Like mother, like daughter.

This weekend was my designated back to school shopping trip with Ava and Lucia.  Ava on Saturday, Lulu on Monday.  Ava likes to spend a lot of time in leggings....doesn't give a hoot if anything matches and doesn't seem to, generally speaking, care about clothing more than the average 5 year old.  She LOVED shopping though, absolutely had a blast.  Wanted to try everything on, and was very specific about exactly what she would wear and not wear.  She informed me at one point, "mommy it is really pretty, but I just wouldn't wear it."  Honest to god, she was actually GOOD at shopping.  She picked stuff she loved, and I know she'll wear it all.  Today was Lulu's turn.  Now I had thought to myself that while Ava's shopping trip was fun, Lulu's would be really, REALLY fun because she adores clothes, and is absolutely in love with dressing up (she would spend every day in a dress if she could.)  Come to find out, she isn't big on shopping.  She was tired after about an hour, and totally overwhelmed.  I don't think she even made it 30 minutes.  In all fairness, she is only 4 so that is probably why, BUT I can't help but thinking that she is exactly like me.   I love clothing, but most of the time wish they would simply appear, in the perfect size and style, in my closet.  I don't enjoy the process of trolling around from place to place to find it all (well, maybe if I was strolling through Paris on a vacation I would enjoy it).  I know exactly what I like when I'm on buying trips professionally, but when I'm trying to pick stuff out in a huge store for myself, I'm helpless....I get completely flabbergasted and pretty soon everything looks hideous (I'm not like a few friends that I have who can spend 4 hours digging through discount racks finding treasures.)   I'm slightly better if I stick to small stores.  Lulu asked me after about 2 hours of me dragging her around to at least get the basics like shoes and jeans, "lets do eenie, meenie, minie, moe"....which she did and when I lost she said, "O.K., we get to go home now."    I guess I"ll just have to make cute things appear in her closet for her.  Now if I can just get Ava to shop for me.  Signed, ME {lv}