getting korrina's ears pierced on the way home to the city

m has a gift certificate to gap kids, so she wanted to visit the one we pass on the way home in bridgehampton. when we pulled into the parking spot, i looked up and saw claire's. korrina has wanted to get her ears pierced for years, but i've never done it with her because i've never felt comfortable with the ones in the city. i don't know why . . i guess i've just never found the workers at any of them very friendly. but when i looked up and saw the one in bridgehampton . . i thought that maybe here they would be friendly and nice. (m and c and i have found that when stores aren't as crowded . . workers tend to be more obliging and friendlier. it was the whole foods in glastonbury, connecticut that finally made us see this . . the whole foods stores in manhattan are always mobbed with people and the workers are stressed and have a difficult time being gracious. but the workers in the whole foods in glastonbury, connecticut are always very talkative and always smiling . . of course there is never anyone in the whole foods store in glastonbury, connecticut . . it is always empty of customers!!!)

well, i guess there must be something to that theory, because claire's was quiet with only a few customers and dominique, the worker who helped us, was very sweet. she did a very nice job of piercing korrina's ears, taking care that each side was properly aligned.

chanda was very excited with the whole procedure and enjoyed seeing the stone korrina chose for her ears: light topaz, her november birthstone (which is also chanda's . .). it looks very pretty on her.

. . reading all about it in the car . .