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Mom just bought me a leather jacket.
She had a Macy's gift card to use up, and her entire pile of shopping hardly put a dent in it because she'd made out like a bandit on the clearance rack. The only thing I'd liked all day was this amazing leather jacket I'd tried on for shits and giggles, but it was super impractical and way too expensive, even on a one-day 50% off sale.
She suggested I have them check the price, just in case -- after all, it might be fifty percent off the reduced price, not the original, right? (It wasn't). But in order to check the price I brought it to the counter, and she just kinda... bought it. Over my guilty protests, which only became more guilty when the really rather awesome saleslady proclaimed me a wonderful daughter for trying to stop her.
Mom said it was a giftcard, "Which is basically free money!" I pointed out it was her free money. She said "Yeah, to spend on things that are fun! THIS IS FUN."
And I still feel a bit guilty, but every time I walk past a mirror I think "daaayum," which is kind of amazing.
(I also keep thinking "Uh, leather!" in Joker's voice, because I've been broken by Mass Effect, but I didn't mention that to mom because she wouldn't get it.)
My housemate asked me if I was planning on joining a biker gang, but I'm just going to assume that's because saying "Daaayum" would be awkward.
My boyfriend... well, he let me know that he considers it a gift to him as much as to me, and thanked mom. :P
She had a Macy's gift card to use up, and her entire pile of shopping hardly put a dent in it because she'd made out like a bandit on the clearance rack. The only thing I'd liked all day was this amazing leather jacket I'd tried on for shits and giggles, but it was super impractical and way too expensive, even on a one-day 50% off sale.
She suggested I have them check the price, just in case -- after all, it might be fifty percent off the reduced price, not the original, right? (It wasn't). But in order to check the price I brought it to the counter, and she just kinda... bought it. Over my guilty protests, which only became more guilty when the really rather awesome saleslady proclaimed me a wonderful daughter for trying to stop her.
Mom said it was a giftcard, "Which is basically free money!" I pointed out it was her free money. She said "Yeah, to spend on things that are fun! THIS IS FUN."
And I still feel a bit guilty, but every time I walk past a mirror I think "daaayum," which is kind of amazing.
(I also keep thinking "Uh, leather!" in Joker's voice, because I've been broken by Mass Effect, but I didn't mention that to mom because she wouldn't get it.)
My housemate asked me if I was planning on joining a biker gang, but I'm just going to assume that's because saying "Daaayum" would be awkward.
My boyfriend... well, he let me know that he considers it a gift to him as much as to me, and thanked mom. :P
