Monday, November 12, 2012

DAY 12: WEGO Health's National Blog Post Month

DAY 12 - Call BS on something. What is something that is just ridiculous?


I thought long and hard about what I wanted to call BS on. And I came up with a few winners. But I just didn't feel the need to vent about any of those things. And if I don't feel I need to vent then I find I don't get a well written post that makes me happy when I read it back.
So my topic for today shall be "it's BS for women to shave their legs in the winter". I mean who are we kidding? Who really enjoys shaving their legs? Is it not one of the only things that suck about the summer time? Do we really want to have to deal with that all winter as well? And I don't know about y'all but it gets cold here in Canada and any extra layer of warmth helps in my opinion.
And while I'm on the topic of legs and warmth I want to call BS on not wearing socks in the winter. I don't care if you're warm blooded, have warm boots or are acclimatized to the cold weather. If you refuse to wear socks then your kid(s) do too. And then I end up looking in the playroom for half an hour for the very expensive socks he/she refuses to wear and you want back.
And while I'm on the topic of kids refusing to to wear articles of clothing; hats and mitts. Teach. Your. Children. To. Keep. Their. Hat. And. Mitts. On. From. The. Day. They. Are. Born! It makes my job a hell of a lot easier. Replacing articles of outdoor wear in the middle of -30 degrees Celsius weather a bunch of times causes me a great deal of grief. And if "you tried them on and it took you 10 minutes and a lot of wiggling to get them on him" then it's a fair bet that it's not good daycare wear.
The same goes for those fancy snow suits that they can't get on themselves or get dirty. Now that's BS.
Where are our fancy snow suits? Adult snow suits I mean. We have all of these cool snow suits for kids and they can't get them on while adults have crappy, boring snow suits that even a 2 year old could do. Oh, and I forgot to mention that they cost an appendage if you do manage to find something decent. BS. The only nice things women can get in winter are boots.
Which brings me to my next point. I was shopping with my little sister this weekend for new boots and I saw some clearance sandals. But (besides the fact that there was none in my size) I never would have tried a pair on anyway. And do you know why? Because I didn't shave my legs! I guess everything comes around full circle. I am hereby christening it the "Circle of BS".
I may revisit this topic at a later date. But for now, happy Monday!
:)