WARNING: Do NOT Flip Out When Reading This

So I went out tonight to buy paper plates and sprinkles. An odd combination I know, but they were for two completely different uses - plates because I'm sick of dishes and by sick I mean I've quit doing them and I need clean plates and the sprinkles because I just like sprinkles. Well, I started my search at Big Lots. Nope, no sprinkles. Then I went to Dollar General. Also no sprinkles. Then I went to the Family Dollar. STILL NO FLIPPING SPRINKLES! I was completely unaware that it would be so difficult to find sprinkles, but the Family Dollar store did have a great deal on plates so I took them up on that. Well, as I was heading to the checkout stand, it happened.

This tiny little bank caught my eye. I stopped. I took two steps back and picked it up. Then I picked it up...and began to laugh uncontrollably. So then I looked for a price. It was 80 cents. I put it on the shelf. Picked it up. I put it down. I tried to walk away and I couldn't. So I picked it back up and walked to the registered with it. I decided that 80 cents wouldn't kill me.

What was it? A small patriotic Tootsie Roll bank filled with patriotically wrapped Tootsie Rolls. You're probably confused now or thinking I've really lost my mind. Well, I haven't. This makes PERFECT. sense and is actually a really big deal. Now, why is this even a big deal? Muahahaha. This is where the flip out is going to occur...

A few months ago, probably about three months or so now. I was standing at the island counter at Taylor's house and he was talking to his mom about how he didn't know Tootsie Roll made banks. Then she related this story about when she was a kid how they use to sell them as fundraisers for softball equipment and for camp and things like that. I remember being able to buy them from the store and having them as a kid. Taylor told us we were both crazy. He lamented about how he WANTED one and I told him if I found one, I would get him one. According to him, that was why I was the best.

Flipping out yet? Well quit! See now I have a Tootsie Roll bank for Taylor and no way to get it to him. I'm actually kind of amused. I'm not sure why I'm so amused by this, but I am. I want to give it to him mostly because I got it for him, but I don't know how I would give it to him...and yes, I know, I'm "over" him but I can still be pathetic and care about people that have touched my life.

I see nothing wrong with purchasing or creating simple and small gifts for those who mean the world to me, even if they don't care for me. I guess that's my giving and loving heart coming out. I see the good in every person, even when they aren't worth it because I want to be like God and I want to see the good in them like He does...even if I'm not always the best at it.

Anyways, when I upload my camera pictures at the end of the week I'll post some pictures of the bank. You'll get a good giggle out of it. It's pretty amusing.

As promised, here is a picture: