fashion before comfort.....

That's the motto of the Stapleton women in Franklin, Tennessee. It doesn't matter what else happens in the world around them, fashion will always win out over comfort. Listed below are three recent examples:

Meg - At her homecoming dance in October, she looked wonderful. However, the shoes that matched the dress were a bit uncomfortable. When she got home that night, she told the bride that her feet were killing her. The bride asked why she just didn't take her shoes off and dance barefoot. "Mom, fashion before comfort....."

Sara - The students at Moore Elementary marched in yesterday's Veteran's Day Parade in downtown Franklin. Because rain was in forecast, one of the mothers in Sara's class purchased inexpensive rain ponchos for all the kids to wear. Sara came home with hers still in the package. She said it was ugly and didn't want to wear it. Besides, she liked walking in the rain, and she could use the poncho later as a costume for a play in the garage. Fashion before comfort.....

The bride - Last night at about 7:30, I decided to go on a walk. I asked the bride to accompany me, and she asked "Is it still raining?" I told her that it had stopped, so she came along. About half-way into the walk, it started to sprinkle. You would have thought that fire and brimstone was being hurled down from the skies. "It's raining! You said it wasn't raining!" In my defense, it WASN'T raining when we left. "I can't believe this! Look at my hair!" She was so concerned about her hair getting wet that we did something together for the very first time - we jogged together, although that didn't last for too long. Once we got back, the old hair dryer was cranked up and order was restored to the bride's hair. Fashion before comfort.....

Remember Billy's Crystal's character, Fernando, on Saturday Night Live in the 80's? His motto was "It is better to look good than to feel good." Twenty years later, I'm living with three female versions of Fernando.