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When I came home today I was met at the door by MAC who was dressed in a flowery pink, yellow, green, and black top with a pink, black, and white skirt. No, they did not have the same matching flowery pattern. I asked her if she had been outside wearing the outfit and she had said, "only to get the recycle bin and bring it to the backyard."

I know that as a parent I should be teaching her how to coordinate her clothes. My issue is that for school she wears a uniform which I don't have to match so the usual "your friends would laugh at that outfit" doesn't really mean much to her. The other issue was that for such a long time she didn't want to wear anything but black so there really wasn't any coordination necessary.

I have put some things together that others have initially thought was odd, when I put it on they looked great. Unfortunately the outfit she was wearing today didn't. She had a friend knock on the door right before dinner and ask her to come out and play. She didn't change and went out to play, her friend didn't care about what she was wearing. She just wanted her to come out and play. I understand letting them be themselves but there is a line.

I try to buy in "outfits" but it is when she takes one part from one and one part from another and puts them together they don't always match. Maybe someday she'll care about what she is wearing. Yep, and maybe someday pigs will fly!