We spent most of the afternoon in Salmon Arm today (well, my mom, the girls and I did; my little man stayed at the house with my dad [& dad took him to the spray park!]). (I don’t know what I had in mind with all of these various brackets I’m putting here, strange…maybe I’m losing it?!) Anyway, I’m rambling on & on about nothing. We checked out a few of the stores, starting with a huge thrift store. While driving there we were discussing the smell that usually accompanies second-hand/thrift stores (I’m sure we’re not the only ones who’ve noticed the scent.)  Half of the parking lot is filled with furniture and bigger items. The weird thing is that the second we opened the car doors the scent was overpowering! It was just awful, like really really awful!! I assume it was from a combination of the heat, all of the very well used furniture and the number of people that were there. We were going to the store in search of a puzzle for my daughter, she’s been wanting one all week, because she saw one in the small drug store by my parent’s house (which I refused to buy because it was $30.00 &, in my mind, that’s crazy!) So, we walked through the parking lot trying to breathe with our mouths, not our noses! Then, ironically, we all breathed with relief when we got inside the store! We only found a marvel superheroe puzzle for my little man, but nothing for my daughter. When we got to the till the lady commented on us only having one item, because today they had a deal where you only had to pay $2.00/bag, for whatever you can fit in it. And we’re like, “wow! That’s a good deal!!” So, we went back through the store and grabbed a bunch of books and stuff, that we didn’t even want or need in the first place… It’s a bit ridiculous, we obviously didn’t need any extra junk but we ended up with all this extra stuff, just because it’s a good deal. That’s like buying something just because you see it’s on sale. Haven’t you done that?? You’re walking through a mall or a store (can you say Costco???) and you see a sale rack and you’re like “OMG!! What a great price!!”, then you end up buying it just because of the price, regardless of whether or not you need it. If not, feel free to pay me a visit, to see the end result of this method of shopping, lol!! “That’s a good deal!!” Sigh…

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health Topic List.

Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!