Today is the first day back to school for the Things (one's a senior and one's a sophomore this year. Good Lord!). So, like generations of good parents before
me I took them back-to-school clothes shopping yesterday afternoon.
That's right – about 14 hours before the first bell rings,
we were in a JCPenney grabbing up novelty tee shirts and new shorts. We are an 'in time' family like that. Pays to plan ahead.
Never mind that I had to practically DRAG them out of their
boy cave, I also made them TRY ON the clothes they were (oh so mildly)
interested in purchasing. I am that bad Mom.
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| Half the uniform, must be cargo! |
I'm also cheap. Well,
OK, situationally cheap. For example, I
bought gut-buster 5 Guys cheeseburgers for them for lunch at 6 bucks a pop,
which isn't cheap, and then lasered in on the 'clearance' tables at the
JCPenney as the optional place to start shopping. I see nothing wrong with this, as a 3 dollah
tee shirt probably wears almost as good as a 15 dollah one. The Things know this, and happily pawed
through the piles looking for something that met their tastes and expectations. I think we did pretty good, walking out with
1 Superman tee, 2 pairs of cargo shorts, and 2 short-sleeved polo shirts (I
insisted they get something 'nice' to wear in case they're even invited
someplace…nice) for 62 bucks. Yay
JCPenney!
Then we walked around the mall looking for more deals and
steals. Long and short? Could have stopped at the JCP, as the prices
only went up for there. Belks = nothing
but Lacoste. Nordstrom = yes, this
Burberry polo can be yours for a mere 150 beans! Macy's = would you like your shirt in neon or
this other neon? Thank goodness for JCP,
as it was the only sane choice in a world of generally overpriced and ugly
'fashion.' I should point out that my
kids won't even approach and A&F or Anthropologie; they're too 'trendy' and
apparently the Things hate the music. I
think they were raised by wolves or something…
Yeah, boys are different.
At least our boys are. They
couldn't really give a hoot about what's on their backs. And for this (among many other things), I
love them.
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Were you all 'fashion-forward' as a youngster? I was not. I didn't really care what I wore as long as it didn't itch or wasn't too tight or didn't make me feel hot. Sometime during college I think is when I started really caring about what I wore, and that lasted about 10 years, then I became a Mom so everything just spun out of control after that and now I have 4 pairs of pants and 10 shirts I like so there's my wardrobe.
If you WERE a fashion plate, are you still now? If not, why not? I suspect that you're either in it for life or just have brief flirtations with caring about fashion (not to be confused with 'style') only to abandon it once some life change comes along that allows a departure from it.
And if you ARE a fashionista, please tell me what's hot for fall. My wardrobe, as you might expect, needs some serious updating.
Tiff out.
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