When my daughter was younger and still considered my wife and I as "desirable company" (as if she had a choice), we could not walk past a toy aisle or a toy store without her trying to strike up a deal so that we could wander among the toys for, oh, I don't know, about half a day. In fact, the begging and pleading would begin long before getting near the aisle/store. It usually started as we were getting out of the car in the parking lot. She figured that if she started then, there would be multiple other opportunities to break us if the first couple tries didn't succeed. During her occasional successes, she would eagerly attack each aisle with her eyes, no doubt wishing that she could consume about 70 percent of what was available on the shelves (the "boy aisle" disgusted her). Many times, we would have to demand that we leave the department immediately or I'm quite convinced that she would have figured out a way to set up a tent, grab some candy...
Up all hours talking baseball, cardboard & collecting