The day after shopping with my buddy Deb, I met my young son to purchase the clothes he needs for his internship (see the braggy blog from a few months back when I talk about how he landed a cushy internship at John Deere) at Jordan Creek. He's kind of a shopping snob and doesn't usually like to go to Valley West - my fave shopping grounds.
But we were shopping for him - it was all about the Judster. I was at a meeting when he texted to say he was leaving Ames, around 11ish Friday a.m. Surprising since he'd partied after a rough week of finals - 3 on Thursday!
We started by eating. When Deb and I met the day before, we had a leisurely lunch at Jason's Deli with more chatting than chewing (ha - does that remind you of Van's Chat and Chew in Atlantic?). With Jud - we headed to the food court and got Chick-Fil-A sannies. We chewed quickly and chatted a little.
Then we headed to those stores where boys his age buy a lot of clothes - he ended up getting shorts to replace some shorts he says he got mayo on that won't come out. Those aren't for the job of course. My boy stays pretty traditional - they're tan.
Then it was off to Younkers to look for work clothes. There he tried on lots of basic chinos, before I found some supposedly athletic fit no iron Izod brand that fit him in a way he approved. We got navy and a buff color. He says the ones he has are tan. He says Friday's at JD are jeans day. He may need to buy another pair - I tried to talk him into gray, but for now he's sticking with these. Also got a slate blue polo. He's got several colors already.
We headed to the shoe area. Younkers was woefully understaffed here - there were some he would have tried on, but nobody to help. So we checked out, once the checker looked up at the are near the door. This was a theme this week - staff everywhere but nobody available to take my $$!?! We looked at shoes at several places and ended up with some Timberland slipons at Dillards. I like them.
Finished with a long sleeve shirt at Aeropostle and then we headed for home. In other words we were all business! There was no camaraderie - chit chatting, back and forth examination of styles. That's okay though - this is my kid. It was a good outing and we got accomplished what we needed to. And through the years we've spent very little on him for clothes - especially post high school when he didn't need new sports shoes every season.
Now he's home for a couple nights before he heads to Moline for the big day - Monday when he starts. He'll live in a motel the first couple weeks - then he moves into the dorm at St. Ambrose University. There are something like 60 interns from across the country in the program at this site, so it will be quite the deal! He's gonna learn a lot from this experience - and shopping with Mom was just the start.
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