My daughter, a Junior in High School, is not your typical high school girl. She is not into fashion, make-up, or boys (mostly what my focus in high school was), but she is an incredible young woman!!
She has her small group of close friends that she sticks with and they have their quirky obsessions with Korean pop music, theater, and forensic science - a far cry from the little girly girl I would dress up and go shopping with.
I am certainly not shallow by any means, but I do like cute clothes and I can't resist a cute pair of heels. My daughter, on the other hand, could care less what she wears and loathes the clothes shopping experience. I used to go to the mall on a weekly basis (not even joking), but the last few years have been rough financially and I quickly kicked my clothes shopping habits. For most of my daughter's high school years, we have been barely scraping by. If it weren't for the custom blog designs and illustrations, I don't think we would still be living where we're at now. The memories I have of the trips to the mall for an entire day of shopping and snacking seem like a distant memory, and I do feel terrible that I am not often able to get my kids new clothes or shoes.
I have been saving and looking forward to being able to get the kids new clothes and shoes.. and finally, last week, I was able to treat them both. It literally broke my heart to see how excited my kids were just to get a couple pairs of shoes each. My son had been wearing the same $90 Nike's he begged for that I bought him at the beginning of the school year. It felt very good as a parent to be able to provide for my kids and to see them happy. My son was easy to shop for and he now has some new clothes to last him a little while, but my daughter has her own style and when she said that she was going to the mall with her friend and her friends' mom, I decided to give her money and let her pick out her own clothes.
Throughout the day, I got little text messages from her telling me that she had bought a couple pairs of jeans or a shirt or two and I began to feel like all of my hard work and days in the office were beginning to pay off....that is, until she got home and showed me what she bought...
She found nothing on sale (which was fine), but I will share one outfit she bought that will help all of you moms out there understand how I feel like I failed as a mother...
Now, the orange pants aren't so bad. The kids are wearing a lot of bright colors lately, but the cat shirt in two sizes too large was the kicker for me...
I smiled at her and was happy that she had purchased some new clothes, but I felt terrible that my daughter had no clue how to shop and what to buy in order to put together outfits that she could actually wear. I couldn't sleep all night thinking about how I had not taught her to shop. I had always done the shopping for her because she hated the entire experience.
Lesson= teach your children how to shop ladies... even if your kids do not like shopping!!
My birthday is on the 23rd of this month.. YES, this SUNDAY!!! For my birthday, I want to take my daughter on a shopping trip to get her some things she will wear!! And because it will be my birthday, she will not be allowed to complain... haha!!
To put away a little extra spending money, I am throwing a 40% off Etsy sale!! Click the image below to shop and don't forget to enter the code {SHOP40} at checkout to receive the 40% off discount!! I recently added some new sets!!
To put away a little extra spending money, I am throwing a 40% off Etsy sale!! Click the image below to shop and don't forget to enter the code {SHOP40} at checkout to receive the 40% off discount!! I recently added some new sets!!
I also marked down my Teachers Pay Teachers shop 20%, for those of you who prefer to shop at TpT!
Thank you for stopping by & don't forget to teach your children how to shop for themselves!!!
