We went to the beach and shopping for school clothes today. School starts the last week of August, a few short weeks away.

Shopping with Liz is an event. What kind of event I don't know but it is an event. It always involves a small treat which she carries in the store and which I won't purchase if I don't have cooperation with the back-to-school necessities.

Exhausting. She is always anxious to complete the shopping so she can have the "treat". After about 10 times of asking "are we done yet?" she's not allowed to ask again or will lose the "treat". This is difficult for her. Some how she manages. I, also, manage to survive these shopping trips (barely).

We cannot go to more than 2 stores; the "treat" is always selected at the second store. Some sort of physical activity (like the beach) is necessary prior to shopping so Liz doesn't have too much energy.