Awesome shopping trip!
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| Sat, 03-17-2007 - 10:10pm |
The shopping trip that I have been dreading for the past month has now officially come and gone, and it was one of my best days in months!
I took N, DD 15 shopping in a city about 60 miles away to look for a prom dress this afternoon. She is always so picky about her clothes, and had a vision of the "perfect" prom dress, I was sure this was going to be a nightmare. BUT I was pleasantly surprised. She only had to try on 7 dresses before finding the "perfect" one, which will need slight alterations in order to fit right, something I can do in 1/2 hour or less some evening. She managed to look past the number/size on the tag for the first time in ages in order to choose something that fit her well... she normally wears either 7/8 or 9/10 (she's 5'9"), but was able to look beyond the size 14 on the tag when she found one that she loved that mostly fit well - woo hoo for her! We were able to get the dress, shoes, jewelry, and a tie for T that matches her dress in about an hour.
And, in the 2 1/2 hours we spent on the road today, I "learned" many new things, including:
-Relying on just the pill isn't very smart, you always gotta use something else too.
-A girl has gotta make sure she keeps spending time with her g/fs even when she has a b/f, coz otherwise, who are you gonna do girl stuff with? And who are you gonna have if, heaven forbid, you break up with your b/f if you've been ignoring all your g/fs??
-N's friends can't figure out why she thinks T is "such a hottie", they say he's only average looking at best, and slightly worse than average on his bad days. N is pretty sure that he's "such a hottie" coz she's in love with his personality and not his physique. And besides, he treats her like she's the best girl in the world!
-T told her that she shouldn't just limit her choices of colleges to places he can go see her on a regular basis, she should go where she would do best and be happiest. If they're still dating when she goes to college, they'll figure out a way - but he's pretty sure they'll still be dating then. (He has no desire to go to a 4 year college, is maybe thinking about a technical school, which is really more down his alley.)
-"friends" who try to make trouble between you and your b/f really aren't your friends at all. A smart girl doesn't listen to them.
-You gotta let your b/f spend time with his friends and his mom without you. He's more fun when he comes back from those times.
-Be nice to your b/f's little sister... she'll be less of a pain in your butt that way!
So that's words of wisdom from N - I was actually rather impressed, she usually comes off as less thoughtful than this.
Just thought I'd share... I'm still glowing from our day together, even though at the moment, N is off with her "hottie" - they were "ordered" to clean their gecko cages tonight by his mom. N's gecko is living at T's house for now, coz we don't have anywhere to keep it that is safe from our cats. T's mom is quite a woman - she even lets them keep wax worms (gecko food) in her fridge! LOL
Rose

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Wow - sounds like a wonderful time. I'm really going to miss formal dress shopping this spring. First year since 1997, I haven't gotten to enjoy that with one or both my girls.
I actually "borrowed" a friend's DD to shop for Winter formal with. Friend had to work extra over Christmas b/c of a nursing shortage and flu outbreak so I took her 14 y/o shopping for her first formal. We had a hoot! Plus I didn't go broke doing it (best of both worlds).
Sounds like DD has her head on as straight as can be expected at that - much straighter than youngest DD at that age and maybe even a little straighter than where she is right now at 18. Congratulations on a job well done and fun day!
N sometimes brings her iPod, but most of the time not. I think she likes talking too. I think she popped out talking and never stopped, because she's always saying SOMETHING, and I just listen and see what comes out. She wasn't always this easy to talk to, nor was she always this thoughtful in her comments. As far as maturity and "head screwed on straight" goes, I've tried to guide her the right way, but she's always been fairly ammenible to guidance in the long run, even when I encounter initial resistance. For several years now, teachers have commented on her level of maturity vs. her classmates, some of whom are a full year older than she is. (She was born in July, so even if parents here didn't make a habit of holding summer babies back a year, she'd be one of the youngest in her grade.)
Rose
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