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Ideal_Rock
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Okay, I know that I am a MOB instead of the Bride, which probably means you all will see me as the plague (but trust me, I don''t even have a date for my daughter''s wedding, so no worrying about adding 12, much less two, to the guest list
) But there isn''t a MOB message board anywhere, and I need sassy, smart, sexy and witty woman to get tme hrough this. I only found that on this board.
Please don''t kick me off.
Because my darling daughter changes her mind daily and we went from Maui wedding (Thank gawd, because Aloha just totally screwed her best friend who is getting married in Maui in 3 weeks with 80 people flying in on ...guess who...Aloha Airlines, by going bellyup today, but that is worthy of a thread in itself), to a local wedding in sunny San Diego, we went bridesmaid dress shopping yesterday. My daughter wants to give me a grandchild while I can still be a GILF and not a geriatric grandma.
We didn''t have enough time to order the regular route and wait 4 months because she wants to get this over with, hence July 2008. MOH and two bridesmaids. Problem is the two bridesmaid''s have Tata''s that go from here to Japan. So, we realize that we have to buy "off the rack", in order to accomodate the "Racks". After the local bridesmaid tried on a gazillion dresses yesterday, we were all getting cranky until we got to Macy''s and found one that appeared to work...and the perfect color even!! Yayayayayaya, Bride starts crying with joy and I am an overjoyed with her satisfaction and MOG whispers..."Did they see the pricetag?"" $430 a piece
Holy crap Batman!! I say "whatever"! (I''m a sucker for said Bride, only child, single Mom...you get the picture)
We go online to see if we can find said Nicole Miller dress for cheaper...but nooooooooo, we can''t even find the dress in same online at all. Even at Nicole Miller site, they don''t show this color. Fast forward to the manic phone call I make to make Macy''s to get them to hold the one dress and we start planning, but as luck would have it, the clerk finds all three sizes we need and I want to shower her with gifts. She puts them on hold and we start the coupon hunt. Turns out that we can get 20% off with a Macy''s card. Ummmm, anyone got a Macy''s card? Yep, turns out said bridesmaid has one, so we go after work to pick up the dresses. This is where is gets fun. I decide against applying for a Macy''s card just to get an additional $150 savings and we tell her to ring it up. Transaction Declined
They say we can go to customer service phone and call the company. Do I want to have them hold the dresses? (insert extremely patient MOB holding back from jumping the counter and tackling said cashier). Actually it was more like..."Do you feel lucky?"
So, we go to the customer service line and with the epitome of innocence we ask why the transaction didn''t go through. After a bit of schmoozing, we get a "one time customer service increase in the limit" to purchase the dresses. Phew!! We go back to new customer service clerk who rings us up. Yayayyayyaya, done deal. Let''s call the Bride and tell her everything''s cool. Bridesmaid takes the receipt and walks out one end of the store and I take the dresses and walk out the other end of the store...when I hear the alarms sounding
Of course they forgot to remove a sensor...of course they did. Thank gawd we find out now. I walk over to the fragrance counter and the women finds the sensor, takes it off, and asks me for the receipt.
Ummmmm, yeah, that would be with the girl who just left out the other side of the store who isn''t answering her cell phone. After a bit of nervousness and laughing, they let me out. Now I can call Bride and tell her that it''s all cool. Bride says, "Mom, please try on the 4 to make sure that it will fit MOH" I promise to do so as soon as I get home.
So, then I try on the dress and note how I think it will fit MOH...but I''m stuck in the dress. Seriously stuck in the dress. The zipper won''t budge. Five lonely minutes later, I call Bride with good news and bad news. Good news, I think it will fit fine. Bad news, I am stuck in the freaking dress. She laughs her cute tush off (I made that tush). So, I meekly go to neighbors house to see if I can''t get an assist, but neighbor is in backyard with kids and can''t hear me yelling over the fence and then I spy a couple on an evening walk and since I have no shame, I go running across my neighbors lawn and yell across the street "Excuse me, I know this is crazy, but can you help me, I am stuck in this dress!" The couple struts across the street and I explain my predicament and then the girl is has a hard time getting the zipper to cooperate. The male spys the pricetag and says "Dayum, for "$430, you should just live in it!" We girls laugh. Finally the zipper cooperates, I give a big "OMG, THANK YOU!" to the couple and as they walk away, the girl says "I live up on Berkley street if you get stuck again" and her man says "This is the best walk I''ve ever been on". I am pouring a glass of wine.
