yesterday we met up with aina's and darrows at the library. laney continues to not be the biggest fan of storytime. she likes the books and games, but doesn't participate in the dances. since we're not doing a sport (the ballet we wanted is only offered at night this time around) we'll keep trying.
she continues to be a big fan of the computers and ipads, not surprisingly.
these fun shapes have made a reappearance. i love when they play with educational toys. and don't mind the giant folgers coffee container. we bought them at a garage sale in said container and i've never switched it out.
i went to visit sister yorkshire at chesapeake shores after lanes went to school. she is such a sweet lady, but darn, getting old sucks.
after a complete dinner fail, (tried my hand at parsnips and even matt didn't like them, and he'll eat anything!) stressful church stuff, and several (and i mean several) mom blunders, i was ready to run away from home for awhile. instead, we went on a family run and i tried out the kicks the kids got me for Christmas last year. addie's second 5k training run and she's doing great. and it's a very good thing today is a new day. :)
aaaaand back to girls trip. friday was our wedding dress shopping day. autumn, jackie, and i got up early to enjoy our free hotel breakfast and talk, talk, talk. we made some wedding phone calls and crunched some numbers. wedding planning can be stressful and since the wedding will be in oregon, it's kind of difficult. i was so grateful for two good friends that love me and my crazy and being able to hash these things out.
we started our shopping at bitsy bridal, a pretty swanky little boutique where we were the only shoppers.
it was surreal to see my little girl trying on wedding dresses. i'm not even kidding when i say it looked and felt like she was playing dress up. i wonder when it will kick in that my kids are adults? or will it?
she had a pretty good idea of what she wanted, and this was not it.
neither was this. she wants no lace at all.
and then we hit on this beauty. winner, winner, chicken dinner! we loved the simplicity of the dress, the gorgeous blingy belt and the elegant veil! i probs shouldn't post the dress she picked, but my readership is
preeeetty small, so whatevs.
this is the one, but with long sleeves added. i think it's gorgeous! this super fancy dress, complete with a horse hair lined hem so that it lays
just so, was over $2000. since that was a sizeable chunk of our wedding budget, that was a giant no-go.
first shop down, we stopped to get sustenance in the form of chips and sodas at the convenience store. yummy. we also tried, unsuccessfully to find the downeast outfitters outlet lexi and i had gone to on our first trip to slc. i was in the mood for cheap shades and undershirts, but alas, we ended up at the strangest warehouse full of discarded (new) personalized items. it's the place that unclaimed personalized pieces go to die. it was strange and disappointing.
next stop was the ever more affordable, david's bridal.
haha, nope. not even a little bit.
and the happy entourage.
getting closer to the sheath style she liked, but still not quite.
even though they weren't her fav's, trying on wedding dresses is still super fun.
while she changed, we looked through the catalog and found some dresses that we really liked, but like i said yesterday, they had all been sent to the bridal fair. we had decided the price was right, and that if the dress looked good at the bridal fair, we were good! still can't believe we found the dress and got such a good deal. super sweet.
i actually think this was the night we went to chili's for dinner, but i really don't remember. isn't that terrible? i'm pretty sure that was it, and then back to the room for movie watching and talking. i had picked up lots of snacky stuff, so we had plenty to do. i love our super simple girls trips. :)
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