Giveaway: $100 H&M Gift Card
I realized something disturbing recently. Mazzy is beginning to have a better wardrobe then I do.
During the first year or so of Mazzy’s life, I dressed her up in onesies, footie pajamas, multi-colored leggings and dresses with those matching little undies. All adorable. Most of it in shades of pink. But they were baby clothes. I never wanted to wear any of those things myself. (Except maybe the footie pajamas.)
Now that Mazzy has turned two, her wardrobe is changing. Baby clothes are out and little girl clothes are in. And I’ve got news for you— little girl clothes look a lot like adult clothes in smaller sizes.
For Mazzy’s birthday party, I dressed her in navy and red. And do you know what color her shoes were? BLACK. Yes, black little ballet slip-ons. One woman commented under the birthday party post that she wanted to buy Mazzy’s outfit for herself. I know— I do too!
But shopping for myself isn’t nearly as much fun as it used to be. There are RULES.
Shirts have to be form-fitting on top, looser around the waist and on the long side. Pants have to sit low but not too low. Ruffles are out. Dresses cinched with a belt might make Kirsten Dunst look hipster chic but they make me look like I got dressed in the dark. Too much cleavage makes me look like I am for sale on the corner. Pale colors or pastels might as well be a sign hanging above my head that says: DEATH LOOMING. And button-downs have a way of pulling in exactly the wrong spot.
Shopping for Mazzy is freeing. She looks good in EVERYTHING. She doesn’t even have to try the clothes on and analyze her ass in a three-way mirror to make sure!
I read once that the reason men are required to all wear the same tuxedo to black tie events is so they can show off their women.
That’s what I have become when I am in the presence of my daughter. A man in a tux. Wearing the same uniform every day (jeans, boots, solid color top) in order to show off my increasingly stylish little girl.
A week ago, H&M gave me an $100 gift card plus a 25% Off VIP card (good with every purchase through June!) to spend at their store and another to give away to one of my readers (details at the end of the post). I wish I could tell you I used that opportunity to buy some clothes for myself.
I did not.
Shopping for myself is work. Shopping for Mazzy is much more fun.
As soon as I found out H&M had a children’s department (I didn’t know that, did you?), I walked in, asked a salesperson to point me in the right direction, took one look at the huge selection of super cute clothes and spent my entire gift card on my daughter.
Do you know how many items you can buy at H&M for $100? I bought TEN and still came up a few dollars shy. Add the 25% VIP discount and I only spent $75!
Below is what I purchased. The majority of these items are just $9.95 (that’s less than most of the kids’ clothes at Old Navy). And that white shirt at the bottom came in a pack of two.
So you see, H&M isn’t helping my “man in a tux” problem. What with their super stylish little girl clothes and their low prices.
I mean, did you see Mazzy in her cherry red cat cardigan with the three-dimensional polka dot bow up top? How can I ever compete?
I’ve either got to spend that last $25 on myself or I better start working on my Clooney.
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GIVEAWAY:
$100 H&M GIFT CARD + 25% OFF VIP DISCOUNT CARD (good for every purchase through June 30, 2012)
RULES:
You must be a Mommy Shorts Facebook Fan to enter. If you are not one already, you can become one by clicking “like” in the facebook widget on my right sidebar or by clicking here.
1) Name a style or item of clothing that you can’t believe you used to wear in the comment section below. For example, parachute pants. Am I the only one?
2) For a second entry, sign up for the H&M newsletter to get an additional 20% off any single item by clicking here and then leave a second comment below.
3) For a third entry, please retweet the following: I just entered to win an $100 H&M gift card via @mommyshorts http://bit.ly/tbnU1r @hmusa #giveaway
4) For a fourth entry, please subscribe to the Mommy Shorts YouTube channel. If you are already a subscriber, just leave a second saying so.
Winner will be announced on December 22nd so you have time for holiday shopping. And tuxedo dry cleaning.
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And I tweeted the tweet
High school in the 80s: pants tucked and rolled, 2 pairs of contrasting colored socks and white high top Reebok sneakers.
And I also signed up for the H&M newsletter 🙂
Also a subscriber to the Mommy Shorts show, wish ithere was one every night!,
In elementary school, I wore double velcour shoes with every outfit. I wore alots of tights too without pants on top… tights are cute with a skirt or something over them, but alone. What was I thinkin?
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I like Mommy Shorts on Facebook – my FB name is Amanda Moore and I can’t believe I used to wear overalls!
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I tweeted about the giveaway, I’m @AmberGoo:
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I was the nerd who wore a medieval-style gown (with a cloak, no less!) to her senior prom.
#1 Deborah TruthfulMommy Cruz is a FB follower
I feel the same way. I have so many things that I can’t believe I wore. But the one that popped into my head as I was typing this? Blazers with shoulder pads! That were always too big from the pictures. What was I thinking?!?
#2 I used to wear neon bike shorts with a giant t-shirt ( cuffed sleeves) with a belt, Pair that with two different color pairs of neon slouch socks and KEds with GINORMOUS 80’s hair! UGH!!!
