It's true, Missoni is the latest high-end design house to collaborate with Target to bring luxe housewares and clothing to the masses. The 400-piece Missoni for Target Collection will hit stores on September 13th. Get there early or jump on your computer. These items will go quickly!
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Even though my daughter is only 2 years old, it appears that her mates are already adopting DIVA taste in shoes. In all fairness our neighbor who turned me onto Lelli Kelly shoes has a very posh 4.5 year old. Who knew preschoolers were so tied into to fashion? I am suddenly realizing the virtues of a Catholic School education that comes complete with a uniform. If the need to be stylish starts at the age of 4...I am going to have to take out a home equity loan to dress my daughter throughout grade school and high school.
Idle gripes about the cost of fashion aside, Lelli Kelley are absolutely adorable shoes that come the most vibrant collection of colors and designs. It is easy to see why little girls fall in LOVE with these shoes. Note, while these shoes typically retail for $65 and up...some styles are currently on sale at Nordstrom's Anniversary sale for $42 and up. If you miss the sale that runs until 8/3/08, http://www.shoes.com/ also carries a nice selection. Search the web for current http://www.shoes.com/ coupons before buying. These shoes are just too cute to pass up.
Ok, so I expected to run into the drama and misery of my daughters' teenage years sooner or later...just not when she was 3 1/2 years old. Lately, Chatterbox is unhappy about, well, everything. I noticed that it began a week or so ago when she started insisting on wearing the same pair of jeans every.single.day. Also, I bought a brand new pair of adorable shoes and she absolutely refuses to wear them, but only wantes to put on her broken down old shoes from last fall. So getting dressed in the mornings became a battle. Then came Alexa.
Alexa is an older girl in Chatterbox's class that had "big ties" (meaning braids) in her hair. Oh and Alexa wears flip flops to school. Well, between those two fashion statements, Alexa has quickly become Chatterbox's fashion muse. She was upset (and I mean UPSET) everyday last week when I did her hair and it did not look like Alexa's. And she was further upset by the fact that I wouldn't let her wear flip flops to school. I mean, not only are they impractical for running on the playground, etc., but I believe that there is a time and place for flip flops and school isn't one of them. So on Friday I had the woman who braids their hair on occasion come over to see if we couldn't hook Chatterbox up with some "ties." She was excited and I was relieved. Only to find out that the braids the woman gave her were not "BIG!" "LIKE ALEXA'S!" And so we were back to the sour face. Then she kicked and screamed when we were getting ready to go to brunch for Mother's Day yesterday because she didn't want me to put any bows in her hair. Nor did she want to wear the outfit that I had picked out. And of course, she wanted to wear flip flops too, but aside from the fact that she would have looked nuts, it was cold and rainy and that wouldn't have made any sense. Really, it was so bad that my morning was almost ruined. Hubby had to have a talk with her to calm her down like only he can.
And don't get me started on the regular meltdowns we have in the kitchen over what she does and doesn't want to eat.
Just what on earth is going on with her? I spoke to my mom and a couple of friends about it and they all seem shocked that she is so opinionated and looks-conscious at such a young age. I'm going try spending some more one-on-one time with her and maybe talking to her teacher to make sure nothing out of the ordinary is going on at school. I'm hoping it's a (short) phase, because Lord only knows I can't be going through this for the next 12 years.
Maybe I can move in with Alexa.
Cross posted on http://mamalaw.blogspot.com/
