A favorite memory... reaching the age when I could walk from my house to the town square with my cousins to the 5& Dime called Mary's Variety. You could get a tiny brown bag filled with peanuts for a nickel. The toy counter was full of things for under 25cents. Rubber balls, jacks, cards, tops, jump ropes, rubber bugs, plastic dolls, GI joes. I wanted a hula hoop but they cost a dollar.. But I did eventually get one and boy did I ever love that. I tried one not to long ago .. it is my grandaughters.. lets just say I shoudnt have.. lol