Trend Spotting

What's a girl to do when her "been there seen that" mother is quicker at spotting cool new things. I suppose mutually admiring the same things is affirmation enough and confirmation that one is considered "cool" by the mater familius. I was showing plasticmom this cool pepper grinder when she exclaimed that it wasn't new, but she'd seen it in Japan a few years ago at a tempura bar where the chef was using this pepper mill. I suppose, like mother like daughter.