Couldn't Help It, Couldn't Resist, He Came Home With Me

 It was a typical afternoon at the supermarket.

Each item put into the grocery cart got recorded on a little pad I carried with me. With the prices of things nowadays, it's imperative to keep track. 

Up and down the aisles I went. When my cart swung into the end-of-Christmas-season aisle, I slowed it down to take a look.



The little snowman plate made me smile immediately.


It was only 75 cents.  

I did a one minute debate in my head about want versus need.  The want won. 

If the little snowman plate made me smile in the midst of post holiday exhaustion, it must might make anyone looking at it smile.

And lots of smiles made the 75 cents well worth it.

So now it's in a stand on the kitchen counter and I'm glad.

WHAT IS ONE THING IN YOUR KITCHEN THAT MAKES YOU SMILE?