Because my darling daughter changes her mind daily and we went from Maui wedding (Thank gawd, because Aloha just totally screwed her best friend who is getting married in Maui in 3 weeks with 80 people flying in on ...guess who...Aloha Airlines, by going bellyup today, but that is worthy of a thread in itself), to a local wedding in sunny San Diego, we went bridesmaid dress shopping yesterday. My daughter wants to give me a grandchild while I can still be a GILF and not a geriatric grandma.
We didn''t have enough time to order the regular route and wait 4 months because she wants to get this over with, hence July 2008. MOH and two bridesmaids. Problem is the two bridesmaid''s have Tata''s that go from here to Japan. So, we realize that we have to buy "off the rack", in order to accomodate the "Racks". After the local bridesmaid tried on a gazillion dresses yesterday, we were all getting cranky until we got to Macy''s and found one that appeared to work...and the perfect color even!! Yayayayayaya, Bride starts crying with joy and I am an overjoyed with her satisfaction and MOG whispers..."Did they see the pricetag?"" $430 a piece
We go online to see if we can find said Nicole Miller dress for cheaper...but nooooooooo, we can''t even find the dress in same online at all. Even at Nicole Miller site, they don''t show this color. Fast forward to the manic phone call I make to make Macy''s to get them to hold the one dress and we start planning, but as luck would have it, the clerk finds all three sizes we need and I want to shower her with gifts. She puts them on hold and we start the coupon hunt. Turns out that we can get 20% off with a Macy''s card. Ummmm, anyone got a Macy''s card? Yep, turns out said bridesmaid has one, so we go after work to pick up the dresses. This is where is gets fun. I decide against applying for a Macy''s card just to get an additional $150 savings and we tell her to ring it up. Transaction Declined
They say we can go to customer service phone and call the company. Do I want to have them hold the dresses? (insert extremely patient MOB holding back from jumping the counter and tackling said cashier). Actually it was more like..."Do you feel lucky?"
So, we go to the customer service line and with the epitome of innocence we ask why the transaction didn''t go through. After a bit of schmoozing, we get a "one time customer service increase in the limit" to purchase the dresses. Phew!! We go back to new customer service clerk who rings us up. Yayayyayyaya, done deal. Let''s call the Bride and tell her everything''s cool. Bridesmaid takes the receipt and walks out one end of the store and I take the dresses and walk out the other end of the store...when I hear the alarms sounding
Of course they forgot to remove a sensor...of course they did. Thank gawd we find out now. I walk over to the fragrance counter and the women finds the sensor, takes it off, and asks me for the receipt.
So, then I try on the dress and note how I think it will fit MOH...but I''m stuck in the dress. Seriously stuck in the dress. The zipper won''t budge. Five lonely minutes later, I call Bride with good news and bad news. Good news, I think it will fit fine. Bad news, I am stuck in the freaking dress. She laughs her cute tush off (I made that tush). So, I meekly go to neighbors house to see if I can''t get an assist, but neighbor is in backyard with kids and can''t hear me yelling over the fence and then I spy a couple on an evening walk and since I have no shame, I go running across my neighbors lawn and yell across the street "Excuse me, I know this is crazy, but can you help me, I am stuck in this dress!" The couple struts across the street and I explain my predicament and then the girl is has a hard time getting the zipper to cooperate. The male spys the pricetag and says "Dayum, for "$430, you should just live in it!" We girls laugh. Finally the zipper cooperates, I give a big "OMG, THANK YOU!" to the couple and as they walk away, the girl says "I live up on Berkley street if you get stuck again" and her man says "This is the best walk I''ve ever been on". I am pouring a glass of wine.
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