This coming Saturday is Phil and Emma's wedding and until yesterday I still had nothing to wear to it. Because of the diet, I decided to hold off on getting anything until near the date and therefore, last weekend came around and the dreaded shopping trip had to be done. I really wasn't looking forward to it as I had no idea what, if anything, would fit/look OK. We all headed into Edinburgh first thing on Saturday morning and made straight for the Trinny and Susannah Magic pants section of Debenhams. £35 and 5 mins later, I'm in a changing room looking like adodgyy sausage as my magic pants "suck and hoick" as promised. I tried on a pile of dresses and couldn't believe it - they worked, I was not only looking alright but was a size down!!!! Feeling energised butstilll dressless we had a peek into various other shops and then ran out of time and had to feed the girls and take them to a party.
The party was the 3rd birthday of my cousin Myles' daughter Orla and was at Craiglockhart Sports Centre. The kids had a great time and were entertained by Mr Boom much to Ellie's enjoyment (Rebecca wasn't so sure and spent most of the time hiding with Aunty Donna).
After the party we had torushh to Kirkcaldy to see Mike's Mum and Dad. Their new PC arrived last week andmikek had arranged to connect it. Once that was done we had dinner and then put the kids to bed. Following that we went to see Casino Royale with Mike's brother.
During the meal, Steve mentioned the girls' Xmas list to us. Now, this has become a bit of a sore point with me recently as I've spent literally hours and hours working out with the girls the exact gifts they want this year, I also had to be careful to makesurer there were things on the list which suited everyone's budget as I know Steve doesn't have a lot to spend. Anyway, requests for the lists started a few weeks back so last week I finalised it and sent it to Mike's family. Adrian and Catriona quickly decided on a gift and let us know so we could take them off. Mike's folks also decided quickly which was great and just left Steve. Back to the dinner table and he produced the list with a few extra items added by their Mum. The items added were all lovely gifts, don't get me wrong. But what annoyed me was that I was repeatedly asked what the girls would like, and then spent a LOT of time providing that whilst taking everyone's budget into account. Then, just because someone didn't like, or approve of the selection, it was decided to just get different things!!!! Why did I bother?????? I tried very politely to tell Steve that the items on the list were exactly what the girls wanted and we'd spent many hours picking them. I really didn't want to offend him, but he pointed at the list and asked "but does Ellie really like Girls Aloud?" I just hope that it will be realised that I didn't put the Girls Aloud CD on Ellie's list because I want it for myself (can't stand them) but because Ellie LOVES listening to them and really wants it. Next year, Mike can do the lists - it's a nightmare!!!!!
Vent over.
Anyway, back to dress shopping. Sunday morning saw us drive to Glasgow Fort and the kids went into the Creche for an hour. We went to Wallis first and there it was - a gorgeous black dress, 50s style and very pretty. At first we didn't think they had my size but we found one eventually on a different rack!! Lucky. Meanwhile, Mike got himself new boots too and we took the girls for a pizza with smiles all round. Phew!!