There he was, sitting on a couch in front of the store, looking as cute as only a newly-hatched owl could. I could picture him as our own Couch Owl, and only the other day I was talking about retail therapy, so it was quite obvious to me that I needed to bring this owl home.

Did you know Pier 1 doesn’t have much in the way of taper candles? They said to wait until Christmas, which for them is a month from now. I confess I found that disheartening.