真人秀 - Mother- Daughter Day Out

Yesterday marked a true milestone for my 8 year old daughter and me - it's the very first time the two of us spent a whole day shopping for clothes together with her happily going along.

She was not at all interested in clothes shopping until perhaps a few weeks ago when she declared that her new favorite color would be green. She still likes blue, but green is now on the top of her list. It was then she asked me to take her shopping for green colored clothes..

Yesterday presented a perfect opportunity. Daddy wanted to stay home watching some soccer game, so the plan was that the boys would stay home, and the girls would go to the mall.

It was about 10 minutes to 11am by the time we walked into the mall. All the shops were seemingly not yet open except for the cookie place. So we treated ourselves, my daughter having a cookie cup and myself my usual, a chocolate chip walnut cookie. What a great start!

Gymboree was the first store we walked in.. Some cute green tops but no luck finding her dream green dress.. 3 hours later my daughter was quite happy to have the following in her bags..








The last one meant to show the blue head band that would go perfectly with an old blue top of hers..

I tried not to exert my judgement on her choices and let her be the decision maker in terms of what she'd like to wear :-).

We had lunch at the food court. She had California rolls, and I Panda Express..

All along, my daughter was in high spirit and really enjoyed trying on clothes, a stark departure from her past behavior..

I also did a bit of shopping for myself, mostly trying to find some belts. My problem is and has always been to find a belt that's my size. Most of them, even Size Small, are a bit too big for me..

The last store we went in before leaving was Ann Taylor. My daughter spotted this coral/black belt and told me that she liked it and I should buy it. I tried it on, it actually fitted pretty well.. And then I spotted this coral or orange color dress that's was calling my name :-). The belt went perfectly with the dress. I told the sales lady that my daughter picked out the belt, and she said to my daughter, "we should hire you..". I could see that my daughter was quite proud..

She also liked the dress very much and actually put one on while I was trying a different size.. I told her that this store is unfortunately all for grownups. She then said that she would write a note to Ann Taylor and suggest that they open an Ann Taylor Junior store, which I thought was really cute and quite business savvy for an eight year old.:-).

Here are the dress and the belt..




Now on me..




After we got home, the first thing my daughter did was to go to Anntaylor.com to write the note. I told her she could give her feedback to Ann Taylor that way.

Here is the note she wrote and sent to Ann Taylor's Customer Service department..

Dear Ann Taylor staff,

I think you should open a new store called Ann Taylor Jr. so kids can wear mini versions of the clothes their parents buy at Ann Taylor.I hope you like my idea!

Sincerely,
XXXX

Do you think Ann Taylor would suspect this note came from a child?

We had such a great time, and my daughter wanted to do it again soon in the future..

Thanks for reading.

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• 看了鱼美人和冲色美女的大贴，鼓很大勇气贴出。都是iPhone,见笑啦。。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:05:29

• iphone 片和 专门的摄影片在效果上是有区别的，大家都知道的。多来发，喜欢你的片子～ -A型双鱼座女声- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:08:58

• 我一点进去什么都没有啊。。。 -冲色- ♀ (66 bytes) () 07/24/2012 postreply 18:26:16

• 爱疯拍出这个水平已经非常牛了！ -花椒~- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:10:05

• 太同意了！ -A型双鱼座女声- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:10:52

• 现在不带iPhone,就像没穿衣服，哈哈哈 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:24:02

• 多谢两位班主鼓励：-）。 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:13:24

• 这个有这个的味道，小皮鞋很象班班之前贴过的，很秀气。 -yutian2012- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 07:51:08

• 好眼力。记得狗狗美女也在 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (36 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 08:49:51

• 女儿的穿衣风格跟妈妈的很像！ -小野鸭子- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 08:07:27

• I try not to influence her:-) -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 08:46:28

• 最喜欢那件绿花的，最enjoy的不是买了什么衣服，而是shopping的过程吧？ -弹指一瞬间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 08:46:46

• Co:最enjoy的不是买了什么衣服，而是shopping的过程 -烟花聚- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 09:29:17

• Thanks, ladies. Yes, absolutely. It's the -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (105 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 09:45:08

• 离去掉面具只有一步之遥，要鼓励！：）那个红裙子你穿好看！ -西雅图瘦狗狗- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 09:38:53

• That's a big step, though :-). Thanks, good -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (70 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 09:47:46

• 这件裙子找对人家了，穿在你身上非常好看，鞋子是不是要高跟的会更棒。 -雨鹤。。。- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 10:14:07

• 谢谢雨鹤MM. 是的，it should go -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (129 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:12:11

• Like mother, like daughter :) -dacong- ♀ (41 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 10:48:44

• Thank you. 是啊，女儿也想要一条：-） -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:15:21

• 女儿和妈妈一起逛街是最幸福的事啦， -宝马金鞍- ♀ (69 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 12:08:41

• 是的，你是有感而言啊：-）没想到 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (79 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:21:52

• you look very nice in the red dress, color is good:) I agree wit -chinesebuns- ♀ (72 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 13:43:58

• Thanks！It should go well -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (66 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:24:07

• cannot wait to c :)) -chinesebuns- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 17:18:37

• 羡慕有女儿的妈妈，红裙子很漂亮 -面朝大海，春暖花开- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 14:12:47

• 哈哈哈，儿子有儿子的 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (19 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:26:02

• Wow， Big Day for Sure. So sweet! -ECityBlues- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:51:26

• Thank you. She is growing up for sure :-) -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 17:39:00

• Sweet. How about shoe shopping next time? -greenlawn- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 15:59:25

• I am sure that will be on the agenda :-).. Thanks. -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 17:39:49

• 羡慕能有女儿去逛街。。。红裙子很适合你，配跟儿高一点儿的鞋更好看，喜欢读你写的英语，再来贴啊！ -frenchvanila- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 17:33:28

• 谢谢哦。。嗯，高跟鞋会好看些。。 很 -Gardenia_On_The_Bay- ♀ (27 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 17:42:36

• 闺女的衣服很好看，咋不秀秀闺女真人？ -梦想偷懒的女人- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/16/2012 postreply 20:50:03