small town life

we don't live in a small town, but i like to pretend we do. we actually live closer to the post office in the neighboring zip code than our own, and it is never as crowded as the other one. plus, one of the workers knows me and baby bear. this is a town that needs some stoplights due to the rapid growth in the area, at least at a couple of intersections. it has a quanit strip of antique shops, a kids' consignment store, and a hand-made jewelry artists' studio. oh, and a bed and breakfast and picturesque methodist church... white, with stained glass windows, and an old-fashioned steeple. it also has several new developments which will quickly transform the area into a not-so-small town, and rumor has it that home depot will be footing a retail project on the north side (but actually in its' county instead of our neighboring county).

we arrived at the post office, and bear immediately charmed the grandmotherly women who were in the lobby. they complemented her purple boots (thanks mad), white and purple-flowered hair bow (thanks bec), striped sweater coat(i knew that was a purchase i would not regret... she gets soo many compliments in it. they asked her name, and she replied. one of them asked her age, and she played shy, or "made shy" as they say down here in the south. so one of them asked ,"are you 2?" and bear exclaimed, "Yeah!" then they said the other little girls in n-ville better watch out, because she was in the running for the cutest. i confessed that we don't actually live in the town. "oh, that's ok, we'll claim you anyway."

anyway, after they left, i presented the mail i was verifying postage on. verified the amount... i owed 17 cents... i had forgotten to bring my stamps (other than the one already affixed to the envelope). i opened my purse, almost certain i had the change. i didn't. this was one of those times i really wish hubby would not clean out the car so often, because otherwise i would have had plenty of change in the door. anyway, i was told not to worry about it, just bring it in next time if i remembered.

now that's country life for you. :) i'm sure having the adorable toddler in tow telling her that mommy has a baby in the belly helped earn sympathy points.