I sometimes wake up thinking of things that have nothing to do with anything...or anything that I can think of! This morning it was the red windbreaker I bought when I was in high school.
Mom and I had gone to the local mall and I saw this red windbreaker in the Lerner's window and HAD TO HAVE IT! However, Mom wouldn't buy it for me...I had to earn money to pay for it myself. We put it on lay away (do stores still have the "lay away" option?) The price: $9.
Nowadays that sounds like a very small amount but back in the day when I was a teen, I was babysitting for 25 cents an hour. It took me quite some time to save up the money to buy that windbreaker but I was so proud to buy something with my own money.
I wonder what it is like for kids these days who have so many material things that are bought FOR them instead of earning the money to buy them themselves.......
1 comment:
I sort of remember that windbreaker!
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