<p>We do heals when we can…we are all kind of short, and well, heels, we luvvvvvvv them </p>
<p>You have your black pointy, your black roundtoed, your green velvet, you blue suede, your sexy gold sandals, and don’t even start in on the various flipflops and sneakers</p>
<p>I will explain shoes if someone will explain baseball caps- blech</p>
<p>We have the eyeroll from the D, and that’s always been there. But somehow I have managed to create a monster of acerbic wit. I have always challenged my D to not go blindly along with everything I say, and now, just recently, I’ll be danged if I don’t think I’ve gone too far!</p>
<p>Clothes shopping? D views it as torture. She’s an athlete and does not have the size 1 or 3 body of her friends. She is slim or slender by any reasonable standard and in truth, way too small to play her position. As such, I am the one who goes shopping with her if she is to come home with anything other than a bad mood and a diet book. </p>
<p>And as to TV. Alias reruns with Vaughn, CSI’s or Grey’s Anatomy. I don’t think she’s ever seen the OC, Gilmore Girls, or Laguna Beach.</p>
<p>My D’s never seen any of those, as far as I know. Her apartment doesn’t get cable, so basically the only things she watches are her roommates’ Friends, Sex in the City and West Wing DVDs.</p>
<p>Way, way back when she was in hs, life revolved around X-Files.</p>
<p>At 23, she’s just about outgrown the eye-rolling, thank the Lord.</p>
<p>My D watches the Daily Show and that’s about it for TV. No interest in clothes at all - it’s just jeans or sweats and converse sneakers. No mkae-up. She just doesn’t care. Then, of course, she doesn’t have to, cause she’s gorgeous (aren’t most 17 year olds?). If I looked like that I’d be happy in jeans and a plain T, too. She does have her version of eye rolling, though.</p>
<p>Ha, I don’t think any of that applies to me except the jean shopping part. I absolutely hate the OC/Laguna, buy whatever family-sized shampoo is on sale since I go through it fast with my really long hair, don’t shop at Nordstrom’s, and my friends don’t really hang out around my mom too much…</p>
<p>The jeans, on the other hand - that’s torture. I can’t wear juniors jeans or any of those designer jeans because they’re not cut right for my body type and I seem to always be between sizes in women’s. Plus, I’m in the process of losing weight so it’s hard to know exactly what size I’ll end up. As a temporary solution, I just look in Goodwill and hope to find a pair of Gap jeans or Levi’s that’ll fit me somewhat decently…</p>
<p>And I agree, Converse are the best shoes ever - I think I have six pairs in different colors (all bought on sale) to match everything. Converse and Rainbow sandals are about the only shoes I wear anymore.</p>
<p>DD’s never watched OC or Laguna Beach. I was flipping channels one Saturday, stopped on MTV and watched Laguna Beach for a while. My DD passed through the kitchen and made fun of me … “Mom, please tell me you’re not watching that show.”</p>
<p>DD’s got one favorite shampoo and conditioner.</p>
<p>She has the eyeroll down to a perfect science … after all, she learned from the best - me! ;)</p>
<p>When it comes to shopping, she’s on her own, with friends, or with my DH who actually enjoys shopping. I would rather take a beating than go shopping. DD frequents two of our local thrift shops where she finds most of her things. They must work because everyone asks where she shops, in hopes that they can find a particular item like she is wearing. She has a unique sense of style.</p>
<p>The shoe thing? Again, I’d rather take a beating.</p>
<p>Your DD’s friends tell you things? Hmmm … I guess I’m not cool, but obviously out in the cold. :(</p>
<p>Shampoo is referred to as “hair product” and costs more than your first apartment :p, eyerolls like lemons in a slot machine :eyeroll: , and DH willingly bankrolls said “hair product” & hair streaking for DD, while asking you if the can of tomatoes you bought were on sale 
, oh and yeah, they smell nice, the daughters that is, not the tomatoes…</p>
<p>Shampoo is referred to as “hair product” and costs more than your first apartment :p, eyerolls like lemons in a slot machine :rolleyes: , and DH willingly bankrolls said “hair product” & hair streaking for DD, while asking you if the can of tomatoes you bought were on sale , oh and yeah, they smell nice, the daughters that is, not the tomatoes…</p>
<p>I take far less time shopping for jeans than my brother. I usually just try on a couple pairs, and always wear flip flops so I won’t have to bother with shoe laces over and over again. </p>
