Shopping with Isabella

Wow, today I think I escaped one or two tantrums from Isabella. I went to Tepperman's , looking for her bedroom furniture, and as soon as we walked into the store... she started crying about TV's (I think she wanted to sit there ans watch TV for a bit), the whole store was so quiet until she started crying, so it made her sound real loud!
I managed to calm her down by telling her that we were going home to watch TV and by giving her some raisings and water (this worked for about 2 minutes), while I searched for her furniture. This was one of those few times when I did need a sales person to help out ... no one in sight!! Murphy's Law. I found the one I was looking for, but...wrong colour, so I decided to just go home and not push my luck.
We get to the parking lot and as I take her out of the stroller, she decides she wants to snap the security clip back together (something she does every single time!) and then she decides she wants to "hold it", the stroller that is, and push it around the parking lot with her frog in it. I let her, because it looks cute.
So I wait patiently for a few minutes,.....everyone coming in and out is looking ...then I decide that is time to go, well, not Isabella, she wants to keep "holding the stroller"...... few more minutes and I finally just take the toy away and put her in the car seat... ha ha
Bad idea, of course, because she just started crying and crying.....
Eventually she gave up and on our way home she is as happy as she can be, we get home and she wants a bath, so I give her one and she goes to sleep without any fuss. Close call!!!