Considering travel time, it was rather late when we got home last night. Traditionally we would have slept-in, but the girls had mandatory choir practice at 9am. And we BARELY made it.
Of course, it didn't help that Darby had a piano recital at 10am. We barely made that, too. Though we probably should have skipped it. Admittedly, in the last few weeks, Darby hasn't been practicing as much, mostly due to science projects and other factors, and it really showed. She messed-up early on playing her piece, then started crying, and it snowballed from there. It's all on tape, though she wishes I'd erase it. The teacher did have her try again once everyone was done, and she did better, but it was still clear that she didn't know her music very well. And to make matters worse, the second to last girl to play chose the exact same piece, and she played it exceptionally well.
So what does a girl do when she's down?
She shops! :)
We went Christmas shopping after we got some lunch, though I wish we'd made some different choices about where we shopped. We ended up getting stuck in much traffic after several hours of shopping, which I definitely don't recommend.
Most of the shopping was on behalf of the girls. They had to get gifts for various school activities and for teachers, etc. We did a great deal more looking than buying, so the girls were actually quite a bit tired of shopping by the end of it.
Hmmm... maybe I should do that more often, to create a shopping aversion in them while they're young. Could save me some money in their teenage years.
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