The girls are old enough now that they enjoy going Christmas dress shopping with Grandma. As a result, I now know the locations of all the little girls clothing stores in the Capital City Mall. And also where all the bathrooms are! LOL!
On a Friday night a few weeks ago, Kylie and I had dinner at the food court. Kylie was very specific that sshe wanted pineapple pizza and french fries with salt and ketchup. Between Sbarro and Boardwalk Fries, we were golden. We tried on only three dresses and were able to narrow it down to two. Kylie thought she'd like to have both of them, but I told her we needed to narrow it down because she needed tights and shoes to go with the dress. She chose the first dress from Macy's. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do the dress justice. The top is black and the bottom is white with silver and black. With silver tights and pretty new black patent leather shoes, she'll be stunning!
The search for Gwen's dress was interesting. She generall still likes the little girl dresses with the big pouffy skirts. They are getting hard to find as she moves from the little girl dresses to the larger sizes. My Mom saw a really pretty one at Penney's and as therre was only one in Gwen's size, she snapped it up. Gwen liked it okay but wanted to go shopping....of course! What little girl wouldn't choose a shopping trip! We tried several that she looked good in and one beautiful emerald green number that Mom and I loved, but Gwen settled on this red dress. Very different than what I expected her to choose, but she is tickled with it.
Clothes shopping with the girls is great fun. But, I have to wonder what these clothing manufacturers are thinking. So many of the dresses were nixed simply because they were inappropriate. At 5 and 7, they don't need to look like a flapper or worse a little ho. I have to wonder not only about those making some of these dresses, but the parents who allow their children to wear them. I'm lucky that both the girls understood when I said, "no, that dress is inappropriate."
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very pretty!
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