today i looked into buying a new tv, freezer and microwave, the last lot having just given up the ghost within 48 hours of eachother. my findings were sobering, and so my head is in the sand, but we are probably healthier. discuss.
today i bought my daughter a macintosh two sizes too big for her because i liked it so much. i'm still deciding whether it's chicness is undermined by the fact that she looks slightly edwardian in it, with all the excess material pouffing out above her chest. i saw another seemingly segacious mother willingly, no- enthusiastically buy her small daughter a pair of lolita style heart sunglasses. i took an involuntary a sharp intake of breath. the mother noticed. she knew. and maybe because she so clearly did, i didn't say anything. who is going to lose more sleep tonight? me, probably. and who's daughter looks more ridiculous? discuss.
today i bought my daughter a macintosh two sizes too big for her because i liked it so much. i'm still deciding whether it's chicness is undermined by the fact that she looks slightly edwardian in it, with all the excess material pouffing out above her chest. i saw another seemingly segacious mother willingly, no- enthusiastically buy her small daughter a pair of lolita style heart sunglasses. i took an involuntary a sharp intake of breath. the mother noticed. she knew. and maybe because she so clearly did, i didn't say anything. who is going to lose more sleep tonight? me, probably. and who's daughter looks more ridiculous? discuss.
today i bought my son a tiny toy which he reeeeally wanted that was clearly overpriced (in that it had one) and intended never to be opened from it's packaging- just put away in an attic somewhere to be discovered in fifty years time and sold so that one can retire to the bahamas. but he took it in the bath. the little sticker eyes fell off, leaving r.baby traumatised and screaming. dredging the bath afterward, i managed to find this tiny scrap of paper, and, removing it carefully to safety on my fingertip, i thought "well, this is a defining moment." discuss.
today i bought some more post-its in order to augment my shoddy, barely functioning organisational skills. in the shop, right in front of them, stood a tall, clever looking young man, taking up lots of room with his satchel, whom i asked to excuse me. thrice. in the end, i squeezed past him, muttering (very britishly), "sorry..." and he muttered threateningly, "you will be". i froze in terror, and he wandered off. discuss.
today i bought an apparently modest dress with no clear underwear (or should that be underwire) solution other than duct tape. so today i bought some duct tape. disgusting.
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