Birthdays are magical, special.
And fleeting. Maddie got one day this year - one magnificent, spectacular day. But it had to end.
So how did we spend the post-birthday? Why, at the mall!
I love to shop - I really do. When I was in college, I hated it. I guess I had more interesting things to do. These days, I would agree - there are definitely more interesting - not to mention more important - things to do. Life is busy with three daughters, work, commitments. So I don't get to go out shopping (other than for groceries) all that often. When I do, I really enjoy it.
In fact, I got to the mall this weekend, in preparation for our trip to New York this weekend. I did great - found several absolutely non-essential items that will add that little something to my look for the weekend.
So I"m not anti-shopping. But I do not enjoy taking my daughters to the mall. I find the stores they like unbearable - loud, crowded, inexperienced sales staff (dressed in very little, by the way) who push their new fragances on me.
However, today I put all my reservations aside. This was about Maddie and her birthday money. Plus Sylvia needed to buy a gift for Maddie. I managed to suck it up and look at Webkinz, abercrombie (which is NOT Abercrombie & Fitch, Mom), Old Navy (a store I can actually relate to, by the way), and even - ugh - Claire's.
It's the worst offender of all - loud and cluttery, filled with the most obnoxious cheap crap. Naturally, my kids love it. (And I went there in high school - I suspect if you dug deep enough in my jewlery box you might find a pair of Claire's earrings hidden back there.) Gary heard a report that some of their jewelry, made in China, may contain lead. As if the hideous quality were not enough of a deterrent.
No jewelry was purchased today - only cell phone bling. When you have a new phone, you have to flaunt it. Right?
Tomorrow, we're back to normal. Or whatever qualifies as normal in this household. Last visit to the eye doctor, packing, trip to the nail salon, birthday invitations from Target, greet the care providers (ie, Grandma and Grandpa), then a night out on the town at Blancos, the ultimate Houston honky tonk (according to Redneckhouston.com, anyway). The kids will be staying at home - this is a night for the old folks. Meaning my parents. I'll just be going along as a designated driver.
With all that on the agenda, I think my bed is calling. Night!
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I love to shop too, and with my flexible schedule, I do it at an embarrassingly frequent rate. I'm close to the mall so it's not unusual for me to go at least once a week. This week my mall day is Thursday as I have a Sephora gift certificate I'm wanting to use and new stuff comes out then.
You're a strong woman for enduring all that teen shopping - especially abercrombie. The smell alone gives me a headache. And I agree with you that Claire's is just cheap and overcrowded. Then again, I've become a jewelry snob now that I make it. In the 80s, before I could drive, I used to take the bus to the mall every Saturday where I'd spend my money on nail polish and earrings - many of them from Claire's. It's nice to be grown up with more refined taste!
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