Autumn

Autumn is officially here. I've turned on the central heat and spent all day yesterday coat shopping for the kiddos. It was an interesting experience. It's the first time that I've really shopped for Rosie and asked for her opinion. I knew if I bought a coat that she didn't like then there would be hell to pay every single morning when I tried to put it on her. OK, I'm all for democracy in the home but it was an exhausting experience. Rosie wanted to try everything on, then she'd look at herself in the mirror and immediately want to take it off again shouting "NO LIKE IT! OFF! OFF!"

We must've tried on every little girl's coat in Bluewater but everything was itchy or too big or too small but mostly it was just a case of "no like it". For a moment I thought Rosie was going to choose a hideous white fake fur coat because she kept it on for a millisecond longer than the others but, thankfully, decided "no like it" too. Finally we found a brown tweed herringbone coat at Next with pink flowers embroidered on it. Rosie admired herself in the mirror while wearing it and decreed it "nice". I paid for it before she could try on anything else.

And Toby is no easier. This year he wanted a duffle coat but they were very hard to find. I finally found one in Monsoon Kids. It was nice and "flat" too (Toby hates anything too puffy) but was more than I was hoping to spend. I couldn't find anything else remotely suitable so ended up buying it in the next size up so Tobes can hopefully wear it for two years (ha ha). I made sure not to remove the tags until the new coat got the royal nod but I'm pleased to say that all was well.

Pictures to follow soon. They do look so cute in their winter clothes. I still need to get Rosie a new hat and scarf but I need to prepare myself for another afternoon of "no like it" first.