things and stuf

If there’s one thing I don’t have patience for, it’s clothes shopping. Ideally, when I go shopping for clothes, I go with an idea of what I want, and I stick with that plan. Today I went clothes shopping with my aunt and 13 year old cousin, and I needed shorts. What could’ve been a 20 minute visit to Kohls (it didn’t take long to find shorts), actually turned into a 1.5 hour visit because my cousin likes to shop. I wasn’t happy.

Anyways, after venting my shopping frustrations to my cousin, she told me that I needed to have more patience when shopping… Actually, the conversation went something like this:

Me: Ohmigosh, I really don’t like going shopping for clothes. It’s such a hassle. I’m so impatient.

Cousin: Why are you so impatient?! You can’t be that way! You’ll never find anything.

Me: When I go shopping, usually I’m looking for a certain thing - if I don’t find it almost immediately in a given store, I leave the store and search elsewhere.

Cousin: That’s stupid! You’re passing up so much here! You need some patience…

Me: Ugh. But I hate looking through clothes! I’m so picky… and poor. I want my clothes to be easy to find.

Cousin: You need to calm down, Deva. Patience. That’s what you need. And you need a new wardrobe. I’m calling What Not To Wear…

I have a feeling that won’t be the only shopping trip I take with my cousin in the next couple of months. Anyways, my wardrobe can definitely use a mini-makeover. I will need to take my 13 year old cousin’s advice and grow some patience. Until I can hire someone to find the clothes I want, I’ll have to fight the crowds and search the stores on my own. Or I can just become rich and buy whatever I want.