Costco Tuesdays
I wanted to write about Costco Tuesdays because it seems just fun. Also, there seem to be a number of inspiring ideas in this. I'm not going to tell you what those are or what they are for me. See what you hear in this. If you feel inspired, send us an email and tell us what you heard in this story.
Last fall, my son who is 16 started talking about "Costco Tuesdays" at home. I didn't pay any attention. He kept on every Tuesday saying something along the lines of "It's Costco Tuesday!". Hooray! He was wearing a Costco-branded hoodie. And then off to school.
Then next time I heard about it he was wearing the same hoodie and talking about all the kids who were participating in Costco Tuesday. I clued in.
"Is that a thing?" "Is everyone supposed to wear Costco clothes today?"
"On Tuesdays," he says.
Ok. Sounds interesting.
After school, I asked him if it was a thing his school was doing, like Crazy Hair Day or Pajama Day, back when I was in high school. He said it was a thing he started.
Cause he felt like it.
Interesting.
My daughter asked him if anyone else was doing it. Apparently yes.
"Everyone who is anyone is doing it, Mum. Don't you know?"
I started to feel left out. I needed to get with it.
A couple more weeks go by. Another Tuesday morning comes. He's all excited at breakfast because there are so many other kids doing Costco Tuesday. He's naming them all off. Both the junior and senior football teams and their friends are all doing it and how it's spreading and it's just fun.
At the height of the Costco Tuesday craze, 50 kids were participating, wearing Costco wear, every Tuesday. Just because my son thought it would be fun one day.
I noticed that once the idea came to him, I think he happened to be wearing his Costco hoodie on a Tuesday and he thought it would be fun to see how many other kids would do the same thing, he fully committed to it. Even before he told anyone else about it.
It WAS Costco Tuesday.
Then he told everyone about it. Except when he told them, he was telling them about something that was a done deal. It's already a thing.
"It's Costco Tuesday. Where is your Costco hoodie?"
He didn't present it as something that might happen or could happen if there was enough interest. It was happening!
With Love,
Sara Joy
Costco Tuesdays