So, Ana, despite having tons of clothes, doesn't have many weather-approprate clothes....

[conuly]

Yeah.

Which is how I found myself browsing The Children's Place. After all, if I want to ensure she has plenty of non-pink/purple clothing, I have to be on top of the situation, right? Right. Their stuff is surprisingly non-expensive (trust me, after you've seen stores seriously selling children's clothes at $50+, your views of what clothing should cost change drastically. I mean, I understand buying for quality, but... children! They don't *need* quality, they just need lots of clothes so that when they stain one outfit, another's waiting!), and, of course, adorable (of course!). Weird thing, though, these people learned a different set of colors than the ones I'm teaching Ana. Energy? Tidal? Mist? Since when is "mist" this shade of blue? Mist is just fancy-woman fog.

If you're curious, and interested in Helping the Cause (clothes that aren't pink!), you can always comment or send over leftover clothes from relatives or whatever. I wouldn't bother, though - we're hardly desperate here. It might be better off sent to charity or something. I'm sure, if you're so determined to give stuff away (riiiiiiight....), Ana'd prefer some toys or books. I've got a massively insane wishlist at amazon that's fairly worthless.

*goes back to browsing the site*

Energy. Pah! If you can't call it red, try scarlet or vermillion. Colors that are, y'know, colors.

Comments

[appadil.livejournal.com]

That... is not "mist". Azure or cerulean maybe, but not in any way "mist". And what color exactly is "energy"?

::goes to giggle at the site::

[conuly]

They have some really nice clothes. Just...

[ursamajor]

dude, i love the children's place. i still fit into their XXLs up top (bottom = womanly hips of doom and birthing) so i can pick up t-shirts for $5 or sweaters for $10. rock. :D

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

Ana would be sooo cute in red.

[conuly]

Ana is sooo cute in *everything*. But yes, red she's adorable in. Blue. Green. Brown. Dark colors, I think, or bright ones, look better on her than icky pastels.

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I hate pastels & brown. With you on the rest, though.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Pastels can be so hard for ANYONE to wear.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I love mint green stuff...and you know what sometimes has really fun and different clothes? H&M. I take K there sometimes because its not where everyone else shops so she has stuff that is DIFFERENT.

[conuly]

H&M? Is it... *utters the dreaded words* cheap?

I'm actually looking a lot at garage sales and used clothing shops now. That's some nice stuff I can get there.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah its pretty cheap, cheaper than Childrens Place. Cheaper than Baby Gap. Probably Cheaper than old navy? Is there an H&M anywhere near you? We have this really cheap place called S&Ds, and a Kid City, and those have amazingly cheap items, and good stuff too. But the most unique is H&M which is a European store but more of a funky one than the Italian/Russian influenced "European" boutiques you find in some areas.

Even pretty reasonable for grownups, too.

Garage sales rock and its still nice out, so hopefully there will be more for a while.

[conuly]

That's what my mother wants, European clothes. I'll have to see where I can find one.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

There is one in Kings Plaza with children's clothes. There are some in Manhattan (they're dept. stores like Macy's) but at least one doesn't have children's clothes, as I found out when I went with Kayleigh.

http://www.hm.com/us/start/start/index.jsp and there is a store locator.

[conuly]

I know, I saw :) It's not a great site design. Rather annoyed, especially as I can't see what any of the clothes *look like* without making a big trek into the city.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's really frosting my ovaries -- it wasn't always like that. Best I can say is if you know where they are, and you happen to be close, make a stop in. :/

[conuly]

Well, I trust your reccommendation, and it's not that far from some bookstores I like to visit. I may stop by this week.

[conuly]

And, yes, different, different is good. I find that just picking out clothes in colors makes her different. But I get judgmental when I talk about that :)

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I remember last time in H&M there was a LOT of red. TONS. Red and white. Which is why I thought of it. But one year it was all pink, like overly cute but tongue in cheek cute instead of sugar plum fairy-ish...and another time was very cammo oriented, the greens/browns/etc. neutral sort of thing. For kids.

[appadil.livejournal.com]

That... is not "mist". Azure or cerulean maybe, but not in any way "mist". And what color exactly is "energy"?

::goes to giggle at the site::

[conuly]

They have some really nice clothes. Just...

[ursamajor]

dude, i love the children's place. i still fit into their XXLs up top (bottom = womanly hips of doom and birthing) so i can pick up t-shirts for $5 or sweaters for $10. rock. :D

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

Ana would be sooo cute in red.

[conuly]

Ana is sooo cute in *everything*. But yes, red she's adorable in. Blue. Green. Brown. Dark colors, I think, or bright ones, look better on her than icky pastels.

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I hate pastels & brown. With you on the rest, though.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Pastels can be so hard for ANYONE to wear.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I love mint green stuff...and you know what sometimes has really fun and different clothes? H&M. I take K there sometimes because its not where everyone else shops so she has stuff that is DIFFERENT.

[conuly]

H&M? Is it... *utters the dreaded words* cheap?

I'm actually looking a lot at garage sales and used clothing shops now. That's some nice stuff I can get there.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah its pretty cheap, cheaper than Childrens Place. Cheaper than Baby Gap. Probably Cheaper than old navy? Is there an H&M anywhere near you? We have this really cheap place called S&Ds, and a Kid City, and those have amazingly cheap items, and good stuff too. But the most unique is H&M which is a European store but more of a funky one than the Italian/Russian influenced "European" boutiques you find in some areas.

Even pretty reasonable for grownups, too.

Garage sales rock and its still nice out, so hopefully there will be more for a while.

[conuly]

That's what my mother wants, European clothes. I'll have to see where I can find one.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

There is one in Kings Plaza with children's clothes. There are some in Manhattan (they're dept. stores like Macy's) but at least one doesn't have children's clothes, as I found out when I went with Kayleigh.

http://www.hm.com/us/start/start/index.jsp and there is a store locator.

[conuly]

I know, I saw :) It's not a great site design. Rather annoyed, especially as I can't see what any of the clothes *look like* without making a big trek into the city.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Yeah it's really frosting my ovaries -- it wasn't always like that. Best I can say is if you know where they are, and you happen to be close, make a stop in. :/

[conuly]

Well, I trust your reccommendation, and it's not that far from some bookstores I like to visit. I may stop by this week.

[conuly]

And, yes, different, different is good. I find that just picking out clothes in colors makes her different. But I get judgmental when I talk about that :)

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I remember last time in H&M there was a LOT of red. TONS. Red and white. Which is why I thought of it. But one year it was all pink, like overly cute but tongue in cheek cute instead of sugar plum fairy-ish...and another time was very cammo oriented, the greens/browns/etc. neutral sort of thing. For kids.