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Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

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Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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You Are Where You Shop

Shop 'till you top"I love your skirt," said the lady in line next to me at Starbucks. "Where did you get it?"

You've got to know that "my" Starbucks is mere minutes away from the ritziest shopping district in Johnson County, Kansas.

"Walmart," I answered, with a friendly smile.

"Oh....well....I tried on one just like it at Talbot's, but it didn't fit right...."

"Mine fits right," I said.

"Ummm...I kind of like Target," she said, backing away.

Was it something I said?
Posted by Katy on 04/15/03 at 07:52 PM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Hi, girl! No, that was was in Westport, a very cool, but not as wealthy area. Hey, come back and we'll have fun again!
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    Posted by katy  on  04/16/03  at  01:18 AM
  2. Personally, I find the stuff at Wal-Mart to be a pretty reasonable quality, for the price. People so obsessed with shopping at just the right store do indeed need something different from the rest of us.<br><br>It's called "therapy".
    Posted by simon  on  04/16/03  at  02:22 AM
  3. is that the starbucks we stopped at when i was there? probably not, but that was a good time, anyway! :)
    Posted by bethany  on  04/16/03  at  09:03 AM
  4. Whoa, Simon! I was reading your site (which I just discovered a couple days ago) when you were commenting on mine! I don't do "retail" therapy. But I sometimes do wholesale therapy, and I often do 90% off therapy. I love your site!
    Posted by katy  on  04/16/03  at  10:26 AM
  5. maybe i'll come by sometime this summer, katy, and you can show me Your starbucks :)
    Posted by bethany  on  04/16/03  at  09:33 PM
  6. we need a girls day out, the three of us...and whoever else could be rounded up, eh?
    Posted by lisa  on  04/17/03  at  08:28 PM
  7. ooh, lisa, that's such a good idea! *Begins to scheme*
    Posted by bethany  on  04/17/03  at  09:24 PM
  8. OK, now we're talking. A little Starbucks, a little Walmart shopping....ah, life is good! Come on over, girls! (Simon, your wife is invite, too!)
    Posted by katy  on  04/17/03  at  10:23 PM
  9. now to find some plan to keep c + my three busy for a saturday...scheme #2 brewing...
    Posted by lisa  on  04/17/03  at  10:47 PM
  10. you GO with your lack of pretension and your friendly smile, girl!
    Posted by lisa  on  04/18/03  at  04:32 AM
  11. So, just out of curiousity....are we talking the Starbucks on 119th? Man....when I'm home, I'm there nearly every Sunday.... *sigh*
    Posted by Michaela  on  04/19/03  at  01:31 PM
  12. Michaela, Wow, my little Kansas City/Glasgow/Edinburgh/Dundee friend! Yes, 119th! Where do you live, girl? I live 10 minutes south of Starbucks, but it's my closest one, and I'm there (writing) nearly every day! When do you return to KC?
    Posted by katy  on  04/19/03  at  02:53 PM
  13. I actually lived in Lee's Summit, but I went to church at Heartland Community, 83rd and Lamar. It was a bit of a drive, and so to save gas in my 79 T-Bird (getting, oh, 3 gallons to the MILE) I would usually go hang at Town Center Plaza B&N for a while, and then go sit and read/write at that Starbucks, til the evening college group. :) I'm back in the States for the month of July, though only part of that in KC....I'll be in STL and a doing to road trip to Texas too. Not far away, Katy... we'll have to meet up!
    Posted by Michaela  on  04/20/03  at  12:49 PM
  14. Michaela, That's MY b&n, and MY Starbucks is 121st and State Line, to be precise. Now there's one in Lee's Summit, on 291. Hey, if we can meet to say "hi" in July, I'd love it! I've never been to Heartland, but my cousin goes there and loves it. Visiting Scott's church on a Sunday night would be fun. It's in Westport, "Jacob's Well." A great church.
    Posted by katy  on  04/21/03  at  01:44 PM
  15. Yeah, I have some friends and Jacob's Well, me and Scott have talked about that. :) Jacob's Well is sorta an "offshoot" of Heartland, too. And I did frequent that 291 Starbucks, too! Its kinda small...I preferred either the new Borders off 50 hiway or the Starbucks near Independence Center. <br>Ahh, I miss home!
    Posted by Michaela  on  04/21/03  at  02:14 PM
  16. Michaela, July will come soon! (Of course, at my age, everything comes soon...)
    Posted by katy  on  04/23/03  at  01:18 PM
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