Brad's Going to Send Me Back to Work....

Last week on our Friday together Sydney & I hosted a play date with her friend Ellie. We have not seen Ellie since before I went back to work & it was neat to see them interact with one another after so long. You couldn't really say that they played "with" one another, but I do believe they enjoyed each others company.

Ellie is very tall for her age & is often mistaken for a two-year old. Sydney is bordering on average for her age (but really she is kinda short), so next to Ellie I am becoming convinced that Sydney too will struggle with the "pant" dilemma. Any cool pair of pants she wants will need hemmed & well, let's face it...I'm not too great at that. My mom would concur since she has probably given me 3 lessons now on my sewing machine. The machine is a relic that with the proper user (like my Grandma- its previous owner) could do great things...but with me, I procrastinate so long that when I sit down again to finish a project, I need a lesson all over again to remember how to use it. However, if Sydney is going to be on the shorter side- I am going to have to figure it out, because I don't want her to be ridiculed because her pants are way too long, have a terrible cuff, or were just cut off.

Last week's day off was fun & cheap. This week's Friday off will probably result in Brad banning me from the mall or from going alone. I had a few items to return & ended up coming home with twice as much as what I went there with. But all of the items were "needed" items in a girl's life. Since there are two separate Christmas dinners to go to one day after the other...well she needs two Christmas dresses & the second one was found on sale- so you must take advantage of an opportunity when it presents itself, right? We also found some shoes for her Christmas dresses. Red patent leather- no only match both her dresses, but are very cool! How could I resist these? Sydney also has a birthday party to attend next week & needed to have something cool to wear to it! Velvet pants- she'll probably kill me in 15 years, but they really are cute! I don't think she will be able to wear her new shoes though...not a good fashion statement!

Well...Miss Sydney is waking up (much earlier than I hoped!) & now we are off to see Noreen & Baby Will. This time I must remember to take a photo! We hope to go to the Santa Clause Parade tomorrow...so hopefully I will have some pictures to share.