BleakCreep

Mindy Marigold was 6...er 6 and a half years old. She had brown eyes, long brown hair, and wore a pair of tattered old tennis shoes, which in this instance, were also brown because she had just finished jumping into a giant mud puddle. When Mindy returned home, her mother scolded her for tracking mud into the house, but admitted it was probably a good time to buy a new pair of shoes anyway. Mrs. Marigold was 28 years old, (...though you did not hear this from me) and had blue eyes, and short, sandy brown hair. She wore polka dots almost every day and her wrists were always covered in bracelets. Mindy thought they sounded like wind chimes. "Mindy, we're going shopping," Mrs. Marigold announced, "I've got a wedding coming up, and it looks like we could both use a new pair of shoes." "But mom, don't you need—?" "No time dear, grab your coat, and let's get on out to the car! We've got lots of