Have you ever been in a rush to buy one little dress in the mall to find yourself in line behind the crazy chick returning 20 items she bought online and the other crazy chick that’s paying in bills and exact change? That was me the other day in Forever 21.

While I was impatiently waiting, however, I had the opportunity to be entertained by watching these little girls – probably between the ages of 7 and 10 – scavenge through the discount bins. Not that I am really young enough to belong in a Forever 21,  but these munchkins were really out of place.

“Oh my god, I lost my money!”  one of them exclaimed with an air of drama. Perhaps it was makeover day or something, but the girl had gone crazy eye makeup, having it layered on in a strong angle like she was about to get on a runway. She and a friend or two circled the discount area for a few seconds looking for the lost money before the girl realized “Oh! I spent it on the picture!” They had probably paid a visit to the photo booth kisok I had seen in the mall.

“I don’t have enough money for this…” the same girl stated as she leafed through her remaining 3 one dollar bills. “Do you think you can buy this for me?” She said to her friend. “My mom will pay you back. The first girl then recounted her 3 one dollar bills and recanted. “Oh nevermind, I can afford it! It’s only one dollar and I have that. ” This was stated with a very serious matter of fact tone.

Just to give you an idea – among the goods from Forever 21 that these girls were interested in was a makeup bag they wanted to put their school supplies in.

Remind me to tell my daughter, if I ever have one, that no – I will not pay her friend back. Sorry, love!