So on Sunday Quinn wrote a bunch of very specific stuff on our whiteboard shopping list:
- Gillette Fusion 3D Razor,
- Shaving Gel,
- Deodorant,
- Special Hair Wax,
- blah bah the list went on.
Of course all top of the range expensive stuff.
So we had a discussion about budgeting and cost effectiveness and being a smart consumer, and I agreed that he could have a budget for toiletries that he can manage and then he can decide if he REALLY needs Gillette Fusion (battery operated vibrating) razor, or if a BIC disposable will do etc. He of course decided he must have the vibrating 'cool' one. I explained that once we set the budget he can do what he wants with it, but I won't be buying toiletries he'll need to cover what he needs(wants) with that budget.
We also had a big talk about shaving since he's started getting a darkened 'moustache' area and says some boys at school have started shaving already.
So I said we can talk/think about that and get advice etc and I'd get someone to teach/show him and we would take it from there.
So we drew up a budget spreadsheet and then he was going to research some pricing etc so we could compromise on a reasonable amount.
Last night he came to the shops with me and went off with a notepad to the toiletry section to do his research. He came back saying the Gillette Razor is R120! He went back to look some more and eventually settled on some decent 2-blade disposable razors in a 5-pack for R30 and then found a 2-pack of Shaving Gel for R20 (while the other was R50 for one), a nice toothbrush/toothpaste set for R12 etc.
I agreed we could get the stuff he chose, since he was making wise and frugal decisions and looking at what was on promotion etc, and that we would store it for now.
So what do I find when I got out the bath after we got home..?
The child had decided to go off and shave right then and there!
He was so chuffed with himself and how smooth his face was. 
So I now have a really large (pretty much taller than me now) size-10-footed, face-shaving child. Just when and how did that happen?!? I mean really. Yesterday he was small and cute and only 6!!!
This is all happening really fast!
Anyone else have shavers??
- Gillette Fusion 3D Razor,
- Shaving Gel,
- Deodorant,
- Special Hair Wax,
- blah bah the list went on.
Of course all top of the range expensive stuff.
So we had a discussion about budgeting and cost effectiveness and being a smart consumer, and I agreed that he could have a budget for toiletries that he can manage and then he can decide if he REALLY needs Gillette Fusion (battery operated vibrating) razor, or if a BIC disposable will do etc. He of course decided he must have the vibrating 'cool' one. I explained that once we set the budget he can do what he wants with it, but I won't be buying toiletries he'll need to cover what he needs(wants) with that budget.
We also had a big talk about shaving since he's started getting a darkened 'moustache' area and says some boys at school have started shaving already.
So I said we can talk/think about that and get advice etc and I'd get someone to teach/show him and we would take it from there.
So we drew up a budget spreadsheet and then he was going to research some pricing etc so we could compromise on a reasonable amount.
Last night he came to the shops with me and went off with a notepad to the toiletry section to do his research. He came back saying the Gillette Razor is R120! He went back to look some more and eventually settled on some decent 2-blade disposable razors in a 5-pack for R30 and then found a 2-pack of Shaving Gel for R20 (while the other was R50 for one), a nice toothbrush/toothpaste set for R12 etc.
I agreed we could get the stuff he chose, since he was making wise and frugal decisions and looking at what was on promotion etc, and that we would store it for now.
So what do I find when I got out the bath after we got home..?
The child had decided to go off and shave right then and there!
He was so chuffed with himself and how smooth his face was. So I now have a really large (pretty much taller than me now) size-10-footed, face-shaving child. Just when and how did that happen?!? I mean really. Yesterday he was small and cute and only 6!!!
This is all happening really fast!
Anyone else have shavers??
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