Because I am about to lose the plot with dd1.
I am not unreasonable and I do understand the pressures of being fashionable at secondary school but dd is driving me nuts. In Nov when it started to get cold, dd1 moaned that she was freezing all of the time and so I took her and bought a new coat from Tammy Girl. She chose it, and it cost £38, more than I would normally spend on a coat for myself, but it was nice and thick and smart.
Fast forward to now, and she is refusing to wear it to school at all and just goes in her blazer. She said it's not cold.
When she statred in Sept, I let her choose whatever shoes she wanted (within reason) and she picked a plain black pair or ballet pump style shoes from Asda. I knew they'd not last long, but I thought I could hunt for a more robust pair whilst she wore them out.
They went in the bin just before xmas, and now she is wearing her plain black lace up pumps (that were all the rage a while ago for some reason) and is refusing to wear anything else.
I bought her these today and she has tld me to send them back, but the bloody pumps she is wearing are dirty and falling apart.
I tried getting a pair almost identical to the shoes she had in Sept and surprise surprise she doesn't like those either now.
What does everyone else do ? Do you make them wear a coat and decent shoes ??