quote of the day

"The Girl Scouts are talking about going there," says my daughter, pointing, as we make our way through the strip mall parking lot maze to the pretty pretty grocery.

"The Beauty Brands store? Why ever for?"

"They have a spa," she says, half intrigued, half disdainful. "Manicures and pedicures," and then she adds with a shudder, "facials."

This news coming on the heels of the last-minute announcement that she needs a pair of old jeans with which to make a purse, I note, not really approving, "they sure are doing a lot of girlie stuff these days."

"Well, Mom, they are the Girl Scouts, not the Tom-Boy Scouts," and we giggle, loudly. Case closed.