Justice- For Aunties

I absolutely love my boys.
When you're a mom of all boys people always ask, "Don't you wish you had a girl, though?"
Well, there are times.

At the beginning of the week I went on a shopping quest.  In our family we have birthdays coming up, so I joyfully drove my dear Ravina to Boardman for some retail therapy.
First stop:  Justice.  Now when people ask if I wish I had a girl, this store is what dances through my head.  So much pink, frill, and bedazzled kitty cats, it's enough to make your head spin.  If they had this store when I was 6 I'd be dancing my little jelly shoes between absolutely every single rack.

The darling I'm shopping for will be 11.  Gift Card, you say?  Well, that takes all the fun out of it!  These moments are such a thrill for the mother of all boys- it is too tempting to just get a gift card!  Let me have my fun, it can always be exchanged if need be.


As I revel in every last neon dolphin, I can't help but overhear the other shoppers:
"...I don't know."
"She's just....so picky"
I keep on shopping, but again and again I overhear shoppers complain about girls being picky, too short, or only liking dark purple.  And THIS purple?  Well, it's light purple.  It just will not do.

Yes, I had a good time.  But after I paid there was secretly some part of me that was happy to get out of there.  Girls are fun and I get so much joy out of my nieces, but this mom still picks out what her ten year-old wears to school everyday.  Not because I want to, but because he really couldn't care less.  In fact, I can't even get him to go school shopping with me.  (Not even for the school supplies!)  And while I'm pretty much stuck with t-shirts and jeans, I gotta tell you that it isn't so bad being in a man's world.  Honestly, it is so much easier.  Just S,M, or L.  Get their fav video game character on it and good to go.  You're the mom of the year.

It got me thinking though.  I get so much joy out of buying for the girls, and I really gotta watch that I don't overspend.  Wouldn't it be a great idea for a store to sell to people like me?  To Aunties.  For those of us who don't have girls and just can't get enough bows and puppy dogs?  And there would be TONS of bright colors to catch their eye and cute little toys and fun accessories and- ...oh yea.  They already have that.  It's called Justice.