Kylee had a playdate with a couple of friends today. So, the moms and I were sitting around talking about the upcoming school year and school supplies for the girls (an astronomical list that I'm not sure where they get from...but that's another blog!)
Anways, we were talking about the backpacks we had gotten when one of the girls, Kerri, said her husband had ordered the backpack and they hadn't gotten it, though (wondering if it had wheels because apparently they weren't allowed to have wheels...which Kylee's does...but we're using it anyways!) Anywho, it was all mixed in with the usual mom stuff...and talk about how our husbands like the house (or don't like the house) and cooking...just general stuff.
Hour and a half passes after they leave...and my phone rings...
Kerri: "guess what"
Me; "what"
Kerri: "we got the backpack delivered today that he ordered...I don't know what he was thinking"
Me: Why?"
Kerri: "He ordered a black packpack with her name in grey lettering...what was he thinking...really? For a girl"
Me: "well, clearly it must have been on sale"
Kerri: "I don't understand...black for a girl"
Me: "he's a guy...he probably went with what he thought was cool...and got it"
Kerri: "We have a ton of black backpacks here...if I knew he was going to do that, I would have taken one we already have and stitched her name on it"
Me: "Well, that's it then...he was looking for one that matched the ones you have...that's hers...with her name on it"
Kerri: "what is she supposed to do with a black backpack...it will get mixed in with all the boys"
Me:"Maybe that's a good thing...she can find hers...only girl's with the boys that are black...CLEARLY it was on sale. "
(meanwhile in the back, you can hear Juliet saying she didn't want a black backpack. )
Me: " Did you ask him about it?"
Kerri: "no...he's not home yet"
two more mins go by...then she says he's home. She tells me to hold on and she would ask him...but Juliet beats her to it and says she doesn't want a black backpack.
Kerri: (to him) "Really? Black? What were you thinking?"
Me: "well, don't sugar coat your thoughts or anything"
(this is what I hear from my end)
Kerri: "What other colors did they have on sale?"
"So you mean they also had red...her second favorite color?"
In which his answer is: I think this one is cool.
That is why mom's do back to school shopping....