Purple watch

It was a big day for Emily.  She made a big decision and a big purchase.  Since learning to tell time she has been hot on having a watch.  I had dug an old one out of my jewelry box, but it ran slow and was a silver clasp band that was way to big for her wrist.  She has been diligently saving up her "spend" money for a couple months.  Her goal had been a Hello Kitty cooling fan with candy in the handle from the check-out lane at Fareway that cost $4.  But this week we took a trip to Wal-mart to see what they had for watches.

Emily had a total of $4.86 in her spend jar.  Wal-mart had some plain purple digital watches on clearance for $3.00.  They also had some cute Hello Kitty, Dora, Disney Princess, etc. watches for $6.88.  She had to decide whether or not to get the plain watch now (and have a little money left over) or wait 4 weeks until she had enough money for the prettier watches.  It took her a day to decide, but when we went back to Wal-mart with her purse full of money she had settled on the cheaper purple watch.  It turned out to be a great deal because the watch also has an LED backlight button and a stop watch feature, which Emily is thrilled with.  I now know how many seconds it takes me to clean a toilet, clean the mirrors, dust the living room and how fast Emily & Lincoln can run races through the house. ;o)

I'm proud of Emily for making a wise decision and for purchasing a useful item rather than a cheap piece of plastic or candy.