She showed remarkable restraint. (Yes, that’s me talking about me in the third person.)
I guess unless you know the background story, that makes very little sense.
You see, Greenhawk was having a large 25th anniversary sale this weekend. Greenhawk is one of the local tack shops in Ottawa. A tack shop is a place to shop for things to buy for your very own wonder horse. And while I don’t do a lot of shopping for myself, and I enjoy grocery shopping to some extent (yes, I do know that I am weird), I absolutely love shopping for my horse. I could spend hours in a tack shop, just looking at things, from blankets (horses wear blankets in our cold winters, to help prevent them from growing super fuzzy shag rugs – or what looks like a shag rug – and some just can’t grow enough of a coat to keep them warm enough in our crazy climate) to supplements ( there are probably more out there for horses than there are for pro wrestlers and weight loss programs). And everything else in between.
I didn’t get there till an hour before closing time, which still gave me plenty of time to browse. And I had a list. Which I amazingly stuck to. That is rare enough for me to do in the grocery store, let along in a tack shop that is having a sale! The only extra thing I bought was a dandy brush. I couldn’t resist one little treat. I came home with: a new pair of schooling breeches; a saddle rack to put up in the barn across from Bailey’s stall – so I don’t have to lug my saddle all over the place anymore – and Chinook is in the same barn, so that’s easy; a lunging surcingle and a lunge whip – which I have been debating on purchasing for months but finally couldn’t resist, seeing as my horse finally lunges well and I should have my own equipment instead of borrowing all the time; a dewormer; a sheepskin half pad and two buckets of biotin supplement are pre-paid at the sale price because Greenhawk ran out, but they’re on the way. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but when I look at my receipts, I saved over $220 today! Well, okay, I spent a bit, but it was early birthday money from Mom and Dad, and from Todd, who actually came with me today.
We did a little extra shopping for Meg, who was in the market for a new two wheeler. She came home with a ‘Fly Girl’. She learnt to ride without her training wheels this week, and Todd had promised her a new bike. She is one proud little girl. And we’re pretty proud of her too!
