The shock of discovering that there's no longer any such thing as a pre-teen dress for a Bat Mitzvah was nothing compared to learning today that there does not exist a pair of fancy shoes with only a small or medium heel. None. So, in addition to an overly mature dress (in my opinion), Steph will wear high-ish heels. We also got her a clutch for her phone and lip gloss. Oh, and I forgot to mention that I did find her an appropriate little jacket thingy at Marshall's last week.
Now the big joke seems to be finding pantyhose. There was only control top and support hose at Target, and DSW (where we finally bought the shoes) doesn't even carry any. Must I go back to Macy's?
Steph was clever enough to wait until the end of our 3-hour (count 'em, 3) shopping expedition today to ask if she could get makeup at Target. I was exhausted and powerless, and I caved. As Pammybean says, "Old enough to skillfully manipulate Mom = old enough to wear makeup!"
At least I did manage to impress Steph with my fashion acumen, doling out such gems as, "Your hose can never be darker than your shoes." She said, "How do you know these things?!" Aw honey, I used to be darn stylish. But it was before photography was invented, so you'll never know.
L'eggs? Around here anyway you can get them at the grocery store. They're pretty decent and come in lots of colors and types.
Posted by: Tonya | October 10, 2009 at 04:30 PM
I find shopping to be a rude awakening--the styles, colors, PRICES, etc...Both of my kids are Target or Value Village shoppers and I'm thankful for that. (the younger one used to be into name brands, but outgrew that--thankfully) And strangely, neither daughter wears make although they both used to. Weird.
Posted by: Margaret | October 10, 2009 at 05:47 PM
TJ Maxx, Marshalls, great place for pantyhose. Very soon they stop wearing the hose and you won't care. You might want to stick a pair of low socks in her bag, the kids don't wear the shoes for very long. You might look for ballet type shoes,
If you can tolerate it - go to Forever 21, dresses are cheap and if you can dig through - you can find lots of cute dresses for very little money
we were in 344 today - prices have come down a LOT and there were so many cute skirts and dresses.
just a suggestion - as we are finishing our third round of bar/bat mitzvahs...
good luck
Posted by: Dana | October 10, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Villzge Kids in the Highlands, and Pink BM dresses and suits, and they have tween size panty hose.
Posted by: margalit | October 11, 2009 at 07:08 AM
We've been wearing Walgreens brand pantyhose for years--they go on sale and we stock up.
Posted by: Lisa | October 14, 2009 at 07:15 AM