Hoodie Tuesday: Core
Lately, I’ve been wondering why I’m not “core.” Or at least I don’t THINK I’m core. No one ever walks up to me and says, “Wow you’re so core.” Not even when I’m snowboarding, and I’m super good at snowboarding. Plus, I can work things like “when I lived in Steamboat….” and “when i lived in Aspen…” into everyday conversation. Usually when people ask about my favorite breakfast cereal or that sort of thing. AND, most of all, I run a snowboarding WEBSITE! Surely every who does that is core. I live in a less ski-ish town (Bend, OR) now, so I understand that may have diminished my coreness just a bit. But it’s not my fault we couldn’t afford a house with a separate bedroom for our baby in the Aspen valley. Or, you know, a house with a bedroom.
No, after much thought and consideration, I’ve decided being core is probably wardrobe-related. And my problem is that I buy all of my clothes off of the 80% off rack at Old Navy and Target.
At first I decided instead of Old Navy, I would shop at thrift stores. I’m not sure if that’s really core, but it’s the most hipster-ish thing that fits my budget. Except… Did you know jeans at goodwill are now like $12? Holy shit. And inexplicably, at the Goodwill that I went to with my mom, all of the clothes were arranged by color?! WTF, who has time for that? Especially when your toddler is running up and down the aisles screaming “BLUE!” and ripping things off the rack. Wait, it’s probably not core to mention a toddler. Scratch that, instead I’ll say: especially when you want to pick out only items that are super core and prove just how core you are. Oh and scratch the part about my Mom also. People who are core probably don’t have a mom, they just appeared on the earth after two snowboards had sex and immediately began to snowboard. Or skate if it was summer, but I don’t know if snowboards have sex in the summer.
Anyway, back on topic. After more thinking and pondering and ruminating I thought, maybe if I buy one really cool hoodie to wear with all of my Old Navy clothes, I could pass as core? The hoodie would sort of cover things up so you might not notice the Old Navy logos. So I did what any super cool and down type person would do. I googled “core hoodie.”
And I came up with this:
It’s called the “Spyder Core Soiree Hoodie.” So apparently Spyder is core and I just never realized it? As are soirees? And ugly fur collar thingies around your hood? Wow I’m so far from core there is no choice but to concede failure. Who knew this thing I’ve struggled with for years and years was just impossible. I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
So now that I don’t have to worry about being core, I think I’ll buy this hoodie for my toddler. As I mentioned and subsequently “scratched” earlier, she really likes blue. She likes it so much that she will only read picture books that are blue. Although, to be fair, she also calls red and green “blue,” but 75% of the time she actually means blue.
Isn’t it cute? It’s from their new Harajuku Mini collection, some of which I wish came in sizes big enough for me, except I probably couldn’t pull off a sailor dress with attached red and white striped leggings. Though I bet June Bhongjan could.
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