I picked Linda up to go to the mall. We didn’t need anything in particular, just liked to shop. She had a new cordless handheld vacuum and I asked here where she bought it. She said she was shopping for a power screwdriver and saw the vacuum on sale. I’d been looking for one but wanted to buy it on sale. She had got hers because it was on sale.

I told her I’d been needing one for quite awhile. I wanted to use it on the carpeted stairs going up to the second floor. They’re good for cleaning up cookie crumbs in the living room too she remarked. She said she allowed her older kids to use it to clean up their own little messes.

My daughter had spilled about a thousand beads on her bedroom floor last week. Even after she retrieved most of them, she still stepped on a few and they hurt her bare feet. She couldn’t get them up with the broom because it didn’t work on the carpet. I got out the vacuum and helped her out. She isn’t big enough to push the large vacuum cleaner yet.

We went into a store with a huge selection of bedding quilts. I’d been planning to give my bedroom a new look. I wanted to paint sage green and would need a quilt to match. I saw one I’d keep in mind. Maybe it would go on sale soon. I picked up a few bed pillows that were on sale.

We always looked in the jewelry departments. We tried on a few rings. One aquamarine ring was pretty. It would match some earrings I had at home. It was delicate looking. We examined some of the pretty chandelier earrings that were popular. She couldn’t wear those because she thought her neck was too short.

She looked over the bracelets. We both admired the wide ones with three rows of crystals and pink or purple beads added for accent. I wanted to buy one but would wait for a sale. I usually did that cause I always found what I wanted on sale.

Handbags, scarves wallets, we looked at all of them. In the shoe department we laughed about the stiletto heels. We decided the movie stars were welcome to wear them and possibly break a leg doing so. It’s like walking around on two ladders. Why take a chance on falling?

After walking around the jewelry counter once more, I remarked that they had a great selection of wedding bands for men. We still liked the plain gold bands. We wondered out loud what kind of wedding band our friend Scott would choose. He was getting married next month. We both agreed he might be avant garde enough to buy one that was decorated with diamonds.