Frieda, my mom, is guest posting for me today. I have often heard this hilarious story repeated. Enjoy!
Shopping with their mother and grandmother wasn’t Ashley and Andrea’s favorite thing to do. Sears was having a dress sale and Sara, their mother, needed something to wear to a wedding. As soon as we got there, the six- and eight-year-old girls immediately started playing hide-and-seek under the dresses on the circular racks.
Sara scolded, “Get out of there! Would you want to buy a new dress some kid had their dirty hands all over?”
Her logic didn’t impress them. We heard Andrea shout “Boo!” and saw an elderly shopper nearly faint as the little red-head jumped out at her from under the dresses.
Suddenly I saw the rack of dresses start to fall over. It hit the next rack, which hit the next one. The line of dress racks looked as long as a football field. We watched in horror as, like dominoes, they went down, one after another in slow motion. Grabbing one of the girls, I said, “Let’s get out of here!”
Sara said, “Wait, Mom, I need to go apologize.”
“They don’t want to hear apologies. They’d rather have these wild girls out of here,” I told her.
“But, Mom, they have us on their surveillance cameras.”
“Okay, so we’ll never go back. Let’s take the girls home. You can come back tomorrow if you want to.”

Oh my! What a shopping trip. My little Jesse (he’s now 26) used to hide in those racks too. I used to get so mad at him — he just laughed and smiled at me. 🙂
What a cute story and a memorable shopping trip:)
OH. MY. WORD.
(I used to play in the racks too, and now my kids are following in my steps!)
Ha ha ha, oh the embarrassment of it all! Hey, that’s really good writing – good grammar, spelling … everything! You should guest blog more often, Frieda!
Ha ha ha, that is so funny! Yep, I would have bolted too 🙂
HA!! I hope that never happens to me…. 😀
Oh my goodness…I would have been mortified! I get embarrassed so easily and that would have sent me over the edge! Ack!
Ha I would have ran too!! I keep a list of places I have to avoid going back to for a while lest I am recognized for various kid related misdeeds!! Thats why I love being the Auntie and not the Mama!
Oh noooo!!! That’s a horror story for sure. There but for the grace of God go I…my kids are always trying to get under those racks, too. Next time, I can tell them this story!
Great story! I can definitely see this happening to me! I also have little red-head trouble maker. Though, I don’t know if she would be so honest afterwards.