Retail Therapy

Nathan was in a funk today. It happens to everyone from time to time and today was one of this days. The musical opens in a couple of weeks. He’s been spending long hours in rehearsal and working on stage crew tasks and when the other kids dork around and don’t take things seriously, it has a tendency to irritate him. A lack of sleep and stress are never good for him either, hence the funk. He was in need of stage make up, so we headed to the Walmart to get him some foundation and guy liner. I helped him choose the make up he needed and then a cute blouse caught my eye. Nathan didn’t want to hang out in the lingerie section while I tried it on (that’s where the fitting rooms are in this particular Walmart) so he opted to browse the men’s section instead. When I made it back, he had discovered a shirt he really liked and we selected a coordinating t-shirt to go with it to complete the look. He is being raised by an emotional eater which means that I have a tendency to treat my offspring’s funks with food, so I walked him down to frozen foods and had him pick out some ice cream. By the time we got home, his funk had dissipated and his mood was greatly improved.

To sum up our excursion, we bought make up, clothes and ice cream and then he felt better.

Maybe teenage boys aren’t as different from teenage girls as everyone tells me.  😉