so the other night...
i realized it was the day before my wedding and i hadn't had the final alterations done on my dress. i also had totally blanked out on shoes. so as i'm at the mall (which unfortunately was not moa) with my parents and a couple friends i'm frantically having to come up with a plan on how to accomplish all this. my friends apparently bailed, so while my mom went home to alter the dress, my dad had to take me shoe shopping. i didn't know where to start, because i knew stores would be closing soon. i was speedy, though, and i knew what i wanted, so i managed to hit a few. nobody had what i was looking for. oh, there were some very, very pretty ones out there, but if i'm going to be on my feet all day, i want flats. so i got to thinking about all my friends who have done flip-flops, and was considering that, but i really wanted the glass slippers. finally we gave up on the mall and headed for some other stores. suddenly it dawned on me, though. here it's winter and all i have is an outdoorsy-type jacket. i can't wear that to and from my wedding! i need a fancy coat! luckily, however, on the way to the parking lot there was a vending machine. you know, one of those vending machines that have nice coats for a dollar. it's luck of the draw, but thankfully i got a nice one; not very warm, but i wasn't expecting it to be. i just needed something pretty to get me to and from the car, and this came with a red scarf, which was perfect because my bridesmaids would be wearing red.
i'm not sure what their dresses looked like, but i did see mine from the waist down. i'd try to find a similar dress to show you, but blogger won't let me upload pictures, so i'm afraid that's that.
i'm not sure what their dresses looked like, but i did see mine from the waist down. i'd try to find a similar dress to show you, but blogger won't let me upload pictures, so i'm afraid that's that.
posted by melilotnfosco | 7:00 PM
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i'm glad you found the vending machine
Love it! :-D Especially the scarf part for some reason...
I had an interesting dream last night as well. Very vivid. A mom friend of mine asked me and the kids to go to lunch. I agreed, assuming it would be at some fast food restaurant or something. She decided instead to take us to her country club. My kids and her kids sat at a huge round table behind us and we sat at a table for two. I began looking over the menu and realized it was way too expensive for me to buy food for all of us. So I spent the rest of my dream studying the menu. At one point I got up to check on the kids and the waiter had asked the kids what they wanted to drink. Honor had ordered Mt. Dew ($6!) so I chewed the waiter out for asking the kids instead of me and informed him that all of my kids would be drinking water. When I sat back down, my friend had moved to the bar and was talking to another lady as if she didn't know me. I went back to studying the menu. I chose crab legs for me because they were the cheapest thing on the menu at $20, and was going to order that for the kids when I realized there was a pizza on there for only $10--so they got the pizza. Then I noticed that there were sandwiches on the back of the menu for $5--so I ordered a sandwich for me instead. My friend never came back to sit with me and I woke up very depressed.
I have never had such a clear dream of studying a menu before...
the red scarf comment reminded me of the Shopaholic series of books. Have you read any? The first one featured a special scarf :-)
also, i can so relate to your stresses with shopping and the short time issue, and only considering the coat problem at the last minute... Last week I went to a wedding and only realized when we parked the car at the church that I had on a poofy green winter coat (which didn't even match my blue blouse) instead of a nice black formal coat or something :-( And it was way too cold to leave the coat in the car. So I said screw it and allowed myself to be the only one in the most informal, inappropriate jacket.
Plus also I hated the shoes I wore, which I borrowed from my mom. I thought they fit and were OK but that's because I put them on for size but did not test them by walking until I had to walk through the parking lot. ugh. i hate being a girl.
hm - i don't think i've ever had a dream about studying a menu. :) but just so you know and are not depressed, i wouldn't leave you to go sit with someone else.
unless that someone else was prince carl philip.
or matthew lewis.
or denard span.
or j.r.r. tolkien.
BUT i would only leave with your permission, and i would certainly not act like i didn't know you.
auto - i've read the first shopaholic. and yes, being a girl is a pain in the patootie.
I must not have been one of the friends in your dream, because I think I would've risen to that challenge. Then again, maybe you wouldn't want me around. ;) I probably would not let you buy a coat for your wedding day from a VENDING MACHINE, for example! :P
but it turned out to be cute, and it was only $1! not very warm, but cute and cheap, so it was all good.
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