Cowboy Day

Today was Cowboy Day at C's preschool.  And while I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE C's preschool, I'm not a huge fan of these dress up days.  I know, I'm such a grump, after-all EVERYBODY likes dress up days, right?!?

In my defense, these "Days" have a habit of being a big 'ol pain in my butt. Inevitably, whatever the theme, I will not have what I need on hand.  Whatever store I go to first is going to be out of what I need which then sends me on a store-to-store search for some item that I don't want to buy for a "Day" that I don't like (Ba Humbug!).  

Yesterday, when I realized that I could put off shopping for Cowboy Day no longer, I had the idea to post a Facebook Status seeking suggestions from friends for stores that might have Cowboy attire hoping to at least shave off some shopping time.  I received a  number of helpful responses and then ranked them in order of proximity to my house and likelihood of an enjoyable shopping experience.  

• Dollar Tree...no luck (not surprised, remember this is a theme for me - first store never works out).
• Party City...mediocre luck, they had the items in question but didn't really fit and were too expensive.
• Wal-Mart...despite a most unhelpful/rude employee who apparently couldn't be interrupted from standing there doing NOTHING, we found a reasonably priced hat,  bandanna, and as a little bonus a red flannel shirt on clearance.  

So for about about $12 bucks and a WHOLE lot of patience, you can get yourself one cute little cowboy :)

All total, shopping for Cowboy Day took a little over an hour and was a VAST improvement to the Umbrella Parade Day Shopping Fiasco, which took an entire day. :)