Day 164: Gifts and Underwear

Posted on | February 12, 2008 |

The Great Underwear Search of ‘08 continues.  After a few moments of mom vs. son lack-of-communication tension last night, it came out that The Son’s lack of comfortable underwear is interfering in his life.  The Son, already no big fan of social situations or leaving the house, is even more reluctant to get dressed and go anywhere because of his current lack of comfortable undies.  So I’ve renewed my energies into finding a new brand and style of men’s underwear that will provide a comfortable fit and allow The son to rejoin the world.

Kasper Organics — $20.61
One, yes — just one, pair of organic cotton men’s briefs.  Plus shipping.  On the one hand I hope they don’t fit because I don’t relish the thought of outfitting The Son in 7 to 10 pair of incredibly expensive underwear that he’s sure to outgrow in no time.  On the other hand, I really need to find a brand that fits and I’d hate to shell out that kind of money on a pair of briefs that he doesn’t like.

Burlington Coat Factory — $8.40
One package of 6 briefs — a good price but a bust.  The cotton is nasty and the fit is unacceptable.

Marshalls — $32.17
Three more packages of briefs in three different brands — one of every brand/type they had in a size small.

The brand and style he liked the best was a box of 6 low rise briefs by Body Glove.  The package of 6 briefs cost $9.99.  Naturally, I can’t find another box in this size anywhere.  I mean no where!  I called every single Marshalls in our metro area.  No one had a size Small.  I even called the Marshalls in the city/state where my mom lives — again, no size Small.  I can’t find a single package on-line; not even eBay.

I also bought a box of Polo Ralph Lauren classic briefs.  The Son said they’re close, but still a little too loose still — just like the Alfani’s we bought weeks ago.

The third package was a set of three Tommy Hilfiger classic briefs.  He didn’t like them as much as the Polo/Ralph Laurens.

Apple — $254.90
I finally made our second birthday present purchase for The Daughter’s upcoming 16th birthday.  I’ve tried making this purchase for the last 4 days but I just could not decide what to have engraved on the back.  So far all of our iPod purchases (a Mini several years ago for The Daughter and my own Nano in ‘06) were made at the Apple store.  This time I wanted to make the purchase on-line and have it inscribed but when it came time to make the purchase, I simply could not decide what to say.  I consulted The Husband.  He was definitely no help.  I consulted my mom.  I consulted my sister who in turn consulted her son.  Tonight I wrote down all of the options and made The Husband and The Son vote on the options.  We all three voted for the same inscription so I finally took the plunge and ordered the bloody thing.  I bought a 8gb pink Nano, the Apple Care plan (we bought one for The Daughter’s first Mini and it proved to be very worth the expense).  The inscription is free as are the gift message and gift package.

Related Posts for Further Reading

• Day 185: BIG Expenses Today
• Day 102: Co-pay, Quicksilver, and iTunes
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• $$: Clothing
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