J-Mom and i were in the parking lot of Ethan-6yr’s school yesterday. Something beautiful caught my eye.
A little girl in red suede and chocolate leather loafers. i knew them from 20 yards, easily. They could only be these Born beauties (pronounced ‘Byorn’):
As cute as they are, they’re even cuter on a 3rd grader.
I said to my mom, "Did you know that Born makes children’s shoes…?"
long pause.
"What does she make them out of? Feathers?"
longer pause.
I have no idea what she’s talking about. What in the world just happened to a perfectly good shoe conversation?
A mental image popped up.
Ah.
Of course.
"Not Bjork!! BORN, Mom!"
Geez.
To be fair, handbags are her thing. Shoes are mine, with very little overlap in these two interests.
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2:40 pm
Frankly, I’m impressed ANYONE’S mom knows who Bjork is and could get her confused with the shoes. My hat’s off to her.
But the shoes! How cute are they?!?!? OMG. But? I would not be spending that much money on third grade shoes. Just me.
3:18 pm
OMWord! That is the most hideous dress I have ever seen in my whole life! I may have nightmares about it tonight.
Adorable shoes!
4:51 pm
That is HILARIOUS! Pretty impressive that your mom even knows who Bjork is, though. My mom wouldn’t have a clue!
4:58 pm
Okay, I thought the baby stuff (Bjorn) was pronounced like that, and the shoes were pronounced the way it was spelled. Huh.
9:12 pm
Is that woman actually wearing a dead swan? Who the heck is she? and for the love of all feathered things, *why* is she wearing a dead bird?
Oh yeah, the shoes are adorable, and I wish I had some just like them. Except that I have never in my life paid that kind of money for shoes. Although I have to admit…that pair is awfully tempting. I wonder if they come in my size?
10:41 pm
Love the shoes. But heck, who’s Bjork?
12:13 am
And who could forget that swan dress? That’s one that will not die.
11:52 am
I have to admit, I’m not crazy about the shoes. But I bet they’re cute on a third grader. And I’m completely impressed that your mom knew Bjork, and also that you figured out the leap in the conversation.
12:19 pm
This is so sad that I know who Bjork is and when she wore that dress. It is just as ugly now as it was then…
And cute or not, I wouldn’t spend that much on shoes for a kid who will possibly only wear them 6 months top. Where’s the sense in that?! I say buy them knock offs and save the extra for my shoe spending… But that’s just me being logical and selfish, two qualities with which I sometimes flutter - but not often at the same time.
2:30 pm
Yes, the generation gap prevails:
My son: Mom–you’re phat!
My other son: Mom–I’m down w’dat!
Is it any wonder there remains a communication gap within the generation gap?????
Bjorn? Bjork? It’s all b’dazzlingly confusing to me!
Diane
6:23 pm
Yeah, there’s a big difference there, huh?
12:59 am
I love the shoes, but I truly love the image that they provoked. That it soooo funny.
12:21 pm
im going to give her the benifit of the doubt. was she dressed like that for a halloween party?
3:47 pm
That is hilarious!!! I remember that weird dress. Well Bjork is known for being eccentric, I guess maybe if the “dress-incident” was the only time she’d seen Bjork that WOULD stick out in her mind. haha
6:47 am
I only know Bjork from the swan dress episode…was it at the Oscars?, I forget.
I like the Born (with two dots) shoes, but not enough to buy them for myself and I second the “too expensive” comments for my daughter. Stride Rite is about as expensive as I get, and that is only occasionally.