{"id":51778,"date":"2014-09-06T00:09:30","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T07:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=51778"},"modified":"2014-09-06T00:09:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T07:09:30","slug":"retail-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/51778","title":{"rendered":"Retail Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tWith the kids back in school, I’m wondering if you heard my big sigh of relief?\u00a0It was awesome to have enjoyed a wonderful summer focused entirely on them, but I look forward to getting back into the school routine. Even so, as a mom, I think it’s impossible not to\u00a0miss them and wonder if they’re eating their lunches and hope they aren’t skinning their knees on the playground, etc.<\/p>\n

Looking for a good distraction, my best girlfriend and I saddled up her SUV and went for a drive.<\/p>\n

Destination = Glorious Small-town Antique Shops!<\/p>\n

\"2014-08-30<\/p>\n

Doesn’t this just make you smile? Especially when you find the sweetest owner inside and she just happens to be canning peaches in a kitchen attached to her antique shop. Of course she was! Even better, she had a faded Wave If You’re A Farmgirl\u00a0<\/em>bumper sticker on her door. And, of course, I found the perfect <\/em>cast-iron Christmas tree stand (in August).<\/p>\n

\"2014-09-02<\/p>\n

Feeling all sunshine-y and wonderful, we hit the road again and happened upon a sunflower field.\u00a0We don’t really have sunflower fields around here, so this required us to stop and jump the creek for a selfie. Is it still called a selfie if your BFF is in it, too?<\/p>\n

\"2014-08-30<\/p>\n

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