literacy-jammies-boxers

went grocery shopping. a cart later and a dent with the debit card. so much for running in for just a couple things.

while waiting in line, this woman picked up a magazine and read the bi-line to whom i presume was her daughter '15 you will dump before you are 30'. mockingly suggesting that it was information that every girl needed to have. and then dashed off, only to return with another magazine, this one in cellophane. validating the magazine by way of the cellophane, which it would probably interest the other; i would presume her son. the check out clerk was a little lost on how to respond, and then finally got it and laughed along.

amazing, the years have gone by. still seems not so long ago, last minute items i would have picked up would have been a hot wheel car or crayons and a colouring book or a package of assorted barbie shoes or an archie comic book.

however, as they say, knowledge is power, and whatever gives incentive for one to read, then so be it!

and then this woman told me how she had sometime to kill, and made her way over to the department store. picked up a couple pairs of jammie bottoms for her kids. knowing that one would not be over overly joyed by the purchase. however, as she saw it, the boy has to realize he might enjoy sleeping nude. but when he visits other places, it is not so cool to be flashed at his age.

and the other, just happy to have new jammie bottoms. i always thought girls wanted the tops, but times have changed. tho the girl wasn't impressed when the mom figured she would enjoy the bottoms more so if she altered them. altered to have bunnie slippers attached to them or to have bells on the toes, just like days gone by.

and without the boy around, a quick decision to purchase some boxers was decided. oh she has been versed on the art of selecting boxers; who would have known, she says. she learnt that certain flannel has the tendency to leave lint in the wrong places. buttons or snaps, one has to look carefully, often in the wrong place or kind. some closures get too cold or too warm. will the fly close properly? or get one with the fly sewn up, but then that creates a whole other dilemma of pros and cons. some are too long, too short, too wide, too narrow. some material slides in the wrong places or direction or skids on the body or bunches up in all the wrong places. certain flannel or cotton is warmer or cooler than others. and the fabric, to thin, too thick, too hard, or too soft. then there is the print design. cute he says, if you want to get laughed or teased in a change room. so you look at solid colours, too dark, too light, too bold or the colour is just not appealing. then you get into the checks and plaids, too big, too small, too bright, too dull, too plain, too fancy. this one is good to wear with pants, this one is good to wear with shorts ... four hours later, a lesson learnt never-never ask 'just please tell me why you do not like these'.