[GratefulGramma]

Hi y'all!

My daughter, B(eloved) G(granddaughter) and I got a chance for a shopping girls' getaway last week. We headed to Nashville, home of great malls, and walked ourselves to death.

BG had her recruitment requirement list with her (remember the Great Pink Dress Crusade last year?); one of them was "Something Sparkly" or "Something Sequined", I don't know which one for sure. We all know how quickly "sparkly" or "sequined" can go downhill.

She is also President of the campus chapter of Silver Wings (the AFROTC auxiliary organization), and they require extremely conservative formal gowns for their banquets. She had worn the same dress three times, so I had told her we would try for a new version of that, too. She texted me from the formal department of Dillards, and thought she had found the dress for SW, I went over and agreed with her. While we were wandering that department, we just happened on "sparkly" and "sequined" AND tasteful. Best? Marked down from $169 to $50something. Several of her friends were shopping that same day, and texts were flying. They were all jealous.