here's the thing about the "cinderella" archetype, and the fairy godparent trope in particular: deeply coiled inside the dna of our species is a secret craving to be the one who shows up out of nowhere with a pretty dress and some nice shoes for the (deserving, modest, and worthy) girl who doesn't have them and can't procure them herself, just when she needs them the most. you can't fight it. show the most bitter, twisted, abused, misogynist, PTSD, anti-happy ending person on earth that scene in always when holly hunter gets her present, sees the dress and the shoes, and looks up at richard dreyfuss with perfect love in her eyes and squeals "GIRL clothes!" and i guarantee their eyes will at least mist, if not go all niagara on you.
if you're willing to trade, for instance, two xbox games worth of prezzie for a day at de mall (or one game for a trip to the thrift shop) in the name of $GIRLY, and you make sure your parents are cognizant of the fact that you don't just want this to happen but are genuinely willing to give up something you'd much rather have, then the question, if it gets poised to them, by friend, relative, or fairy, of "what should i get katters for graduation?" has a quick answer ("take her shopping. soon. in fact, how's tonight?") ready to deploy. might seem like a hassle to ask of them, but remember: we're talking dna here.
then there's that whole "posting your shoe and dress size on teh intarwebs" thing, in case a fairy samaritan out there can loan you some garb for an afternoon. but that might be tempting fate, seeing how you know ABSOLUTELY NOBODY who does costuming, or goes to formal events, or has several closets worth of period garb covering several decades of fashion. much less several somebodies.
of course, you could also always offer services in trade, if you didn't want to leverage the graduation prezzie karma. but then, you'd need to know a costumer who'd be willing to trade an evening of babysitting for letting you raid her costume closet, and maybe a turn or two on her sewing machine. or something.
as a fallback position, i love the tie-dye idea. but i can also promise the next four years will provide at least one opportunity (if not several) to deploy a white skirt/dress, should you manage to achieve one. good luck with it.
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and if you're really good, audrey hepburn will meet you in the afterlife and give you a haircut.
on 2007-05-14 10:48 pm (UTC)if you're willing to trade, for instance, two xbox games worth of prezzie for a day at de mall (or one game for a trip to the thrift shop) in the name of $GIRLY, and you make sure your parents are cognizant of the fact that you don't just want this to happen but are genuinely willing to give up something you'd much rather have, then the question, if it gets poised to them, by friend, relative, or fairy, of "what should i get katters for graduation?" has a quick answer ("take her shopping. soon. in fact, how's tonight?") ready to deploy. might seem like a hassle to ask of them, but remember: we're talking dna here.
then there's that whole "posting your shoe and dress size on teh intarwebs" thing, in case a fairy samaritan out there can loan you some garb for an afternoon. but that might be tempting fate, seeing how you know ABSOLUTELY NOBODY who does costuming, or goes to formal events, or has several closets worth of period garb covering several decades of fashion. much less several somebodies.
of course, you could also always offer services in trade, if you didn't want to leverage the graduation prezzie karma. but then, you'd need to know a costumer who'd be willing to trade an evening of babysitting for letting you raid her costume closet, and maybe a turn or two on her sewing machine. or something.
as a fallback position, i love the tie-dye idea. but i can also promise the next four years will provide at least one opportunity (if not several) to deploy a white skirt/dress, should you manage to achieve one. good luck with it.