Build a bear

I had gotten some Tivoli entrance tickets and tour passes from a colleague so I took my family to Tivoli last week. There was one entrance ticket left which I gave to a homeless guy, I think I have never experienced anyone being so genuinely grateful before (I don’t think that Tivoli was grateful to me sending this miserable creature over there).

I thought that having the free tickets this would be a cheap treat but somehow the kids managed to ruin me anyhow. You just can’t walk two meters without having your wallet out of your purse. The top of the iceberg was leaving Tivoli. There is a “Build a bear” shop just by the entrance and even I always have said that we will NEVER buy anything there, in we went. I had been working too much lately, and knew I wouldn’t be home the whole week-end so I simply was willing to buy myself better conscience. And as my daughter is a true copy of me (except that she has this incredible lightness of being, nothing can knock her down, gosh how I envy her!), she really appreciates my Visa card.

“Build a bear” is this stupid American concept where kids make their own teddy bear. The idea is sweet enough but when you are standing in the shop, it is really so disgusting I am about to throw up. You take a teddy bear, fill it with weathers and a heart, brush it and do stupid things before you give it stupid clothes and accessories on, and end up paying 3000 dollars for the pleasure.

After the filling part, the “Build a bear” girl asked my daughter what she wanted this teddy bear to be good at. My daughter said Horseback riding, so the girl took my daughter by the hand and off they went imitating horseback riding around the shop. A grown-up girl gallopping around and making horse sounds; she outdid my stupid behaviour from Saturday night ! Okay, if I am paying this ridiculous amount of money for a teddy bear, I am gonna get my fun. When the girl asked if there where other things the teddy bear should be good at, I already had worked out a list in my head. I wanted the teddy bear to be good at African tribe dancing, crocodile hunting, imitating chicken talk, singing opera and synchronized swimming. I got full value for my money!