Shop, shop...till you drop! (well, kinda)

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

My daughter turned 18 today. I asked her which store she'd like to hit to get some clothes. As we approached the entrance I said 'okay....whatever you'd like to buy in 18 minutes, have at it. I'll sit in a chair and read the paper"............and off she went (in the direction of the shoes. Oh Nooooooooo!!)

I thought it might be a $600+ adventure.....but it was under 300. Phew! She's a good kid.....got some fun things but didn't take advantage.

[A Lark Ascending]

Dare you to try it in a well stocked record store (if any exist) with a 60 year old jazz fan!

[Scott Dolan]

It exists, and it goes by the name of iTunes...

[JSngry]

If it was my daughter (and it has been!) the shopping would be done online and from Japan (and it was).

And yes, there would be shoes. T-shirts, skirts, and shoes.

But there's always shoes. I don't understand, and the more I try to understand, the more in awe I become of how I will probably never understand.

The one thing I have come to understand is that my younger-days assumptions about "fashion" and "style" being a bunch of evil slave-inducing vomitbullshit were woefully simplistic. I still feel that about the industries, but the impulses that those industries feed off of...I've come to realize that, just how some people define/refine their reality through sound, so do some through appearance, and not just in their young-rebellious phase either. And like sound, some people are shallow/trendy, and others can really get into it and develop some serious skills.

I mean, my wife, who is no slouch when it comes to buying well and looking good, asks our daughter for fashion advice now, especially about colors and patterns and such, and the results are consistently excellent. There's always shopping (and now, Skyping) involved but there's something enjoyably organic going on there...I feel enriched seeing it happen.

[Stefan Wood]

  On 5/23/2013 at 3:59 PM, Son-of-a-Weizen said:

My daughter turned 18 today. I asked her which store she'd like to hit to get some clothes. As we approached the entrance I said 'okay....whatever you'd like to buy in 18 minutes, have at it. I'll sit in a chair and read the paper"............and off she went (in the direction of the shoes. Oh Nooooooooo!!)

I thought it might be a $600+ adventure.....but it was under 300. Phew! She's a good kid.....got some fun things but didn't take advantage.

Hmm... Pentagon CIty Mall or Tysons?

[Tim McG]

  On 5/23/2013 at 3:59 PM, Son-of-a-Weizen said:

My daughter turned 18 today. I asked her which store she'd like to hit to get some clothes. As we approached the entrance I said 'okay....whatever you'd like to buy in 18 minutes, have at it. I'll sit in a chair and read the paper"............and off she went (in the direction of the shoes. Oh Nooooooooo!!)

I thought it might be a $600+ adventure.....but it was under 300. Phew! She's a good kid.....got some fun things but didn't take advantage.

My daughter hits 18 next month.

Better get the wallet ready, I guess.

But she's my youngest and worth every penny

Edited May 23, 2013 by GoodSpeak