I've mentioned her a few times...
she's an amazing girl...
loving, compassionate, funny, joyful, quirky...
she's just amazing...
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she's also the opposite of me at 10 (almost 11)...
or at least the 10 (almost 11) year old me I remember myself being)...
she has some boy crushes,
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her teen idol...no, not Justin Beiber or Zac Efron (sp)
.....no her teen idol is Shawn Cassidy...
yes we know he's 50 something
...she begs us to watch The Hardy Boys on Netflix
has a 1977 Hardy Boy/Nancy Drew book with pictures of Shawn in it that she carries in her backpack...
...and yes, she has his LP
(that's a record for those that aren't
....I love that her friends all think she's crazy for 'crushin' on Shawn yet she still does!
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| 'Say Shawn Cassidy' Take 3 |
anyways...that was a tangent...
so two things happened this weekend to make me realize that she's almost 11...
1st ...I asked her want she wanted to do for her birthday, (4 weeks away...yikes)...
her answer, "Um, can some friends and I just hang out at the mall?"
did she really just say that?!?!?
voice inside my head..."UM NO...and again NO, NO, NO...HECK NO!"
outside voice, "oh, um, I'm pretty sure you can't do that until your like 18..."
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2nd thing...she needed a jacket...a few years ago I would have picked one up that was pink and that would have been good...last 2 years while she was with me we'd wonder thru the coat section at Target or WalMart and grab one that she liked...
this year, Friday I'm in WalMart, I take 4 pictures of coats that I think she'll like and send them home to Beau (who's home with the girl child), she chooses one, I buy it and come home...end of story...not likely...
she thinks it's too green, it's too puffy, and not enough pink (I actually mentioned the lack of pink about 5 times on the phone, "really, she's sure that's the one she likes, there is barely any pink")....
so Saturday...off we go with the too green, to puffy and not enough pink coat back to WalMart...
She tries on about 6 coats at WalMart...all too something or other...puffy, shiny, crunchy (she actually said a coat was too crunchy when she moved her arms...)...
okay no biggie, I need to go to Target anyways, we'll grab a coat there...
(did I mention that our fall was only 3 days long and now we are in freezing winter temps...freezing for Redding anyways and the girl NEEDS a coat, this isn't a want thing...)
Target...no go...all to furry, fuzzy, animally, punky, black, puffy and yada yada yada...
and we came home, she had a too small coat from last year that she could wear to church today and then we'll go out again on Sunday...we'll get a coat no biggie...
so my afternoon...
Kohl's ...too weird, too plastic, too bright pink, too furry, too puffy
Old Navy...too straight, too scratchy (the outside not inside), too furry, too puffy
JCPenny's...too shiny, too puffy, too plaid
Sears...too plastic, too puffy, NOT pink
Macy's...she wouldn't even try any of them on here,
she walked around the racks, said, "yeah, NO."
Costco....bingo...we found it...pink, but not too pink, just the right amount of furry, and not puffy at all...
(by the way furry & puffy is a look this year)
but for REAL...8 stores...and I was out of stores...I am so thankful that I remembered Costco...
come on girl we live in Far Northern California...
these are the ONLY stores we have, I have NO other options...
and bingo...the girl is almost 11....
and 100% all pre teen girl!
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| take 5....love this girl! |
5 comments:
This blog totally made me smile! My 11-yr. old daughter doesn't like coats because the sleeves are too restricting, but she agreed to wear one this year...so far. And I'm glad to see I'm not the only mom whose pre-teen daughter has retro-crushes...mine has replaced my desktop background with pics of Scott Baio! :-)
You're right, I don't ever remember you being quite that picky! Hilarious story! I don't know why my computer won't download your photos for this one blog. I got all the rest, just this one, where I would LOVE to see Madison! (Yummy looking popcorn, by the way)
I must agree with her, though (; Some days there literally is NOTHING in the stores that's right - LOL ! (But its probably the age thing with me,too... just that I am at the opposite end of the deal) I love that sweetie pie, but now I am wondering what in the world I can get her for her BD ! I better put the thinking cap on (and talk to you, too.) When I was 11 I was buying 45's, had a thing for Ben Casey (go figure !) and dying to have some go-go boots.
So where is the photo of her modeling the 'not too pink, too furry, or too puffy' coat?
No, No, NO! I can't handle this. Right now we're in the world of Disney Princesses. Anything with Cinderella, Belle, or Ariel will do. How will I ever be able to move beyond that?
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