3 1/2 year old Chase recently asked to visit the Garage Store. The Garage Store is sort of like Baby Gap or The Children’s Place except it looks like this…
And it’s in my garage.
It’s basically where I keep all my kid clothes either handed down by my older girls, my awesome sister-in-law Kimberly, or my very generous friend Joanna. My twins wanted to shop at “real” stores like Dylan and Summer so hence the Garage Store was born.
After a recent shopping expedition, my son Chase came out with this peace sign shirt.
He loved it and wore it to the pool that day for his weekly swim class.
(I’m sorry to mention the word pool. Yes, the pool is outside. And I know it’s minus 14 degrees with wind chill wherever you are and I promise you I feel bad about the cold and the snow and the slush but I’m just not sure what I can do about it so just know I feel bad.)
But when Chase came home from the pool, he notified me that the peace sign shirt was missing. That’s right. GONE.
“What? That’s brand new from the Garage Store! You got it today!”
Instead Chase was wearing this…
I asked Rick what had happened and he didn’t really know. “I took his shirt off at the pool and then put it back on after the lesson. But he’s upset that his peace sign shirt is gone. I don’t know what he’s talking about.”
(I’m sorry to mention the pool again.)
Because I read a lot of Cam Jansen and Nancy Drew mysteries to the girls, I know a lot about being a detective. Did Rick accidentally pick up a different shirt and leave the peace sign one there? Not outside the realm of possibility – he was there with the twins and our 9 month old baby which is certainly a bit chaotic.
I knew I had never seen this new shirt before.
Or maybe I had.
And that’s when we realized the shirt was just on inside out.
Inside out!
We’re geniuses!
Aren’t we?!
mama bird notes:
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10 Responses to the garage store. alternate title: i promise this post will not reveal any olympic winners before you’ve had a chance to see the competitions.
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kelcey kintner
I have the basement store. Full of clothes, old VHS movies that Disney pushed on my gullible self, toys, rocking horses, legos, you name it! With 5 kids, there’s never an end to what you’ll be surprised with in that “store”. Heck, my husband actually found a weight bench down there! Something for everyone.
Love the garage store! we have a basement one.
Good detective work! Is there a brand called Sargent Fletcher?! I have some detective work of my own to do. xo
Love it! Our garage store is called The Basement Bins but features same great pricing. And if you mention the outdoor P word again I may have to strangle you with my frozen fingers.
Brilliant powers of deduction! I think you should offer your services to the local detective agency.
Geniuses AND detectives!
Does the Garage Store accept Amex?
Oh, how I would love a garage store for me! Love reading your blog.
As a fellow FNL lover I thought you might like to know that Crucifictorious is making an appearance at the Luncheonette (Parenthood). I am having a hard time containing myself and will likely have to have a viewing party to celebrate this joyous occasion. Riggins is somehow a part of the show and so that must mean that because he is not a member of the band they are somehow writing him for eye candy purposes. I’m looking forward to seeing Landry as well. This is so RAD!
http://tvline.com/2014/02/10/p.....eb-series/
Yay!!!! That is fabulous news.
I love the garage store, but more importantly, is Harlowe giving the finger in the background?