How old was I when I started dressing myself?

[the_wanlorn]

It's always interesting seeing Mum come back from some sort of clothing store with stuff in hand for me. It's well-intentioned, sure. The problem lies in that she wants to dress me like she would dress herself. And this is just a wee bit problematic, seeing how our 'styles' are almost polar opposites. Today she came back with a pastel-purple-and-hot-pink pair of pyjama bottoms with monkeys on them. ... Okay, let's ignore for a moment that, out of the six or seven pairs of bottoms I own, five or six of them came from the mens department. Even ignoring that, they're all - save that one other pair she bought me - dark colors. Two thirds of them are plaid. The only pair with stuff on it has candy canes and mints. No bright colors or butterflies or monkeys. In fact, how many light-colored anythings do I own? I'm not complaining about getting close, mind you. I just wish she'd stop picking out stuff that she'd want to wear and start getting stuff that I would want to wear. I like the way I dress, thankyouverymuch, even if she doesn't.

Comments

[silvergirl42.livejournal.com]

Well. I have purple monkey pajamas. And they pwn j00.

[piratezim.livejournal.com]

it would certainly throw everyone off

[notalent.livejournal.com]

Hehe its your mom "giving " you things that she knows you wont wear so she will have to so they dont go to waste :)

[iheartmunkies.livejournal.com]

Well, you know... they're just pijamas... so its not like you ahve to wear them in PUBLIC... at least we know there are times when she tries to be nice! And you know, my grammy still thinks I wear extra larges. So theres always someone causing shopping troubles.

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. :-) They're actually pretty nice and - in a "i just woke up and class started 10 minutes ago" pinch - I wouldn't mind wearing them in public.

But daaaamn they are just not. Like. Anything. I. Own.

Actually, I think they look like that pair of monkey PJs you used to (still do?) have. Unless that was Cat. But yeah.

[iheartmunkies.livejournal.com]

I have MANY pairs of monkey pajamas. It is my goal to spell that many different ways. But this way looks right.