Against our better judgement, we took Caroline to see Santa Claus (I added the "Claus" like there's another Santa) at the mall tonight. We got there around 5:30 and managed to beat most of the crowd. We only had to wait in line behind a few other kids, and their parents, of course.
When I got home from work today, Caroline was wearing her cute farmgirl overalls, but I quickly got her outfitted in her festive Christmas attire. Grammy bought her this cute little green corduroy A-line dress at War Eagle this fall, but since we have a future WNBA-er on our hands here, it fits more like a shirt! I gave up on trying to find red, cable-knit tights to go under it and went with some (too-short) red pants, with a sweet little ruffle on the hem. Overall, she was pretty stylish!
Here she is, "just a swangin'"...waiting for Daddy to get home!
Waiting in line with Mommy...
"Whoa! You mean I gotta sit on HIS lap?"
This is the picture they took...of course, doctored by Picnik...
And here's the one I took...with a little Picnik help...
Here's the part about getting hosed...they had a sign there that said we should "refrain" from personal photography unless we made a "minimum purchase". They wouldn't really tell us what that "minimum" was, so I just said I'd buy a picture so they'd let me take a picture with my camera. I didn't realize that I was going to be completely robbed! I ended up paying $12 for eight wallets and $19.99 for two 5x7s!! But really, can you put a price on a rite of passage like this? Then I proceeded to walk over to a little cart selling "Baby's First Christmas" ornaments for $12, with "free personalization". I didn't realize that all they were going to do was use a fine-tip Sharpie to write her name and the year on it. Seriously! I could have just gone to Wal-Mart...or better yet, Target, and done the same my crafty self!
'Tis the season...
***p.s. I miscounted the other day when I said it was my 200th post. Oops! This one really is my 200th post! Yay me! :)
Yeah, I felt the same way last night, with the whole "minimum purchase" sign. The people working there just looked at me and said, "are you going to buy a picture?" as I snapped away with my own camera. The girls there really knew what they were doing with the photo shop on their computer. Ha!
ReplyDeleteOh, that's crazy! Your picture is much better, though, so I guess it was worth it! And the Sharpie thing cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteBoo for getting robbed! I am jealous however that you have a cute picture with no crying baby! That stinks about the Sharpie personalization. What a deal, huh? :)
ReplyDeleteShe is adorable and I have to admit that a baby's first Christmas is considered a rite of passage! But a Sharpie?! Give me a break! Yes, dear one, you were robbed!!
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