Pink; exceptions to

Being the mother of a little girl presents many challenges; the biggest and most concerning being the color pink. 
Society has assigned the color pink as the official color of little girls everywhere.  This can be very concerning to those of us who are disinclined to cloth ourselves in pastel. 
I have always been a vocal in my distaste for pink, much to the dismay of many friends and co-workers when it was babyshower time.  I have since, however, discovered that there can be exceptions to buying and wearing the color pink when you are the mother of a toddler.
The exceptions are as follows:
- Elmo (enough said)
- Minnie or Mickey are involved
- the shorts are tie-dyed and super cheap
- references to Auntie* or Grandma*
     *references must be on a fuchia or similar color item (pastel will be vetoed) and cannot involve bears, kitties or puppies
- child will not let go of the item without causing a scene that will get you band from Target.

So as you can see there are perfectly good reasons for purchasing and wearing pink. 

Challenge accepted!