Pink Lah Dee Dah

Saver's is a nationwide thrift store chain that benefits Big Brothers/Big Sisters, an organization that pairs children with adult mentors.

The organization does great work and the Saver's thrift shops are terrific, so that makes for a perfect duo.

A new Saver's, with supermarket proportions, opened recently in a nearby city. It's clean, organized, and makes a great day trip for bargain shoppers.

On a recent excursion there, while perusing the vast array of clean "chotchskes," a little sculpture stopped me in my tracks. Standing on a shelf, among hundreds of other items, she captured my rapt attention.

Dressed completely in pink, including a fluffy wrap around her shoulders, she looked quite splendid. She also wore earrings, a necklace, and pink gloves and shoes. Slender and petite, the sculpture even had a pretty face and was showing a bit of her slender thigh!

Picking her up between my thumb and index finger, I got a closer look. She was absolutely darling.

Automatically, I put her back on the shelf. The last thing in the world I needed was another nick knack. As I walked away, however, I looked back at the sweet lady. Hey. She cost only $2.99 and it would go to charity! Big deal. She seemed to be calling to me. This was not good as my resolve to refrain from buying what I didn't need was definitely melting. Into the shopping cart the little sculpture went.

Now she stands stylishly on a kitchen windowsill, squished between a Mexican ceramic bird and a perpetually dieting white piggy bank.

She almost winks when you walk by her. Who could resist this fancy little showgirl? Not me and I'm glad!