He's Going to be a Charmer in the Future

A few days ago at work I encountered the most sweetest transaction I've done ever since I started working in May.

A little four(?) year old boy that was barely as tall as my register counter anxiously waited in my line, looking left and right repeatedly.

When he got to the front of the line, he reached to hand me two red roses. As I smiled and said thank you, he asked me if I could hurry since it was his Mom's birthday in two days and he didn't want her to know that he was buying these roses for her.

They were the cheapest roses in the store, 99 cents each, but they were half off. When I told him the total was $1.06; pure joy just beamed from his face since I could tell he couldn't read the sign sales all around him.

He rummaged through his pockets and pulled out a crumbled one dollar bill and a handful of pennies, thrilled that he had money left over.

I gave him his receipt and he asked me for a bag so his Mom doesn't know what he bought. I handed him his bag and he grinned as wide as he could, exclaiming thank you, and ran to his (7?) year old brother to show him what he bought.

Right before he and his family walked out of the store he gave a smile and a wave in my direction.

It was the most adorable thing ever.

You have to be a rebel at least ONCE in your life!

I'm going to rewind my life oh... at least a decade? (Sheesh, I feel so old by being able to say that)

Picture this... Going grocery shopping with your Mom. You see the long aisle of the delectable sugary cereals, and lo and behold! Your Mom lets you choose the cereal!

Seeing the commercials for Reeses Puffs or Cookie Crisp and how delicious you imagine them to be, you grab for the box.

Only to have your dreams shattered when you hear the words, "No, that isn't good for you, pick something else that isn't pure sugar."

My little heart broke in two when I couldn't have Reeses Puffs.

As most of you know, I'm now out of the house and I get the pleasure of shopping for myself.

I was shopping at Walmart a couple weeks ago with Kelsi, and I was admiring the selection of cereals that they had.

And then..

I saw the cereal that I wanted.

I look to my left...

I look to my right...

and I snatch that Reeses Puffs from the shelf and toss it into my basket, cackling maniacally inside of my head!

I felt like such a rebel, going against what my Mom told me so many years ago on how I shouldn't buy sugary cereals.

I wake up the next morning, eager to try my non-healthy, sugary cereal for the first time, imagining it to be just AMAZING.

Well, I was sure disappointed. It just tasted like a mixture of Cocoa Puffs and Peanut Butter Crunch.

Psh, I waited a decade for disappointment?!

I think I'll stick to my Honey Bunches of Oats with Cinnamon Clusters instead.