Shiny happy people kind of day

Aaah... Today we went to the Galleria Shopping Centre, for plates and a present for a friend of mine. We borrowed mums car to go, which was a real treat :-) It wasn't until we arrived that I noticed the stroller was missing from the boot... Hmmmm....... to go back or not to go back. To have a handy timeout chair in my immediate vicinity or to wing it.. We chose life. We winged it!!


Lucy was actually really well behaved, she only ran off once, and she was good after I threatened her with having to sit in the trolley for the rest of the trip. She walked by my side, and was cheerful and pleasant. I bet you are thinking, "Oh, then it didn't take long then?"


How wrong you are. If you thought that, then you obviously have never spent much time listening to me rant about the friendly, chatty nature of my lil Lucy. EVERY single person that walked past us got at least smiled at, although most of the people we passed got talked to, and some got kisses blown when we eventually moved another inch forward..


You may think that I am exaggerating here, after all, it is a big, busy shopping centre. I'm not. At all :-( I wish I were.


We talked to all sorts of people (yes, even one in a wheelchair - who Lucy was very polite to), we talked to old people, young people, people with kids, people who looked although kids may in fact be demon spawn... (I liked these people, I like it when Lucy smiles and says "I like you lady," and ruins all the complaints they may have against unruly children in shopping centres all over the world.)


So anyway, we eventually reached the shop we wanted, and began to look at plates. Word of warning to you all - never let a child who doesn't know all of their colours choose anything for the house.. Seriously.


So we bought a dinner service (two actually in case of breakages - there is a klutz in the house. Yeah, yeah, I break things all the time). We also bought some contact lense solution, and I had the most interesting conversation paying for this cleaner, trying to explain what contacts are, what they do, and *gasp!* how they work???


Keep in mind that the Lucy doesn't yet understand about the man downstairs who is deaf, and we see him nearly everyday. She gets mad at him because she says "hello man" and he 'ignores' her every time.


Then we went on the hunt for Gemmies bday present, which was accompanied by a tuneful rendition of 'happy birthday.' On repeat. Volume - high (highest?)


In between talking to everyone from one end of the mall to the other of course.


We found what we were looking for, and then went and had KFC for lunch (we never have fast food, because I hate the idea of walking to the closest ones to get it - it kinda becomes slow food..).

Lucy had one nugget and a toy (grrr....) and I had a burger (oh yum).


On the way home (less than ten minutes away) Lucy fell asleep. In the car. Which she hasn't done since she was really little. Oh unless you count driving to and from the desert six hours each way (at night time no less). Then the last time was only several months ago.


So I decided not to wake her, and to take advantage of having a car at my disposal. It has been too long since my last road trip!!


So we travelled from Morley to Cottesloe, and then up to Whitfords via the most scenic, coastal route we could take.


What a beautiful day!! Emerald ocean, no traffic, bright sun, clear skies and a sleeping child - if there is a god he couldn't have planned my day any better :-)