Retail Therapy

The day started with a fight, and nothing to wear. Cole went to the gallery to get the lighting right, I went shopping. I bought a pair of Seven jeans, and a linen Ralph Lauren top, and a few Banana Republic tee shirts, and a slinky black ruched sleeveless number from BCBG, also a cute little Benetton short coat, a sleeveless sweater with a cowl collar from Anne Klein, a pair of red Chuck Taylors for Ethan, and a pair of low-rise Levi’s and some nice brown shoes for Cole. In that short shopping trip, even with both children doing their best renditions of what it’s like to shop with children, I felt more accomplished and proficient and proud of myself than I could have had I cleaned the whole house top to bottom, made a month’s worth of meal plans, and baked a fresh loaf of bread every day for 2 weeks. The day ended beautifully, and damn didn’t Cole and I look good in our new jeans.