Pretty Baby: Part II

Following my last post, we took a trip to our local retail park where there is a very large store divided into a Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury's. The other half needed a new suit, which came to a very reasonable £149 (down from £300!) and then we wandered into Sainsbury's to pick up something for dinner.

After having browsed the DVD section and picking up 2 cheap Bob the Builder "BDBs" (DVDs) for Jay and series 1 & 2 of The Tudors for myself, Jay spotted the little girls' jewellery stand. Now he loves my jewellery and always wants to wear one of my necklaces, but now he was in raptures - there were BEADS! And he quickly picked out a pastel-coloured, floral-print, elastic beaded necklace for himself off the display. He was quite intrigued by the sparkly pink hair grips too, but we had to draw a line somewhere (and anyway, he's getting his hair cut soon)! We took the tag off and let him wear it, putting just the tag on the conveyor when we paid. The other half felt the need to excuse that our son was wearing a necklace to the cashier, who replied that he had a couple of kids and they ALL tend to like these things at this age. I on the other hand couldn't give a monkeys what other people think of my 2 year old son wearing a necklace.

The only problem is, since we've returned home he has also taken a liking to my bangles. So it seems that my jewellery box is still not safe from little hands. Oh well, at least he's not asking for pierced ears just yet!