Originally published June 26, 2006.
I’d like to introduce you to Harry, my son’s odd-looking, plastic friend.
Harry was an impulse purchase (most things C buys are like this) about three weeks ago. He’d whipped through the checkout line at the consignment shop before I even knew he planned to spend anything.
And Harry cost four dollars.
Now, I’m a saver, but I’ve tried to instill in my children values about money — to include earning, saving, giving, investing, and well, spending. My kids each earn money as employees in my company, and just recently they’ve begun receiving an allowance as well. But sometimes, this is quite a lot of financial responsibility, as I only buy their essentials — the rest is up to them.
Sometimes my kids make excellent money choices. And sometimes they don’t. We even had to set limits about candy purchases, or I feared neither would have any teeth by the time they entered middle school.
I felt that Harry was a big purchase for a kid with only five dollars in his current stash. But C seemed pleased with it and passed most of the afternoon with his sister following the package directions on how to make the miraculous hair grow. He even gave me a stern “talking to” when I nearly dumped out the magic “brain solution” that was supposed to make it grow faster.
Now, three-weeks later, after constant care and observation, Harry is hairy.
Maybe C’s not so bad with money after all.
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PS. I’m a big cheater, but I linked to this post from Robin’s Fun Monday also. The topic is worst hair story. This will have to do;)
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12:08 am
today was Fun Monday posting “bad hair day”
Harry fits in marvelously
8:28 am
Kelly, cheating isn’t ALWAYS bad, hehe. Hairy is a FANTASTIC submission for FM because he is DIFFERENT…and definitely bad hair-worthy!
Sounds like C got his money’s worth, if you ask me
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5:06 pm
Hairy Harry definitely fits the bill.
6:15 pm
I’m glad you all like Harry!
6:30 pm
That is too cute! I really like Harry and think that he was a wise investment so close to Earth Day!
9:14 pm
Just hopped over from It’s a Wonderful Life. What a nice story, and fun hairy Harry!
Take care,
Amy
8:45 am
Haha! Totally looks like something I would have purchased way back when. My son’s way too young for Harry-type items yet, but I look forward to experiencing things like plastic toys and of course brain solution!