Remembering Your First Day Of School Jitters

Uncategorized — By Shopping Blogs on November 16, 2009 7:54 am

Pam and Bryan had been saving all their extra income because the first day of school was on its way again. Their two daughters, Crystal and Erin, were going to start high school this year and the girls were both excited and nervous about beginning the year.

Today was the day that the girls were getting their braces off just a few weeks before school started. Pam had not shared a surprise with the girls yet. She and Bryan had put away some money to give each of the girls to take them shopping for new back to school clothes.

Pam had almost forgotten the feeling of her first day of high school, when the butterflies spun in her tummy as she was re-acquainting herself with all her classmates. There was something about the first day of high school that marked a right of passage into her teenage years.

She wanted her girls to feel confident and prepared, and when you are fourteen what you are wearing can make a big difference in how you feel about yourself.

As Pam and her daughters left the orthodontist office they were laughing and smiling and the girls could not stop looking in the mirror at their new smiles. They drove out of the parking lot and took a left onto the highway. This was not the usual road home and the girls where curious about where they were going. When they pulled into the row of shopping centers they could not have been more excited.

If there is one thing teenage girls love, it is hanging out and walking around shopping centers and the mall.

As they parked the car, Pam turned around to tell the girls how beautiful their new smiles were and how proud she was of what lovely young ladies they were becoming. She told them each that they had a little money to spend on whatever they liked for their first day of school.

As you can imagine, the girls squealed with joy and went running into the shopping centers as their mom walked behind them reminding them to slow down.

They spent the next three hours roaming around every store in the shopping centers looking for the perfect shirt, jeans, shoes, backpacks, earrings, scarves – you name it, and they looked at it.

Crystal found a pair of jeans on sale and was able to buy a new pair of sneakers. She had just enough money leftover to buy a cute shirt that made her blue eyes stand out. Erin picked out a sporty skirt and a pair of sandals, with a casual shirt that made the look not too dressy for a school day. All the while, the girls caught their reflection in the windows of the shopping centers and were delighted at their bright new smiles.

The three ladies had an unforgettable time shopping and chatting. The day was not over because Pam took them out for dinner to eat all their favorite foods that they had not been allowed to eat while wearing the braces.

At the end of the day, as Pam looked back on her own memories from her teenage years and looked forward to the memories her daughters would create, she did not forgotten all the trouble and worry she caused her mother. She could only hope Crystal and Erin would not get into sticky situations, but she was ready to support them and help them through the emotional ups and downs the next four or five years would bring.

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