Dorothy Lee and ME


On Tuesday Camry and I went to the Dollar Store. Ever since I found these Chinese Marshmallow Poles there, I can't help myself. I feel like I'm going on a treasure hunt each time I go! (PS: How come Americans didn't invent the marshmallow pole? Really, it's AWESOME!)



Okay, so my point.

I'm going along my merry way Tuesday, combing the aisles of the Dollar Store, when I see a woman filling her cart with boxes and boxes of something.

And being the curious person that I am, I decide to go down the aisle and check out her "treasure." Heck, for all I know, the marshmallow pole is just the tip of the Chinese candy iceberg.

So as I get closer, I see the woman filling her cart with some off-brand Oreos.

"Blech," I think to myself. I can't stand REAL Oreos, I'm sure as heck not going to buy off-brand Oreos.

I've got SOME standards, people.

And that's when it happened:

I looked at the shelf in front of me and immediately recognized a package of cookies with this little Dutch Girl on the front.  (And yes, this whole post emphasizes the international nature of food-finds at the Dollar Store.)

Anyway, it was a major flashback to my childhood--seeing that package of Almond Windmill Cookies. It was like a time machine just swept me away. I'm serious! I'm going to have to read something on Pavlov's dogs today--because seriously, once I saw that package, a bell went off in my head and I was 8 years old again, having a sleepover at my grandma Dotty's house, and shopping for snacks at Wong's Grocery in Whittier, California.



It took me back. And I could honestly SMELL the Wong's Grocery . . .  right there in the Dollar Store (it had a unique smell--like a butcher shop).

Is that crazy?

I loved, and love, my Grandma Dotty a ton.

Seeing those cookies made my day.

Buying 12 packages of them for $12.00 made my MONTH!

And then, eating 11 packages of them with our kids after school that day--while telling them about my Grandma Dotty--made my YEAR. (I saved one package for posterity.)

I love good memories.

And I love good food memories even more.

(And more than anything, I love that the kids loved the cookies. SO much so, that they've taken them in their lunches this week. That would make my grandma smile.)

So, my suggestion to everyone today--eat a treat/food from your childhood today! It's so fun.

PS: I'm playing Elvis in honor of Dorothy Lee today. She had hearts over her head when she listened to Elvis. (In fact, I think she had a black velvet painting of him in her apartment. Pretty sure. If not, I'm totally making that up and running with it. She would have had one and liked it.)

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