Shopping with the Girls
I look forward to Thanksgiving dinner with Mom and Dad and all the siblings and kids. I do. I really, really do. And I figure if I say that long enough, I’ll convince myself that I mean it.
It’s not the dinner, or the company, or even Uncle George’s false teeth antics, it’s the getting everyone ready. The first winter I had two children, I thought the snowsuits, boots, mitts, etc was a nightmare. Well, it’s nothing compared to getting a whole family dressed and ready to go for a special occasion.
I found two keys to success were planning ahead, and getting ready way before we needed to, which allowed time for excuses (kids), accidents (me), and lost clothes (husband).
It’s not like you don’t know that ___ (insert occasion) isn’t coming, but if you procrastinate, you’re only piling pressure on yourself, and setting the whole family up for a miserable start to the day by being in a bad temper when things go wrong. So I sit down way ahead and do some shopping for the girls. Once I located what I wanted, I let our oldest choose her own. She went for the funky stuff and asked for a Lili Gaufrette Bright Pink Dress. That was fine with me. After all, it’s not dinner at the White House. And for our little one, who already shows an inclination for the feminine frills, an Amacello Lace Bodice Dress.
Let’s just hope the older one’s outfit survives, because I see her sister eyeing it as a hand-me-down.
