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Easter Shopping

April 1, 2021 by Brenda Leave a Comment

Toddlers and shopping are a recipe for an interesting moment in your day.  My son had a definite knack for making shopping a memorable experience, which is not always a good thing.  However, my son has impeccable taste in what looks good on my person.   So sometimes a girl has to live on the dangerous side and take the risk in order to get a little something new.

Easter was just around the corner and I had a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket.  I had actually won the gift certificate in a contest at work and it was a nice little sum that would get me a new dress for Easter.  I hadn’t had a new dress for quite awhile.  So this was a real treat to be able to shop at the mall and get something nice.  Of course, I had to take my son along with me.  The lure of a new dress overrode my hesitancy I felt in making the trip.

We arrived at the store and I began to peruse the dresses that were available.  Things were going very well and I began to relax my guard.  My son was staying put and helping me look at the pretty dresses.  He pointed out a pretty peach colored dress, and I had found a pale yellow dress that I liked quite well.  I found both dresses in my size and we headed to the dressing rooms to try them on and make a decision.  The dressing rooms were packed.

After a brief period of waiting, it was finally my turn.  I pulled my 4 year old in with me as any good mother would.  At his insistence, I tried on the peach number first.  It was really pretty and I really liked it.  My son was emphatic that we should just get that one.  He said his mom would be the prettiest mom ever.  I couldn’t believe how sweet he was being on this trip.  It was definitely one of our better experiences.

Then, I tried on the yellow dress.  It was a soft chiffon type of material and I just knew I would feel like a million bucks in it.  I got the dress on and turned to look at my son.  He looked at me with a frown and then in a very loud voice that carried over the entire overcrowded dressing room, proclaimed, “You kinda look like a banana!”

You know those moments when there is an awkward silence that seems like eternity?  I lived through that before the entire dressing room burst out in laughter.  Needless to say, I took off the banana dress, left the dressing room with a slightly red face, child in tow, and bought the peach dress.  I haven’t purchased an Easter dress since that day.  I just can’t chance that I will look like a banana.

Filed Under: A Mother's Journal, Home & Family Tagged With: A Mother's Journal, Brenda Emmett, Home & Family

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