Walk into any department store and you are bombarded with the flashy and up to date fashions for young people desperately trying to stay in tune with the latest's style. When I am shopping for my daughter I can deal with it, but today I just need to find a pair of pants for Judy. Let me tell you it is not easy to buy cloths for a 60 year old woman with a 23 inch waist.
Now I have seen some slim grandmothers who were fabulously put together. But for the life of me I cant figure out where they shop. Maybe they have everything custom made, or taken in. It would be nice but we just don't have the money for that.
There are two problems when in comes to dressing Judy. The first is that when I find anything that she might like or that may be age appropriate it is a size 8 or larger. The second is when I do find something that comes close to fitting her It usually has the words low rise or boot cut attached to the tag. The last time my mother wore either, I was 3 years old. So In desperation I went where I never thought I would go again: The children's department.
It’s actually the Tweens department if it must be labled; and it was my best bet. Somewhere between the Hannah Montana T-shirts and the Sponge Bob pajamas I found a pair of sweat pants that just might fit my mother. Red with a white stripe down the leg. It wasn't a.n.a or Liz and co, but they could work. Well to my joy and amazement, mixed in with a little sadness and disbelief, these pants made for a 5th grader fit Judy to a tee. So unless anyone has a better idea we will be shopping in the girls section for a while.
It amazes me how I still find a way to make things work no matter how ridiculous they seem.
