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Re: confession wednesday
I'm suppose to be packing up the kitchen, but I'm watching Say Yes to the Dress.
That brings me to my confession. I only tried on 3 wedding dresses and picked the first one I tried on. I kinda feel like I missed out trying on more dresses. Even ones I'd never buy. Ha. I really really want to go and try on more just for fun. But I don't think I could get anyone to go....
Ever since I got the wedding band on my finger, it seems all I think about is popping out a kid. I have always wanted kids and thought I'd be having them by about this time in my life, but was perfectly happy with our plan to wait until the barrier of being unmarried was taken away. This is killer!
ETA: This is what prompted my post on the other board. I'm really sad that I'll be 27 before I have my first baby (if we have no problem getting pregnant). I'm not saying that is old for everybody, but it's older than I want to be and I'm mourning it right now.
I really need to go for a run but I'm secretly happy it's pouring here so I can't
Did you notice that one of the girls said yes to a dress, but it wasn't actually the one that they showed her in on the wedding day? I've seen that a few times now - I think its pretty funny!
This.
I could have written this. I only tried on 5, and while I'm 99.9% sure I'd still pick my dress, trying on dresses was SO much fun! I would love to try on dresses for fun sometime.
Ok, then one day I'm kidnapping you and we're going
This brings up another confession for me. My best friend is getting married next year and bought a dress without me. She just went to a store one day and happened to find one she liked, so she took her mom back later and bought it and told me after the fact. Its totally not about me and I'm just glad that she found a dress she loves, but I'm really sad that I didn't get to go shopping with her. I feel really selfish being upset about it and would never tell her, though.
So I'd love to go with you to try on dresses and ooh and ah at how pretty you look!
My confession - I've lately been thinking about how wonderful it would be to be a SAHW/M. For anyone who personally knows me, that is like, blasphemy.
I've worked really hard at my career and have met all of my "before the age of 30" career goals.. and am planning on going to school soon, etc etc. Its a real possibility that I could SAH, and flirting with the idea sounds way more relaxing than sitting on conference calls all day and playing politics at work.
Maybe I just need a break from THIS job. I have fun at work, but I miss being super duper into it.
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So, not to be Captain Bring Down (she who doth rain on many a parade and pee on the occasional birthday cake), but as someone who used to be a bridal consultant...people who come in to try on dresses for funsies aren't being very nice. The vast majority of stores don't allow you to try on dresses without the help of a consultant (for product safety, among other reasons) and if you have no intention of buying you're just going to be wasting her time, keeping her from other sales opportunities, and possibly getting her in trouble with her manager/company for not closing the sale. It happened to my coworkers and I more often than you would think, and it sucked every time.
Now, if you only want to try on one or two dresses per store and you go on a Monday-Thursday then that's not really a big deal at all. More than that, though, or on a weekend and it really sucks for the consultant.
Just my two cents, though.
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This is why I haven't gone. I know how sales jobs suck, and I don't want to put anyone through that.
However, I got my dress at David's Bridal and went in on a whim on a weekday with my mother, and happened to love the dress. No one was there trying on dresses and the workers didn't even offer to help us. So I think if I went to David's Bridal I'd get my fill of being a silly married woman trying on dresses.
I did the exact same thing. Went to only one store and after trying on three dresses bought one off the rack. I'll go with you when you move to Austin.
Today I've eaten:
Strawberry milkshake
Dried cranberries
Several handfuls of red grapes
Strawberrries
Strawberry yogurt
Pineapple
Mango smoothie
Orange juice
In the fridge from my HEB trip:
Mangos
Pre cut mangos
Pre cut pineapple
Cherries
Grapes
Strawberries
Orange Juice
I think maybe I'm craving fruit
But I also think it's becoming a problem. Trying to get myself to eat anything of substance is like torture.
BFP 12.20.2010 :: missed m/c 1/2011 around 8 weeks
BFP @ 9dpo 5.24.2011 :: missed m/c 6/2011 around 7 weeks
positive for ANAs (1:40) with a speckled pattern
MTHFR c677t mutation (heterozygous)
*folic acid, baby asprin, Prometrium, acupuncture, Lovenox*
BFP @ 9dpo 2.1.2012 || HCG = 8 : Progesterone = 19.2
2nd HCG @ 11dpo = 40 || 3rd HCG @ 21dpo = over 5000!
Stick, little one, stick! EDD October 15, 2012