Hooray...She Found Something To Wear...

Things have been kind of tense between Kaitlin and I since I have asked her to wear a cute sundress for her party!!! We have been all over Peoria in every shop you can think of and there was absolutely nothing she would even consider.

She tried on a gorgeous teal and white dress that she looked stunning in...it was beautiful on her. Plus it really complimented her eye color. Well of course I LOVED it...she HATED it!!!

And so the battle began...

Every dress I liked she didn't, and every dress she liked I didn't. What craziness...my poor husband and sons were forced to endure this grueling battle between the to of us. (Maybe I shpuld mention that my husband and sons are NOT shoppers!) By the time we left Peoria I was in tears and she was p****d off. It was horrible!!!

(We won't even talk about the fiasco with the cake!!!)

So finally Paul took me aside and said...Look it is her party, and honestly you were picking out dresses that weren't even a Kaitlin type of dress. I guess in my heart I knew he was right...I pictured her in this cute fluffy sundress. She pictured herself in ...jeans and a t-shirt...her usual attire. Well for once in her life I wanted her to dress nice, we have put a lot of time, thought, energy, and money into this party...I just wanted her to look nice. Finally I conceded to the fact that if she would at least wear nice carpi's and a nice shirt I would be satisfied.

Yesterday Kaitlin and I took my Grandma to Springfield to a doctors appt and decided that afterwards we would go over to the mall and look around there. Well She found one dress she liked..of course I hated it, but I bit my tongue, asked them to hold it for an hour or so, and that we would maybe be back for it. We looked at a few others at stores, and she didn't really find anything she liked...until she found this one that was black, pink, silver, and white stripes. (horizontal strips) It is a tube top style with the straps that v-tie around the neck, and so very short. I was like...no way, that is too short (it was barely mid-thigh)...your dad will kill me...besides you are hosting a party not a hooking event. So she just settled on the one dress she had already found, besides that dress had all the colors of her party in it.

Let me now talk about the party favors and decorations. We looked everywhere for Sweet 16 stuff...and could not find anything at all. So she very unwillingly settled on a balloon pattern that had all the colors she wanted in it. Again that was a shopping disaster from hell. (Still not mentioning the cake) Even though she did not love the pattern she was okay with it, just as long as we accented it with all the bright colors. Well we had found the bright colors of her pattern except for the purple.

Since we were in Springfield I figured we would hit the party store for the purple stuff we need and then we were on our way home. (Keep in mind Springfield is a 2 hour drive, and we had left at 10 in the morning...and it was getting to be about 5) I was standing in the party store 2 aisles...count them 1, 2 aisles away from her when I heard....MOM, COME HERE QUICK!!! So I mosey on over to where she is...she is hopping with excitement!! They not only have a Sweet 16 pattern, but she loves the pattern they have. It is very cute...the colors are black, pink, silver, and white...but it is very cute (but in a big girl kind of way!) I told her fine she could get it but that the other stuff had to go back! She was very okay with that...so she got all the Sweet 16 decorations, and then got black, silver, and pink plates...table clothes, and etc to match. She was on cloud 9.

She is now a very happy girl, and we are on our way home, so I am a very happy mommy. As we pass the mall to head home I hear from the backseat...Mom, my dress isn't going to look right with my party stuff. She asks if we can please stop back by the mall and exchange the dress for something else. Are you freaking kidding me? (Did I mention that it took 2 shopping trips, lots of tears, and angry words to find that dress? Now she doesn't want it!!!) I look at my Grandma who simply states...Well she is right. GRRR!!! I am out numbered and in Grandma's car! So back to the mall we go...we return the original dress and exchange it for one just like it only in the "new" party colors.

Yippee...we are going home! (Have I mentioned yet how very patient Paul was being at home with the boys?) We start to walk out of the mall and Grandma turns around takes one look at Kaitlin and says...She does not like that dress either. We are not leaving until she finds something she is happy with. OMG!!! I WANT TO GO HOME!!! Kaitlin asks if she can please try on the pink, black, silver, and white dress one more time. (you mean the hooker dress?) I was so worn out by then I just said...yes. When we got back to the store and started looking around we realized...it is not a dress...it is a top!!! (my here's your sign moment, I guess) And when you put that top with a pair of black leggings it is just as cute as can be! Guess what she ended up getting for her party. The ironic thing is...it isn't a Kaitlin outfit either! But she loves it, it matches her party colors, and she is HAPPY!!! I will post pics after her party, you guys are going to shocked!

I am just happy that she finally found something that we could agree on, because she would have looked awfully funny going to her Sweet 16 party in the same outfit she wore the minute she came into this world. I was absolutely not going to let her wear jeans and a t-shirt...

No I am still not going to talk about the meltdown over the cake...but suffice it to say...Wal-Mart is now doing her cake instead of me!!

Love to all...