homecoming dress shopping

so for the past few days i have been in a delightful whirlwind with my youngest daughter about her outfit for homecoming. yes homecoming! i IKNEW she was in high school now and have been growing accustomed to the fact that even my baby is growing up...but somehow i had forgotten that this included HOMECOMING!

anyway, as we were wandering about, in search of the perfect dress, giggling, trying on, imagining what we might find, the prospects grew dimmer and dimmer. we simply weren't having any luck and we had been to nearly every single store in the mall. at long last i suggested one we hadn't tried yet. sears. ugh. i have not-so-good memories of sears as a child. but we were nearby and i thought perhaps they might have gotten a bit more "with it," as we used to say. so in we went. a cursory glance around revealed what we had feared. ick. my daughter olivia then looked to the side and glimpsed another department, after which she looked straight at me and said, "you should never buy a dress in a place that sells furniture."

we howled and went to eat.

for those of you who remain curious, she chose a "little black dress" we already had at home and is going for "killer shoes." we are off today at 11!