I had offered big fry a pre-school shopping trip a week ago. On the weekend BEFORE school so we wouldn't be rushed and tired. I pointed out the ragged too small shoes. I pointed out the worn, holy, too short jeans. I was given a flat out, "No, I'm good".
Well now it is day 2 of school and while ridng his bike and getting it caught in the chain, he rips his jeans beyond repair. And after finding some weird cut in his favorite Fox racing shirt, he turns to me and says, "Can you take me shopping, my toe is about to come out of my shoes and I I just ripped my jeans."
Luckily I am a SHOPPER, so any excuse to go works, tired or not. We try on jeans, his favorite pair is a goth-like skinny type-black. I convince him to try on others. He is adamant. I may be a little on the edge but I just couldn't let him walk out of the store with those, I just couldn't. So we get some other pairs and move on to shoes. We, I mean he, was looking for a specific kind, they were no where to be found. While looking for shoes though we find a Fox Monste jacket-a very expensive kind. The type of jacket that looks very similar to the one that was misplaced after one month ownership last spring.
He tries it on, he slowly puts it back and says "It's ok mom, I don't need it, its a lot of money, BUT I promise not to wear it to school".
I am immediately sent back in time to a scrawny, poofy-hair girl with glasses who lovingly would look at the OP (Ocean Pacific) shirts in the store. See THAT was the shirt everyone had or was supposed to have. It didn't matter that no one wore OP on the coasts anymore, it mattered that at Dakota Middle School all the cool kids had OP shirts. I remember getting one for Christmas, a white, long sleeve one and I LOVED it. I don't know if anyone wore them anymore-you know how fads are, but I loved t anyway.
So I caved and bought the expensive Monster/Fox hoody-zippered so one can "unzip it like the eighth graders do mom, and still have it on and look cool". It was that or the skinny boy black jeans. Yep, an easy choice.
4 comments:
i also remember the nike shoes i wanted and how much it meant when i got them.
sometimes it's good that we were teens once too. you did a good thing to get him that jacket, he will feel "cool" and that is important.
i actually remember the shirt you are talking about :)
yep, i remember the nikes that i wanted, too! i actually believe that those were the first nikes ever invented :) ha.
i suppose it won't be long before you have to give into the skinny black jeans, too :)
Oh no, there will be no skinny black jeans, or pleated pants. I may want to try rolling my jean cuffs again, now that was cool.
You remember the shirt? See I was sooooo cool in it.
I didn't get the Nike's. Wendy Siekman had them, and she was soooo cool. I think Mel took me to Payless for shoes.
No dead AIDS rapper shirts here, and get this--skinny jeans are out. Just hold on a little longer and they will pass. :-)
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