We planned to meet my mom at King of Prussia mall - the world's largest indoor shopping place by retail square foot, including an Apple store and several high-end stores like Versace and Tiffany's - for a little white-sale shopping at JCPenny's. We left a bit early so we could make a couple of stops along the way.
Abby wanted to buy a spring for a recent invention project. The thing she's building is a kid of box that beats would-be burglars over the head with a piece of wood if they should attempt to open this particular safe-keeping box. This is in lieu of a lock.
I wanted to stop at Microcenter to pick up an Eee PC. Berta had recently expressed an interest in having an available PC in the family room for browsing during TV watching and homework assignments without having to lug out and power up the work PCs, and this fit pretty well. She needn't have spoken two words of that endorsement before I was ready to buy. And I thought that our priciest purchase that day would be the Eee PC. Alas....
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