[wardaddy]

I went through that myself

Parisian

McRaes

Kenningtons

The Emporium

Lerners

Gayfers

Foleys

Joskes

Godchaux

DH Holmes

Neiman Marcus

Titches

Gus Mayer

JC Penny

Frost Bros

Sakowitz

Maison Blanche

Sanger Harris

Rag barns, Millers, Gibson’s, Howards, Zayres

From Jackson Mississippi to New Orleans to Dallas and Houston

Mothers and Mama’s shopping nirvana trapezoid from bottom bargains to fancy

Unless dad rescued me I was dragged along

Only thing worse was beauty shop Saturdays at the Imperial on Ellis ave

4-5 hours of cheek pinched Hell while my pals played at home

Btw in spite of it all I think most here who know me will agree I’m a virile heterosexual

I tell you in depressing rooms back then women wore a lot more undergarments

Stocking and girdles and slips...

Lord a mighty.

The irony is I’ve never quit shopping for women’s clothes for my women ever since in some of those same stores now

My wife even has a card for one....and it’s a very very very dangerous card

[mrsmel]

In some 30-odd years of marriage, my DH has never once gone clothes shopping with me. I think he’d have hot pokers driven through his eyes first, lol. And I’m not even an avid shopper, I hate shopping for clothes. That is one thing for which I am profoundly grateful to the internet-I mostly wear “American sportswear style”, you know, khakis and shirts, loafers or ballet style flats-that’s not hard to fit, so I don’t have many problems fitting clothes.

Speaking of shopping, I’m very sad that Henri Bendel closed down, I loved that store. If I love a store or restaurant, it invariably closes down before very long, or else makes some drastic change in the opposite direction to why I loved it to begin with. I didn’t know that Bendel was about to close, some intuition made me make a large buy on purses, weekend bags, accessories, the like, right before they closed.

BTW, to what does your tag line refer, if I may ask? I already know that I likely support whatever stance it refers to, as you and I have like views on matters Southern.

[mrsmel]

Oh, and lol at the cheek-pinching-I don’t seem to notice that older relatives do that to the young ‘uns anymore.

[dixiechick2000]

I’m so sorry you were dragged shopping with your mom, but shopping for your wife is a whole entirely different thing! Knowing you, I’m sure that’s one extremely pleasurable experience.

Personally, I like to shop for myself, by myself. For one thing, my husband feels about shopping the way mrsmel’s husband feels about it. Plus, I like to surprise him. ;)