#3, I tweeted
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I cannot believe I used to wear those Hypercolor shirts. Talk about asking to get felt up.
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Not sure if anyone remembers these but I used to wear Cross-colors jeans!!! OMG! I can’t believe I just admit to that! YIKES! LOL!
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#2 Signed up for the H & M newsletter:)
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#3 Tweet tweet!
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I can’t believe that I used to wear jean overall shorts. Always with just one side clipped and the other one just casually hanging around.
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I tweeted @mskenyaf
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I’m a Mommy Shorts YouTube subscriber.
The sheer amount of plaid flannel I used to own is enough to shame even a lumberjack.
Last summer I actually saw those jelly shoes we used to wear being sold at Claires and I remembered thinking, I can’t believe we used to wear those, they looked so uncomfortable. When I told my daughters we used to wear those they laughed histerically.
Signed up for the H&M newsletter.
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Fanny packs. Enough said.
Fringed and pony-beaded, reversible neck scarves that my mom made out of bandanas. I had them in EVERY color!
I have worn, on several occasions, Britney Spears-style plaid skirts…when I was in my 20s. Were these ever in fashion?
I tweeted I just entered to win an $100 H&M gift card via @mommyshorts http://bit.ly/tbnU1r @hmusa #giveaway
I can’t believe I was an emo teenager (back before emo was cool, ahem) and wore huge black clothes while listening to The Cure and The Smiths.
And what is this about a YouTube channel? You are going PLACES, woman!
Oh god I had forgotten about those!
i wore those color block shirt you know half pink and half green and then on the back was the same… i cringe now thinking about it but i was young and in middle school.. haha thank god i learned about style.
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two words: crushed velour !!!
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I used to wear pedalpushers.
parachute pants, guilty as charged.
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Boy George hat. You know the one. I’m a Karma Clothes Chameleon.
I remember having a hideous pair of rainbow denim shorts I wore in middle school (early 90’s). No wonder I was made fun of in school.
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Can I enter if I’m from Germany? We’ve got H&M too, so maybe?
Can’t believe I wore denim jumpers!
How cute is she in that outfit! Too adorable. I like you on Facebook (Amber H) and I can’t believe I used to wear slap bracelets….and shirt clips. Oh to be an 80’s child! 😉
P.S. I totally wore parachute pants too. They were all the rage when i was in 1st or seconds grade.
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Boy George hat. You know the one. With hair curled around it.
Shut. Up.
fb fan, and I can’t believe I used to wear skidz pants (flannel pants, basically pajama pants!)
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Oh man, Kansas City just got its first H&M, and I’m dying to check it out. Let’s see… I used to do that ’80s thing where you wear two brightly colored pairs of socks and layer them differently on each foot. Like, one foot would be teal/hot pink, the other hot pink/teal. I was The Coolest.
Pants with giraffes all over them…
Tweeted…
https://twitter.com/rae1124/status/147767614448472064
I can’t believe I used to wear stretch pants, with the strap on the bottom to hold it on your foot. It went so nicely with a turtleneck and a long highly decorated sweater…in the 80’s.
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LIke you on FB kathy Persons
Short shorts YUK!
I can’t believe I used to wear neon International News sweatshirts that barely came to my belly button.
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stretchy pants!
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I totally wore stirrup pants with scrunch socks. I still can’t believe that stirrup pants made some sort of weird comeback recently…
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I like your facebook page (Jessica Miller). I used to wear sweatshirts that my friends and I would decorate ourselves with neon puffy paint. Some of the paints even glowed in the dark. We thought we were SOOO cool!
I tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/jjak2003/status/147913758344355840
Ummm. I wore MC Hammer type pants in my senior year. Yeah, really. The crotch was around the knee area.
Course, I also had those horrible “jelly” shoes when I was a kid. They rubbed blisters like crazy.
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I “like” Mommy Shorts on FB, my FB name is Vicki Sh. I can’t believe I used to wear gaucho pants!
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I USED TO WEAR HALF SHIRTS AND STONE WASHED JEANS 🙂
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I TWEETED https://twitter.com/#!/JAIVIANSMOMMY/status/148137512827764736
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short shorts, chute pants..soulder pads
I cant believe that I use to tight roll my pants…wow. ok I would love to win! thanks
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I can’t believe I used to wear silk shirts with shoulderpads LOL!
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https://twitter.com/#!/shuggysmommy/status/148382653295497216
Jackets with HUGE shoulder pads!! =)
Tweeted
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(fb fan San D)
I used to wear those awesome neon skirt and black leggings combinations from the 80s.
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I tweeted…
https://twitter.com/#!/MelissaFogerty/status/148541493701914626
Subscribed to your YouTube channel.
I’m a facebook fan as Jan Messali. I can’t believe I used to wear huge bell bottom jeans!
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I can’t believe I ever wore spandex and stirrup pants…LOL