10 reasons not to take Sophie shopping:

1. She refuses to be held or even hold my hand
2. She likes to play hide-n-seek in the rounders of clothing
3. She loses her hair bows while playing in the rounders of clothing
4. She climbs on "employee only" ladders
5. She runs around like a wild child and makes me look like a bad mom
6. She tries on shoes and runs to me to show me then face plants since the shoes are hooked together
7. She cries if she doesn't get what she wants
8. She loves to grab full piles of folded clothes that are sitting on tables right at her level
9. She plays in the front windows and might have pulled down half of the large hanging sign
10. She pulls down her shorts and underwear in the middle of the store to try on a pretty skirt she pulled off the hanger by herself.

The 1 and only reason to take her shopping:
She found these perfect shoes in her size all on her own.
I wish all of these things didn't happen a few days ago when I ran into the Gap to pick something up quickly. But they did. Oh well....at least life with Sophie is never boring.