growth chart and postcards

 there wasn't much planned for the day, so i decided to go have lunch at the golden corral in maplewood near the mall. good thing this is just an annual visit as when i left i was full. i had two plates of food, drank some dr. pepper, and had a little ice cream and pudding. then i walked over to the mall, where i needed to use the bathroom. then i said i needed to get out of the food court as i had already eaten plenty. close to it was an independent dollar store, where i bought a charlie brown growth chart for a dollar and change. the sticker on it said it had been offered at a dollar general. i saw some ads for a museum that had artifacts from sci-fi and fantasy movies but passed on touring it. because i had seen just two of the 26 movies listed, both starring robin williams. it was 'hook', and 'night at the museum'. two employees spoke to me about it, even tried to drop the price of admission, but it still didn't seem worthwhile for me. i kept walking around the mall and found a store with a cardboard cut-out of actor danny devito. i went in to see what they had, and it was plenty of pop-culture items. i bought some musician postcards, including of the band REM, and johnny cash, along with a charlie brown book, 'good sport'. i recognized it as a companion book to the TV special and said i recall reading it in a barber shop when i was young. i liked how the employee, who identified herself as the owner, was willing to find a few things for me after i said i like charlie brown items. next stop was the best buy, near the mall. except they didn't have what i wanted, which was baseball cards. i wanted to use a certificate that was emailed to me a little over a week ago. guess it means researching things a little more. when i got home i tried watching a DVD but fell asleep and decided to try again in the evening after i had been to aldi for groceries and had eaten. it was the movie-length version of 'rudolph', with john goodman and bob newhart in the voice cast. during my walks i found 2 dollars 89 cents.