugal with it. With each dollar she would consider spending she wanted to know how much money that would leave her with. And then she would decide how badly she really wanted it. Abercrombie and Justice for Girls were the 2 stores she really wanted to shop in. When all was said and done and her money was all spent she ended up with 6 outfits, a shirt, 3 pairs of shoes, a necklace and several barrettes and earrings from Claire's, plus 2 new Webkinz. I was pretty impressed with her bargains! And I had a fabulous day of shopping with my daughter. She is already thinking about next year's shopping trip! I think I am justas excited about it as her!