So much for tradition

Gosh the girls start 1st & 3rd grade tomorrow. As always I am sad, this time sad that I no longer have a kindergartener and am one step closer to being a mother of two teenage girls. Where does the time go?
Today I took them back to school clothes shopping, not because they were well behaved,of course not, but because I remember so looking forward to this tradition every year as a child.
Now that I've experienced this back to school shopping as a parent I must admit that its much more pleasant playing the role of child.
Sophia my almost 8 yr old princess was insistant on buying a prom like dress for the first day of school. I'm not sure why they even sell these types of dresses, for what reason would an 8 yr old need a poofy, silky, "fancy" a.k.a. ugly dress? At my immediate veto Sophia then started whining and crying that she was going to be the only girl in Mrs.Reynold's class without a fancy dress. Seriously! What other kid would want to wear an ugly fancy dress to school? In fact I'm thinking if I relented she may have gotten sent to the nurses office for a clothing change, inappropriate outfit.
So I leave Sophia sulking and change gears, Logann. I love Logann but man she must be the most indecisive kid I know. She's too much like me I guess. She hems and haws over everything drives me crazy! But on a good note she is very easily persuaded. So I steer her accordingly and we have an outfit in 2 minutes. I think it also helped that she really had to pee so she was willing to move fast.
Then Logann joins forces with me and begins trying to help Sophia find something. She reminds Sophia that when she gets big she's going to be a fashion designer, she knows what she's doing, and is overly confident. Sophia however wasn't really impressed with Logann's fashion recommendations and basically blew her off. Now Logann's mad too "I spent all this time deciding for you, and you don't want my outfits." How dare you Sophia.
Oh the joy!
At this point I'm trying to recall how many bottles of white wine I have hanging in my wine holder at home. Wondering if I need to make a stop at the store. One things for sure, this back to school shopping will be the first and last. Screw the importance of tradition! In fact I'm thinking I might enroll them in a private school next year just so they can wear the same thing everyday. Great idea.
After a lot of back and forth we miraculously end up at the counter with 2 outfits, they'll be stylin alright, if only for the first day.