<p>My brother always wears sneakers which he ties slowly and carefully after every trip to the fitting room, and it takes him hours to find a pair of jeans.</p>
<p>… your husband is afraid to come home one week every month. (Not kidding, either - the poor man.)</p>
<p>In our house, there are frequent arguments about who is using whose hair product. We have one designer jean wearer, one American Eagle girl, and one who is Old Navy all the way. They love shoe shopping, and two of them love swimsuit shopping (I enjoy an especially close bond with the one who does not), but their all-time favorite place to shop is Victoria’s Secret. Between them, they have enough bras to outfit the Miss America pageant.</p>
<p>TV shows they bond over: “Project Runway” (not really awful) and “America’s Next Top Model.” It’s humiliating to admit in a public forum how much they all love this show. Even more embarrassing is the fact that the valedictorian’s favorite show of all time is “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” We planned to raise “Masterpiece Theater” devotees instead, but something happened.</p>
<p>I own two pairs of jeans. They’re the same style, but in slightly different shades of blue. ;)</p>
<p>15 yr old D was very disappointed when SG magazine folded ( for surf/snow & skate girls)
instead she asked for Vogue ( assume needs no explanation )
;)</p>
<p>frazzled1-omg, like my two Ds should, like meet your three Ds, cause like, well, they have SOOOOOO much in common (that is mom talking after driving my Ds friends all over, a couple of her friends do still talk that way, and it is contagious)</p>
<p>I like Project Runway</p>
<p>And my new favorite show, is called Laddettes to Ladies- a kind of My Fair Lady, but these girls are a bit rougher and the “coaches” my goodness, not mary poppins</p>
<p>We just had bonding time trying on over priced jeans at the Mall, writing down the brands and names and sizes to see if we can find them online cheaper…doubt it…but it was fun</p>
<p>Birkenstocks, thrift stores, no makeup, one brand of shampoo
HATES SHOPPING! Really, for no reason that I can see, she starts to get anxious and can’t wait to get out of there. Since shopping is one of my least favorite activities, we get a long great!</p>
<p>EVERYTHING you say is a potential powderkeg.</p>
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<p>Relax. No one has attacked anyone. If you want to see a powderkeg, check out the politics threads.</p>
<p>“Relax. No one has attacked anyone. If you want to see a powderkeg, check out the politics threads.”</p>
<p>I wasn’t talking about here. I don’t care who likes what I post or don’t post on a message board. </p>
<p>I was referring to my daughter.</p>
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<p>The scary concept is when you as a parent realize that they now want to wear victoria secret while in your head this is still your baby who was once wearing the Jockey crop top bras.</p>
<p>no offense but victoria secret has crappy underwear- they don’t last and the sales people aren’t well trained
trying to tell me that a 36C was the same as a 34D* um no*
I about had a cow when my 8th grader came home with thongs- I do her wash, she thinks I am not going to notice?
Underwear is one thing I do get at Nordstroms
oh off topic funny story
Howie Mandels wife owns a high end lingerie store- he likes to go in and help fix their computers etc-( which are at the counter) a customer comes in while he is twiddling with the computer so he takes her purchase and rings it up, she says to him patting his hand something like, " Im sorry your comedy career didn’t pan out for you"</p>
<p>Funny story - I used to love Howie Mandel on St. Elsewhere!</p>
<p>I have to disagree on the VS underwear, though. We’ve had great results with the cotton underwear (5 for $20 on sale, and they usually are; no thongs here), and the bras really seem to last - my kids are just bra-aholics and always want a new style or color. Though for the younger two at least, I’d be willing to bet the house that I’m the only other one who sees them, so why?</p>
<p>Sorry to hear about the unsatisfactory sales help. My oldest has worked part-time for VS and there actually is an extensive training program for sales people, around here at least. They’re always having store meetings to discuss new products - and one of the major perks to working there is that, whenever a new bra is released, the sales reps receive it free (or, in the case of the highly engineered, ridiculously priced ones, for $10).</p>
<p>Now, if you want to complain about their offensively overstated advertising - well, I’m with you on that.</p>