Beltless

This morning when Luke was getting dressed, he asked me to help him find a belt. Apparently, all of his good jeans were dirty. I was given a few pairs by a neighbor lady whose son had outgrown them, but they were a bit too big.

I knew Kyle had an old belt somewhere, but it was MIA . I told Luke I would stop and buy him a belt on the way to school.

My first stop was Nordstrom’s Rack. Yes, 80% of their store is women's apparel, but they do have a decent children’s department. Unfortunately their kids' offerings don’t include belts.
So it was off to Old Navy. No dice there, either. They did have some trousers that came with a belt. I was tempted to buy those, but Luke only wears jeans.

I even scanned the girl’s department, hoping to find a belt that wasn’t pink or purple—anything that could pass for gender neutral. I left with only a pink tank top from the ladies’ clearance rack. A girl can never have too many pink tank tops.

On the way home, I stopped by Kohl’s. They had boys’ belts, but aside from being buried in a rack behind the clearance section, their belt selection was lackluster, at best. There were no black and brown reversible braided belts with a gold-tone buckle in size small anywhere in the store. I guess I’m an impossible customer to please.

Seriously, how hard could it possibly be to find a kids' belt? I mean SERIOUSLY?!?!? Is there a leather shortage I don't know about?

Sigh. I'll probably try Target and another Kohl's this weekend. Worst case scenario, I'll check Wal-Mart. In the meantime, I have to throw a load of jeans in the wash.