Shopping the Personals

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"I have to say hello because your smile and happiness blew me away. If you were that happy over a pair of shoes I can only imagine what flowers would do to you. You have long culy hair, had on a white shirt and blue jeans and were running back and forth from one side of the store to the other and jumping up and down at the cashier. You had me laughing and smiling inside. You were with a guy but I thought I heard you tell the cashier he was your brother. Hope to hear from you." [Craigslist]