<p>It is nice to know that our kids remain attached to their homes.
I have bad feet and am a nurse, I wear crocs ro work, and have themost comfort ever.
But I refuse to bend to any criteria and I want Uggs, once again my feet hurt and i am getting them. I dont dress “below” my age. or try to act all teenagery, but why should this luxury be afforded my kids only, I have worked harder and put more years on the planet. I just want the comfort. My kids dont object.</p>
<p>I bought Cove uggs. Not the typical ones that you see the teens wear and they are so comfortable and warm. D thinks they aren’t that great looking but this way they aren’t like hers. I really like the way they look so who cares what she thinks ;)</p>
<p>Bblfraser : Yes, there’s another merrill fan here, mainly on walkers, but there are a few others I love in my lineup: for super comfy dress shoes and sandals I can rarely beat Dansko (if you haven’t tried em, you should!), used to be in love with Naots (styles changing lately) and most recently a fan of a cute pair of clark’s bootlet. </p>
<p>Re Uggs - comfort is not just for the young, ladies. Heck, who cares if they think you’re “trying” to look young. There’s nothing on earth better than treating your feet.
You can tell I don’t have daughters, because I am completely unfamiliar with this forbidden trend thing. In fact, my s. is an awesome shopper and can be counted on to both find an vet a contemporary look : )</p>
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<p>Wow, that sounds good. But probably not something my kids would like. I’m trying to limit my holiday baking to things I know the kids love. Otherwise, you can just guess who eats 90% of it…</p>
<h1>theorymom, you don’t have any teen Ds at home, do you? If not, you shouldn’t have anyone in your house telling you you’re too old for Uggs. And DTE, if anyone breathes a word to you this year about what you can or cannot do or have, we might just have to send the bus to mow them down.</h1>
<p>Countingdown – I fully realize the holistic nature of the admissions process, and the fact that the student’s record in its entirety is what matters. I was just curious to know where these INTEL/Siemens finalist kids have landed in recent years, i.e., if there is a disproportionate share at a select few schools.</p>
<p>Are Crocs more comfortable than Birkenstocks?</p>
<p>I am inclined to say that Crocs are more comfortable than Birkenstocks. I have been wearing Birkenstocks for years…but my husband has a pair of Crocs that I often find myself slipping on. They are extremely comfortable. I also own several pairs of Uggs…including a ruby red pair that I got with my D’s encouragement! </p>
<p>Wear what you like! The heck with everyone else!</p>
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<p>LOL, y’all were obviously not on the Dressing Young thread!</p>
<p>Nope! I just looked at it and it’s 67 pages of What Not to Wear! I don’t think I’m a fashion offender as my look runs to LL Bean, Talbots and J Crew, but as far as my feet are concerned I’m going to wear what feels good.</p>
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<p>But it’s all in good natured fun (although the Chico’s fans were a bit insulted for a while.)</p>
<p>This thread runs the gamut, doesn’t it? </p>
<p>I am in awe just reading about everyone’s fabulous holiday decorating; the fact that people have done Christmas cards; are actually baking! D has forbidden us from decorating the tree but we’re “allowed” to get the tree and put the lights on. I’m going to have to figure out how to squeeze in some baking and shopping before everyone returns home in eep! two weeks. Maybe the whole family will get Crocs for Christmas.</p>
<p>ack! I walk away from my computer for 24 hours and you guys add 4 pages! I have GOT to get a smart phone, just so I can keep up with CC when I am out of the house!!</p>
<p>DTE - I agree with missypie. we’ve all got your back this holiday season. if anyone messes with you just let us know :)</p>
<p>missypie - sorry about the tree :(. maybe instead of postponing the bus we should come early and help clean up?</p>
<p>re: Uggs - I was in the Nordstrom shoe department several years ago when Uggs had just come on the market. there was a rep there trying to get people to try them on. I thought they were the ugliest thing I’d ever seen. clearly I do not have a future in fashion prediction.</p>
<p>re: Crocs - I may have mentioned before that I wear a size 12 shoe. have you ever seen a brightly colored size 12 Croc? enough said.</p>
<p>I am thinking everyone gets a snuggie in this house.</p>
<p>And yes, my H wears a 12 and wears his crocks to the point I think he looks like a smurf.</p>
<p>^^ I don’t care how much fun my kids make of me. I LOVE my snuggie.</p>
<p>Ha! My kids actually want snuggies! Or at least that’s what they told their grandmother! So this weekend - you guessed it- I’m taking Mom to shop for snuggies. I’m thinking the leopard print for S and hopefully they’ll be something equally outrageous for D. Be careful what you ask for, right?</p>
<p>My D got me two snuggies for my birthday. We use them every night. I have yet to wear one to an outdoor sporting event, however. (Look on You Tube for the “commercial” for the What the #@^&* Blanket.)</p>
<p>Just for the amusement of those of you who live up north: Today is about the coldest day we’ve had here this season in north Texas. We may get our first killing freeze tonight. It’s maybe 45 degrees outside. *Everyone *is wearing sweaters. It looks like a ski lodge around here. Y’all would laugh at us.</p>
<p>missypie, when we lived in South Louisiana, if the temperature dropped below 50 degrees, all the older ladies would wear their fur coats to church.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in Alaska, the junior high kids wear shorts and tennis shoes in the snow.</p>
<p>Go figure.</p>
<p>I just returned home from the post office.<br>
Got a letter Monday from Odessagirl’s RA telling the parents of a Christmas Party of dd’s floor of the dorm. I believe there are 32 girls on the floor.
And asking us to mail a wrapped gift for our student, if possible, and mail it to the RA. The girls will be surprised with gifts from home.<br>
I believe the party must be next weekend (the 12th or 13th) because she wanted to the gifts to arrive by 12/9.
I thought it was a cool idea. Sent a soft, red sweater.</p>
<p>Eddieodessa, sweet, but I’m always afraid someone will be left out in situations like that. What about foreign students, like the son of our dear member from Zimbabwe? It is doubtful that she’d be able to get a gift to her son in time. Or the kids who just have lazy or disfunctional (or broke) parents?</p>
<p>Prior to graduation we were asked by the school to send in a letter from us to our graduating senior, to be given to him right before graduation. You’ve got to figure that in a large HS, there were some parents who didn’t participate.</p>
<p>H leaves for Brazil tomorrow and handed me a huge pile of laundry that he pulled out of his closet that he wanted me to run through the machine to freshen up because some of the shirts looked like they might have been worn (and I’m sure he figured I would iron everything for good measure). Anyway, he apparently had a black ink pen in the pocket of one of his shirts and the entire load of light clothes is ruined. It’s 90 degrees in Brazil right now and almost everything was in a light load. </p>
<p>This is not going to put him in a good mood when he comes home tonight. I guess he can make do with the underwear having colorful ink blots but I’m not sure about the rest under such short notice.</p>