that my friend Suzanne is the only reason these stockings hang today!
My kids have never had Christmas stockings. I have never found any I LOVED and I've always been hesitant to buy some not knowing how many kids we'd have in the end. I considered making some this year, but just didn't get around to it. So... after telling Suzanne that Santa left my kids candy in a bowl every year, it became her mission to help me find ones I liked and then get them. A friend of Suzanne's gave her a cute stocking and found out it had been purchased at Sam's Club. I'm not a member so I kinda wrote it off as an option. It was Monday when she told me. Had I been smart, I would have gone over to Sam's Club that night and bought them. Instead it turned into this...
Tuesday morning Suzanne called me (remember the day that it snowed TONS) and asked me if I had gone over and got them. Of course my response was no and I listed my reasons. She didn't like that and decided that if I wasn't going to get them, she was. I couldn't let her do this on her own so I promised to meet her over at Sams. I threw my kids in the car (in their PJ's) and met her there. It was a scary drive over having already started to dump snow. We met up, only to find out there were none left. I ran in (while she sat outside with our kids in the car) with the stocking she had gotten and asked them to call the other Sams Clubs and see if they had any. They called and Murray had some. I had only a bit before my daughter was out of school, so I ran to get her while Suzanne ran to the Murray location. It was a tough drive in the snow and kinda scary. I couldn't believe I was out driving in it for one (cause I freak when I have to drive in snow) and two that my friend was dragging her kids around in their PJ's to help me get stockings. Crazy!!! After getting my daughter I met up with her at the Murray Sams. She had gone in and found they had three left. THREE! She was holding them for me but the kicker was that neither of us had a membership and they weren't giving out one day passes for the holidays. Grrr... So, I asked a lady that was parked next to me if I could borrow her card to buy these stockings that my friend was inside holding for me. She said yes. So we switched... Suzanne ran out, I ran in (with this stranger) to buy them. We got to the front of the line and I swiped my card. "We don't take American Express." That's all I had on me. So with a call to Suzanne who was sitting with the kids outside in the snowy parking lot, we switched again. She ran into pay, while I ran outside to sit with the kids.
Ta-Da! Here they hang... three little, DANG CUTE stockings!
My kids have never had Christmas stockings. I have never found any I LOVED and I've always been hesitant to buy some not knowing how many kids we'd have in the end. I considered making some this year, but just didn't get around to it. So... after telling Suzanne that Santa left my kids candy in a bowl every year, it became her mission to help me find ones I liked and then get them. A friend of Suzanne's gave her a cute stocking and found out it had been purchased at Sam's Club. I'm not a member so I kinda wrote it off as an option. It was Monday when she told me. Had I been smart, I would have gone over to Sam's Club that night and bought them. Instead it turned into this...
Tuesday morning Suzanne called me (remember the day that it snowed TONS) and asked me if I had gone over and got them. Of course my response was no and I listed my reasons. She didn't like that and decided that if I wasn't going to get them, she was. I couldn't let her do this on her own so I promised to meet her over at Sams. I threw my kids in the car (in their PJ's) and met her there. It was a scary drive over having already started to dump snow. We met up, only to find out there were none left. I ran in (while she sat outside with our kids in the car) with the stocking she had gotten and asked them to call the other Sams Clubs and see if they had any. They called and Murray had some. I had only a bit before my daughter was out of school, so I ran to get her while Suzanne ran to the Murray location. It was a tough drive in the snow and kinda scary. I couldn't believe I was out driving in it for one (cause I freak when I have to drive in snow) and two that my friend was dragging her kids around in their PJ's to help me get stockings. Crazy!!! After getting my daughter I met up with her at the Murray Sams. She had gone in and found they had three left. THREE! She was holding them for me but the kicker was that neither of us had a membership and they weren't giving out one day passes for the holidays. Grrr... So, I asked a lady that was parked next to me if I could borrow her card to buy these stockings that my friend was inside holding for me. She said yes. So we switched... Suzanne ran out, I ran in (with this stranger) to buy them. We got to the front of the line and I swiped my card. "We don't take American Express." That's all I had on me. So with a call to Suzanne who was sitting with the kids outside in the snowy parking lot, we switched again. She ran into pay, while I ran outside to sit with the kids.
Ta-Da! Here they hang... three little, DANG CUTE stockings!
This is definitely a day I will never forget! It was actually a lot of fun! I'm just glad you finally have stockings :)
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