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My older son, H (as I like to refer to him as on my blog), is going to be 3.5 years old next month.  As he grows older, the more opinionated he gets.  Of course I'm not saying I don't want him to have his own opinions, but this is going to take a little while to get used to.  The Gap was having a sale, so I bought him a cute orange t-shirt with a turtle on it and a blue one with a shark.  He immediately loved the shark one and then looked at the turtle one with a frown on his face.  He said, "Mom, I don't like fake turtles.  I only like real turtles." Um. Ok.  Me: "So, should I take the shirt back to the store?" H: "Yes."  Over the course of two days, I kept trying to get him to like the shirt telling him how cute the turtle was.  He was not budging.  So, I returned it. In homage to H and his big opinions, I have included some clothes that he would stamp with his approval because they have animals that chomp, stomp, are scary...

Happy Friday! This post it a bit of a mash up. First off, I wanted to show you that the Wall Street Journal was in agreement with me about adding some fun to men's wardrobes, and footwear in particular, by adding colored laces.  See my post about this here . Thanks to my fashion-forward co-worker who sent this article my way.  :) Click on the link below if you want to take a look at the WSJ article. WSJ men's style article  The rest of the pictures are from my wandering around town trying to pick up some items from my spring shopping list.  See my list here. New Yorkers are notorious for carrying around a million bags for our gym clothes, yoga mats, flats to change into after running around in heels all day, etc.  So, I thought these totes from the Gap would be a cute way to incorporate neon (top left) or very bright colors (top right- the tote is actually a very electric blue).  Also, I love stripes.  I can't get ...