How Clothing Shopping has Evolved for Me

Clothing Shopping — By Shopping Blogs on August 31, 2009 6:58 am

When you are a baby you could care less what clothing your parents stick you in. They dress you to their desire whether it be for comfort, convenience, or because they want you to look cute that day. Clothing shopping for parents with babies is either unnecessary because of all the hand me downs they receive, fun because they like picking out cute little outfits, or just another chore to get done by the end of the day.

However, as soon as their child begins having an opinion and is able to talk, clothing shopping becomes a whole new ordeal.

When I was a little kid, every summer before school started, my mom would always take my sisters and I clothing shopping for the new school year. We would race through the department store in the mall finding matching outfits and dresses to ooh and aaah over and then, with mom’s approval, try on. If she did not like something however, and did not let us get what we want, tears and a tantrum often evolved. She never really gave us a limit on what we could buy when we would go clothing shopping, but it was always just a one-time trip and then that was it. Because of this, we had to make sure we bought clothes for the fall and winter so we had what we needed until the New Year. Those were our clothes for the school year until she took us again when the weather started getting warmer. Then, we got to go clothing shopping again!

Sometimes, our parents went clothing shopping for us for our birthdays and Christmas, but my sisters and I were usually not fond of clothing gifts. First off, my parents never bought us clothing we actually liked. Secondly, it hardly ever fit. If I actually did like it I would have to wait to grow into it, or if it was too small, I had to pass it down to my sister. Besides, it was so much more exciting to go clothing shopping with mom and pick out stuff we actually liked that was in style and cool to wear.

Clothing shopping moved on to another level for me in sixth grade when I was finally allowed to go to the mall by myself. My mom was actually pretty glad when we were old enough to go to the mall alone because she was never a fan of shopping. Instead, she would give me about $300 for clothes and, feeling rich and super cool, I would go clothing shopping at the mall with my friends and buy whatever clothing I wanted for that school year. Let me tell you, that money went extremely quickly, and I always ended up with less clothing than I would have liked.

Once I got a job my junior year in high school, my mom was not as generous when it came to clothing shopping. She still gave me some money at the beginning of the year, but most of the time when I needed (or wanted) new clothing she told me that I had a job and I could pay for it myself. However, having a job and money and making the decisions I wanted to with it was very exciting. Now, I could go clothing shopping year-round as long as I had the money for it!

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