pretty... paper

Pretty Paper...

 

I carried... the old... Christmas Paper... upstairs....

in preparation....

: )

I have picked up...old wrapping paper... for years, at Estate Sales....

I remember... those styles.... from the 60's and 70's....

The Brown, Pink and Green... is some...I bought new, a few years ago... because, it reminds me of Daughter, Liz....

I have Giants Rolls... from old department stores... down the rabbit hole...that I won't sell...

{I'll sell...or give away... sheets of it...here and there....but... it reminds me...of when I was a little girl....8...9... and 10... window shopping...at the

 Big... Department Stores...

 Downtown....
Smulekoff's...

 Killian's.... Armstrong's...

Montgomery Wards...

Sears and Roebuck

{as Mom...always referred to it... : ) }

J. C. Penny's...
and

Hawkeye Seed...

{I Fell In Love... with a Huge...White Tree...all Dressed in Pink... one year...

at Hawkeye Seed......

I visited it... Dozens of times... that year... : ) }

 then... Woolworth's....

: )

where I'd have a little snack... before the trek...home...}

Downtown... Cedar Rapids... was so... Beautiful...

when I was a child....

The Big...Department Stores... had the Most... Beautiful... Animated Windows....

Oh Boy!

What a Treat!

and...no matter...what little... trinket...I found there...
{ Armstrong's }

They...would Gift Wrap it...

for free...

: )

I'd stand there... gazing..at the multiple rolls....

of Beautiful Wrap....

Ribbon...and Bows...

the Ladies... were always...so kind....

and...patient...

waiting for me...to choose....

: )

They'd do such a Beautiful... wrap... and put... Fancy...Ribbon....

on...the 1.00 stockings... or...2.00 gloves....

{and...if... I had enough.. money...saved... I'd buy Mom...

a small bottle of 'White Shoulders'

perfume....

{that is her... Favorite....and only could be found... at Armstrong's...}

: )

I'd either walk....Downtown... or take the Bus...

{Usually... I'd walk... the mile.... or so... there...

{always... stopping on The Cedar River Bridge... staring...into the water....looking for Big Fish...

 Once... I spotted... Pennies... all over the River bottom...

Sparkling like Diamonds!

then...saw Parking Meters...

strewn...on the bottom... 

I called the Police Station...

immediately!

...when I got home... so they could retrieve...

what looked like a Million Dollars...to me!!!

Treasure!!}

 then...

 take the Warm...City Bus... Home.. : ) }

{with my 'Dime Store'...Treasures... in tow... : ) }

The above song... always makes me think... of

  'Downtown'...

at

 Christmastime... 

{sigh..........}

Love...to ya...

Barb C.
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