My husband just found a new resale shop in town. He and the boys love to walk downtown on Saturdays, exploring the funny little specialty stores (that usually close in a month or two sadly), and usually bringing home some guava turnovers from the Guatamalen pastry shop. That’s one store with staying power. We don’t have enough Spanish to order properly, but point and figure out what you got later works fine.
The resale shop had some mittens and hats for the boys too. I used to knit them all, but they loose them (even with idiot strings) or worse declare them to be ugly or scratchy after picking the yarn out themselves. Now I just try to have a basket by the back door with lots of dry mittens, often second hand polar fleece that they can grab when they need them – what depths I’ve fallen too.
They had a rack of maternity clothes with long sleeved shirts and a dress or two. What a relief! I think I am going to have to sew some nice comfy dresses if I want one, but it’s nice to save a little time (I have trouble sewing during the intensive school times).
I went to the mall last week, and all the dresses were short, short, short, the necklines were totally huge, and the fabrics were scratchy. Do clothing manufacturers think every pregnant lady wants to look like she’s wearing her nightgown in public? Why all the separates? Don’t they know with nausia and indigestion, it’s nice to skip waistbands? Where are all the dresses and jumpers?
What would I do without friends closets and resale shops. Thanks Annette and Randi!