You Deserve It

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Teacher me…

Loved doing bulletin boards…spent a lot of time…a lot of money…coloring…cutting…creating her own version of wall art…

Inspired by that favorite teacher of mine…third grade…best teacher in the whole wide world…loved Suzy’s Zoo…decorated with Suzy’s Zoo…

And so when teacher me became teacher me…the first classroom theme was Suzy’s Zoo…wall decor…stickers…borders…my class is extra-special coffee mug…

Fast forward forty years and what to my wondering eyes can you buy?…a box…a mystery box…a Suzy’s Zoo mystery box…Suzy cleaning out the attic so to speak…getting rid of merch that didn’t sell…

No brainer…the perfect gift for gift buying me…a surprise just-in-case gift to go under the tree…

And opening that box was fun…so ridiculously childishly fun…stickers…notepads…friendship book…ornament…doodad…ceramic mug…copyrights going back as far as 1977 aptly considered vintage…

And so it is…in life…treat yourself…make yourself smile…an ice cream…a puzzle…a cheap mystery box filled with childhood memories…

Go ahead…you know you deserve it…
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And that husband of mine…agrees…