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yesterday at softplay, a woman came over to me and said, is that your little girl?

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CarrieDababi · 03/09/2009 12:56

i thought oh god what's dd done now!

yes i reply.

oh just wantted to say what a lovely outfit

and yes it was boden
last years big button dress, long sleeved tee and wooly tights

awwww

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LetThemEatCake · 03/09/2009 14:19

love it when people take the time & trouble to compliment - doesn't happen enough.

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CarrieDababi · 03/09/2009 14:27

i agree

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muddleduck · 03/09/2009 14:29

did the woman have boys?

I have boys and spend far too much time looking at the lovely outfits worn by other peoples dds

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CarrieDababi · 03/09/2009 14:30

yes she did!
two gorgeous blonde boys

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SixtyFootDoll · 03/09/2009 14:31

muddleduck I have 2 boys and am always checking out girls outfits
Had the vertbaudet catalogue arrive today, the boys stuff was so dull, the girls was gorgeous..

muddleduck · 03/09/2009 14:31

ah. that explains it then.

muddleduck · 03/09/2009 14:34

oh don't get me started on boys clothes

I have no idea where to shop for my two these days. Mini mode used to be good but has gone weird. Boden is over priced (except in the sale). And most of the rest are obsessed with the grafitti-skull look which IMO is repulsive on small children.

must go and calm down...

meltedmarsbars · 03/09/2009 14:36

Well, my dd loves the graffiti-skull look. She will not wear the girls stuff. Its all boys - except the pants, which MUST NOT BE PINK, MUMMY!!!

LetThemEatCake · 03/09/2009 14:41

without meaning to sound large of head, people always compliment me on my children and their clothes, which I find rather hilarious as almost everything they wear is from charity shops.

here's the trick: go to a neighbourhood which is wealthier than yours. Hit the charity shops. Buy up big.

And have a mother who knits and lives in Australia. She sends the best stuff.

anniemac · 03/09/2009 14:59

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BitOfFun · 03/09/2009 15:01

Sigh. I just bloody bought something from Boden on the back of this.

I promised myself they would never suck me in

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CarrieDababi · 03/09/2009 15:13

oh i do like popping cherries

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thereistheball · 04/09/2009 10:31

French supermarkets are good for clothes. Fancy a day trip to Paris?

Northernlurker · 04/09/2009 10:39

It is lovely when that happens.

monkeysmama · 05/09/2009 09:11

I wanted to buy dd some Boden stuff yesterday but didn't like anything really. Did end up buying loads in Vertbaudet though. People often comment on my dd's clothes but usually on the stuff from H&M rather than the dearer clothes. My friend sells Danish/Swedish clothes & people always ask where one particular dress is from when dd wears it. I should start charging her for dd's advertising!

Mamazon · 05/09/2009 09:22

see i've gone up to people at times and asked where they had got something.
i always worry that they think im totally barking so im glad there are people that appreciate it as a compliment

Slubberdegullion · 05/09/2009 09:41

Oh I do that too Mamazon. It's made my day whenever I've had it happen to me.

A few years ago I chased one woman down the highstreet in the quest to compliment her on her ds's coat and to find out where she got it (dd1 had asked FC for a yellow coat). I was red faced and totally out of breath, all I could do was point and stammer "the coat, the coat".

I am AMAZED she didn't spray me in the face with mace.

bran · 05/09/2009 13:09

When DS was little I used to buy him loads of clothes from Dunnes in Dublin whenever I went to visit my parents and it was always that stuff that got the comments. People assumed that it was expensive designer stuff because it was a colour other than sludge when in fact it cost about the same as Asda clothes.

Unfortunately now that he is 5 even Dunnes only do sludge coloured clothes. However I did buy 19 mo DD loads of gorgeous things there last week.

When I move back to Ireland I will probably buy both children loads of clothes from Asda because every other child in Ireland will be wearing Dunnes.

BitOfFun · 05/09/2009 13:44

The dress for dd2's birthday arrived this morning- it is lovely! I have put a pic on my profile. She is autistic and can't talk, but I think you can see from her smile that she feels quite the business in it

gemmummy · 05/09/2009 13:49

lovely pic.

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CarrieDababi · 05/09/2009 13:59

bit of fun that's a gorgeous pic.
she does look very lovely.
also pleased as punch!.

that's actually the same dress as my dd was wearing at softplay although shes in last years colours blue and brown.

i also think the linning and the fabric, soft and velevty is lovely too.
you can always flog it on ebay when your dds out grown it too and get quite a bit of your money back.

she looks so adorable

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BitOfFun · 05/09/2009 14:03

Thanks- she needs to be, the mischief she gets up to!

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation here- the kids' clothes are very cute...dangerous on the wallet though!

bodenites · 05/09/2009 14:22

all your pics are lovely and dd is gorgeous i have a son(16) with autism (no speech) always up to mischief too

BitOfFun · 05/09/2009 14:25

They keep us on our toes, eh?

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CarrieDababi · 05/09/2009 14:27

lol.
i know what you mean!

i often buy dds clothes on ebay

i really love your dds auburn hair, have you ever tried rag rolling it? i did that would look amazing.
i'm think nicole kidman early days.

although if shes anything like my dd she would pull all the rags out!

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