Mommy’s Yuppie Store
This came out of Emma’s mouth, “Mommy likes to shop at the yuppie store by the mall.” I thought Drew’s been putting words in my little girl’s mouth but I guess she came up with it herself. I mean Drew did help. He always say I’m a yuppie from the day we met (I’m not sure what a yuppie is). There were many reasons why he called me this but it was mostly because I liked to buy stuff at the “healthier” food store. Organic stuff is easier to come by nowadays but back then, in Boise, I had to go to the Co-Op or shop at the Saturday Boise market to get what I needed. When we moved here it was tough. A few things at BiLo’s, some at Parkers, a few at WalMart, and in the summertime the local people (still, can’t compare to the Boise market!). Then the base started carrying more stuff and so we’d shop there for most of our stuff. But then they got random, they’d carry one item and then they’d quit some shopping trips later. So now we’re just shopping in town (the stores carry more now) and the city.
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