SHOPPING TRIP No. 1
Z-man: I need some clothes for school.
Evil Mother: Um, you're leaving in a week. Could you have TOLD me sooner?
Z-man: Oops. Sorry.
Evil Mother: Ok, I can take you to Target while Roo-girl is at yoga.
Z-man: Cool, although I would like to go to the mall too.
Evil Mother: Let's see what we can find at Target.
Z-man: Ok.
Seventy-five minutes and $350 later, we have three pairs of jeans, one pair of khaki pants, 10 t-shirts (including four white ones to wear under chef uniform), three packages of boxers, one package of low-cut socks, two long-sleeve shirts, one lightweight jacket, one pair of Converse high-tops, one belt. I moved approximately 20 feet in any direction to accomplish this.
Z-man: That seemed kind of painless. Three months of shopping rolled into less than an hour and a half.
Evil Mother: Not bad. A little more notice from you still might have been nice.
Z-man: Um yeah. Sorry.
Evil Mother: Still need to go to the mall?
Z-man: Nope. Got EVERYTHING now. Love Target!
Evil Mother: *does the happy dance*
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SHOPPING TRIP No. 2
Me, Roo, friend J and daughter A.
Four hours. Walking a half-mile mall. From one end to another.
Over and over and over and over again.
Bottom line: $80 for two sports bras, five pairs of underwear and two tank tops.
Please shoot me.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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Boys are way easier. AND you never have to worry about them wearing to low cut shirts. Who cares if we see guy nippledge.
I always choose my clothes by their proximity to the Target aisle...
I guess I have both options to look forward to. Except of course that our choices will be Penney's or WalMart (which probably compare to Target and the mall, respectively. Our Walmart is bigger than the airport in Panama City.
I pink puffy heart Target. We did most of our shopping there, too. Except shoes.
LMAO the comparison is too funny!! Again, I am glad I do not have any girls! But I do like to shop.
Warning - comment totally off-topic: I love that the "planet" floating above your hand (in your blog header) is centered on Africa and Europe rather than the United States. I don't know whether you meant to do that, but I like it. I'm as American as they come but "the rest of the world" is important to me as well. Back on topic - I love Target, too!
And once again I dread the teenage girl years. Boys are so much easier, aren't they?
Boys are so easy. When they go shopping, it's get in, get out. On the other hand, perhaps a lesson or two in 'slow and deliberate' might go a long way - in the future.
man am I glad we don't have a mall. hahahahaha
It's official--my husband is a teenaged girl. I can wander all through a mall with him trying to buy a pair of jeans and he will. not. find. anything. he. likes.
Just shoot me before the Toddler joins in the fun, mmkay?
I just rubbed my belly and thanked the heavens that I'm having a second boy.
I'd kiss my belly, but I'm not that flexible.
That's just the difference between girls shopping and boys shopping. That's exactly why my husband refuses to shop with me.
I would have given up on Roo. LOL
My daughter has no fewer than 8 news things to wear to school. Last night she collapsed into a puddle of tears claiming that she had 'nothing to wear.'
My son was looking for a hand-me-down tshirt that his older cousin gave him last week.
Yep, boys rule when it comes to clothes.
oh boy there was a time I could really relate to this one. My oldest daughter was the WORST for shopping, still is. Except now she's 20, lives on her own and buys her own clothes. She can take a week to shop for clothes for all I care. My son and youngest daughter know exactly what they want and will be in and out in a couple of hours. How they come from the same gene pool is amazing to me.
I guess I could start learning to sew now . . .
Either that, or I'd better get another job.
I have NO Target . . . how is that even possible?
And, you wonder why I don't want girls?? Umm. Thanks for making my ovaries do a happy dance that they are all about XYs.
And, loved your toesies in the laptop pic.
Ah, boys. It's even better when you shop without them. It's a win-win for moms and boys.
And then there are the girls...
AT this age I think I'd buy'm each a gift card and say ... go for it.
I'm 30-*ahem* something and shopped with my 50-*ahem* something mother today. We spend 6 hours shopping and was less productive than your shopping trip #2.
I think there's a reason why woman can try on underwear, and men underpants are sold prepackaged :)
I'm so glad it was you and not me. My 17yo got half his wardrobe online. :)
I am really not looking forward to the long shopping trips with the 6yr old hen she gets older.I know I will be stuck doing it because Big C will refuse.He hates shopping.
Maybe we will keep getting stationed where there are no malls.Ha that would be great.It would be nice to have a Tqrget though.All we have is Walmart and the PX.One is boring and the other one is to expensive.
I'm sure I've said this before, but it's totally true that sometimes I am glad I have a little boy. Who will hoepfully grow to shop with me at Target because I love it, and plan to instill my love for it into him.
LOVE Shopping at Target. Or Tarjay.
I love Z-man's shopping style too...hit and run.
Thank the LORD! I have a boy.
But then I am just like the Roo girl. Oye.
makes me glad I have boys...though if I got the chance to buy some pink and lace I'd totally bite my lip through trips like #2. ;)
What a difference! Lol. I guess that's the way it's gotsta be.
Great post!
I love this post of yours and it does make me realize there is a God. I have boys.
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