"This is going to sound weird, but do you possibly have seashells?"

Finding seashells in a landlocked state.

Good idea to be a mermaid for Halloween.
Yes really good idea Julia Grace.

Oddly enough tiny Durango CO does have seashells.
At the fish store.
Hermit crab shells.
At the cowboy store.
Abalone.
At pier 1
Decorations.

Let me just say, trying to find them was a journey at a half.
And I'm pretty sure I cracked up half the media center whilst doing so.

Because lets be honest, a woman looking for seashells, in Durango, for a mermaid costume.

Yeah that was me.
And I'm sure some of those people I called went home later that day and said something like...

"I had the weirdest conversation today. This girl was looking for seashells for a mermaid costume. She's going to freeze her ass off I can tell you that."