Note to Old Navy...and all baby clothes makers/retailers

Dear Old Navy, et al.

Regarding the sizing of infant clothing. Is there really no way to standardize the system of sizing? Buying anything is a crap shoot...some brands run long and narrow, some wide, some have small neck openings, etc. Wouldn't the industry, as a whole, benefit from some organized system? I know I'd be a happier consumer.

And regarding the size ranges (specifically Old Navy)...6-12 months is a really big gap. Have you seen the difference between most 6 month and 12 month olds? It's pretty significant. Do you really think it's fair and wise to use this large range. I can get on board with 12-18 month, their growing slows a little. My baby (at 8 months) is still growing pretty rapidly and is either swimming in 6-12 month or there is no way they'll still fit at 12 months. It makes me not want to shop at Old Navy for baby clothes. Too much to consider on a brain that already isn't operating at optimum capacity. I'm just saying.

Thanks for your time.

I'd like to teach the world...

...the correct usage of "I" and "me". Seriously. Don't get me wrong, I'm no grammar-nazi. You have only to read a paragraph of this blog to be assured of that (just like I'm not a spelling-nazi or a punctuation-nazi (my love of the comma and ellipse are fairly obvious)). I'm also not speaking to any one person, because there are gobs and skads and tons of people...college educated people...who don't seem to know this little grammar law.

Maybe it's because of my mom (sorry mom) or my english-major husband, but I cringe inwardly and sometimes physically flinch when I hear or read this infraction. Okay, so here is my schpiel.

First, the incorrect:

"Bill and me went on an awesome hike the other day."

"Here's Bill and I on our way to the big game.

The way you can tell these are wrong is by dropping the other person from the sentence (with some minor changes to the sentence to make it for one person) to see if it still makes sense.

"Me went on an awesome hike the other day." Um, not unless you're Animal from the Muppets.

"Here's I on my way to the big game." Again, not quite right. However, you could use "I" by further altering the sentence, but I don't want to muddy the lesson at this point.

Then there's the one that makes my eye twitch. You NEVER have to try to make "I" possessive. Ever. The proper possessives are "our," "my" or "mine" So, you should never do this:

"Bill and I's party was the bomb." mmmmuuh, I can barely type that without my head exploding.

Okay, so here are the correct ways to write all of these sentences...just for the sake of clarity.

"Bill and I went on an awesome hike the other day."

"Here's Bill and me on our way to the big game." Yes people, you can use "...and me" and it IS correct.

"Our party was the bomb."

If you are one of the people who abuse "I" (and you know who you are), trust me, proper usage (especially in business situations) will make you sound a whole lot more competent.

Okay, I'll step down off of my soapbox and return this blog back to its more frivolous nature. Thanks for letting me get that off of my chest.