An Adventure (or Two), Part 1

First, I must start out by saying that I am fifteen.  Yes, my birthday was on the eighteenth, and I am now considered one year older.  On that day, Mother, Daddy and I traveled to Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood.  There is a very special store there where we have gone for three of my birthdays.  That's right, we went to the American Girl Place for the third time.  This year I have come back with the most surprising of surprises: Girl of the Year 2014 Isabelle!  You see, I wasn't planning on buying her there, but apparently Mother and Daddy were.  The dialogue went like this:

Mother: Where's the Isabelle section?

Me: Over there.  I begin walking in the direction I think it is.

Mother: Are you sure?

Me: No.  I catch a glimpse of an Isabelle display.  Yes.

We walk over to Isabelle, pointing at different things along the way.  We get to the Isabelle display.

Mother: So, we were going to buy you Isabelle.

I look at Mother, then at Daddy, then back at Isabelle, probably with my mouth slightly open.

Mother: Is that OK?

Me: Yeah.

Mother: Why don't you pick out your Isabelle?

I pick out the very best Isabelle they have.

And that is my story of how I got my Isabelle.

Anyway, after spending a good portion of my money, we went over to the theater for the next exciting part of my little birthday adventure.  About two weeks ago, Mother went onto AG's website and saw that the Isabelle movie was playing at the Seattle store on July eighteenth, the day we happened to be going there.  Reservations were five dollars a person, and they still had room at the 2:00 showing. (The earlier showing was entirely booked.)  I must say, "Isabelle Dances into the Spotlight" was quite good, but I am getting ahead of myself now.  First, we got our free popcorn and sodas with American Girl tickets, then we sat and watched the movie.  When we left the theater, they handed out a goody bag to each person (they do it every year.)  What was in the goody bag?  Well, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little while to find out.  I'll have the second part up tomorrow or the next day.  Until then, farewell!

I decided I had better leave you with a picture, which is also a clue to my next birthday adeventure.