Bitten by Mittens
A story about getting lost on the way out.
Yesterday, the child had 3 brand new pair of mittens.
24 hours later we are down to ONE.
I have one. Not a pair - ONE mitten, which is pretty much the same use as no mittens
Last week the dog ate the last pair of those one-size-fits-all gloves you can pick up at the dollar store, so when I was in there the other day I bought her 3 more pair of mittens. I thought that for sure that would get her through the season.
I was wrong.
She has a very expensive pair of mittens that are for outside in the dead of winter for activities like sledding or playing in the snow making snow angels in the front yard, but for going to school or anywhere where they can will get lost she gets to wear the dollar store wonders.
This is where they’ve gone in the past 24 hours
Pair Number 1: We went to the grocery store with mittens - she came back without mittens
Pair Number 2: She left this pair on the school bus. There’s a slim chance we will see them again but don’t get your hopes up.
Pair Number 3: We had to pick up a prescription at the drugstore and just like the supermarket, she went into the store with mittens and came out with one.
When I mentioned the need for more mittens to BW, I mentioned those strings or clips or something that you can buy to prevent mitten loss but BW poo-pooed my idea as “They never work”
Want to know what else doesn’t work? Relying on either the child or myself to be aware of the current mitten status when we leave..well, anywhere.
Dear Santa: Send Mittens - we’ve got a long winter ahead of us yet.
Trying to keep our extremities warm,
TH and Co.