After two days of being locked in the house with two little girls who would have much rather been at school than "enjoying" snow days at home, I decided to venture out.

Friday wasn't so much a snow day as it was a Holy crap! People in the DC Metro area cannot drive on ice day. This, of course, is no surprise to anyone who has lived in the area for, oh say, ten minutes during the winter.

By early afternoon the mercury had passed 40 degrees and the sun was shining brightly, the salt and sand trucks had been out and the insane drivers were either at their destinations or the repair shops.

Reagan's teacher called and asked if there was any way we would be able to bring in some more food for the food baskets for the needy our church was preparing. It seems the snow days had had an impact on the amount of donations brought in by the students.

Yea! An excuse - and a good one - to get out of the house.

Off to Target we went to pick up some non-perishables and to kill some time with a change of scenery.

We found ourselves in the Christmas decorations and made sure we looked at and tested every one.

Of particular interest were the singing squeezers from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. McKinley liked the Snow Monster. Reagan liked Hermey. Taylor still likes to cram her foot in her mouth - ornaments shmornaments.

After several minutes, I reminded them why we were there and we headed off to the food section.

Walking through Target while Reagan entertained us with song ala Hermey. Well, sort of...

"Why am I such a mistress. I am not just a mistress."