June 01, 2006
THE WORM HAS TURNED
We're a couple weeks shy of Salad Boy's 11th birthday.
The number is meaningless. He's already a teenager.
How do I know?
He's trying to drain our bank account.
His willing accomplice: Abercrombie & Fitch.
We just so happened to traipse through A&F last weekend with Salad Wife and Salad Mother-In-Law.
Of course he looked adorable in everything. That's how it works at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Then before you know it, you've spent $43 on two t-shirts you could have gotten at Goodwill three years earlier.
I persuaded him to not wear this shirt the first day at summer camp.
"Pace yourself,'' I advised.
He begrudgingly obliged me.
A few minutes later, after ditching the mother and grandmother units, he and I felt the magnetic attraction of another retail outlet in the mall: the Apple store.
I went in to look for some iPod stuff. Turned around to see him sitting down playing a video game.
By the way, this photo is what Steve Jobs sees in his sweetest dreams: Little white boy with an Abercrombie bag transfixed by the tractor beam of Apple technology.
I'm in so much trouble. Might as well just start handing Salad Boy checks every morning as he heads out the door.
Smart kid. Smart Apple.
Posted by: David at June 1, 2006 10:58 AMmy dad and I are the same way in the apple store. it's just not safe for anyone involved.
welcome home.
Posted by: jolie at June 1, 2006 11:23 AMAberzombie & Bitch is what we used to call it when you'd see it plastered all over the twinks at the dance clubs.
Posted by: Addison at June 1, 2006 12:34 PMCould be worse, move to Hawaii and multiply the prices by 2!
Posted by: Giddy Up at June 1, 2006 03:43 PMHopefully in a couple of years he will be in the "Goodwill is cool" stage.
Posted by: lynne at June 2, 2006 10:22 PM