Favorite things

This little step stool is one of my favorite things. I got in in Vermont, Bob and I were on an Autumn Driving Tour of New England, about 22 years ago. We'd seen the rest of the country, so this time we we saw as much of New England as we could sqeeze into two weeks. Our days were packed. I'd been a customer of The Vermont Country Store for a long time, still am, and wanted to include a stop in Weston to see the original store. I was not disappointed. After we left The Vermont Country Store, we strolled across the street to a small shop and found this small step stool with the heart cut-out handles. I bought it, and the shop shipped it home to Long Beach for us.

Sometime later, my Dad was at the house and said he thought it was a great piece and he'd like to find one for their desert house. Well, I had the best Dad in the world, as far as I was concerned, and that's all I needed. But of course, I wasn't going to fly to Vermont to purchase him a step stool. But I couldn't remember the name of the small shop I bought it from. After stewing a bit, I called the Weston Vermont Country Store and asked for the name of the shop across the street. (Now that I've worked retail, I know this is not all that unusual.) They told me the name, I called them up, I got a duplicate for my Dad.

After my Dad passed, 7 years ago, his widow didn't want the step stool any more, so now I have two of one of my favorite things.