What I love about small town life . . .

Today Sam and I were out and about for several hours, getting new tires put on the Suburban, going to the bank, then Walmart, then the post office. At both the bank and the post office I was reminded of why I love small towns. :) The lady at the bank (I was in the drive-thru) sends out a sticker for Sam, even though she can't see through my tinted back windows . . . but because she knows who I am, and knows I have a little boy, she remembers to send out a sticker for him. The sticker just happens to be a Thomas one. :) And she doesn't even know about his great love for Thomas! At the post office, I'm getting Sam out of the carseat while the post office lady is outside getting mail out of the outdoor mailbox. When she sees Sam she gets all excited--"Hey, Handsome!!" (She calls him that every time she sees him. :)) I'm there to buy Christmas stamps for the Christmas cards which I have definitely procrastinated on this year. Unfortunately she is almost all sold out ("and we even ordered twice as many this year as last year!" she laments), but she offers to sell me the last 2 sets of the cookie and Santa ornament stamps off her display board. Yep, I love small town life. :)