A day of driving and spring decorating on my mind

I spent all day running errands and driving an hour away to get another kid outfitted with braces. Afterward we went to Chik-fil-A.

While we were there, some people sat at the table behind me and spilled over onto my seat, squishing me out of it. I had to take the kids to the restroom and when I came back, their coats were on my seat and there was no room for me to pull out my chair. I had to remove their coats and scarves from my seat to get my coat.

I heard one say to the other that she had to buy food for her daughter yesterday because she didn't have any money. She then said with a sigh that the daughter had enough to get her nails done but not to buy food.
I figured she was stressed out. No need to stress her out any more.

Blair wanted to spend her dollar to get the neighbor girl a New Year's gift so I took her to the dollar store. It's the biggest dollar store I have been to. She picked out princess shoes. Trae got himself a ball and a motorcycle. Within 10 minutes of being home, the dog popped the ball and is now carrying around a floppy piece of plastic.

And as I write this, I forgot to grab the palm fronds I saw there. I usually don't buy fake flowers but you can't get palm fronds here. I miss that about South Carolina. I used to be able to just go pick some if they weren't too large to stab me as I sawed them off the trees. Anyway, they look great all by themselves in a vase.

I like to use ferns instead, or in addition to, since I have a thing for them. I can't tell you how many times Jon has had to pull over somewhere when I spot some nice ferns. Everybody waits for me as I go into the trees and come out with a fistful of them. Man, I remind myself of my mother.
I should just plant my own this year.

Then we stopped at Target and checked out some of their new arrivals for the home event. I liked the following items and realized I have decorating for Spring on my mind. So with that, I rearranged the living room (again) and went to throw the drapes in the wash but realized they are 'Dry clean only.' So I left them and cleared out the decorative items and now I am ready to get some shopping done. Nothing major - since it really only takes some decorative pieces to give your room a new look.

Because we are excited to be snowed in tonight and tomorrow, I won't rush Spring just yet!

It's pretty out my window and the earth looks still and calm.

How does it look out yours?