You will have gathered from D for Discretion in Dealing with Daughters that daughter #2 is getting married.
Late last year, on a shopping trip, she and I called into a dress shop for a browse. A beautiful dress and jacket caught our attention. This was an expensive shop; the outfit cost almost £400. So we decided to be sensible and wait a few months for the sales.
For Christmas, Daughter #2 bought me a money pot, the kind that you have to smash open to get to the cash. The intention is to save as much as I can until May and then we can go shopping together for my wedding outfit. I have religiously filled it with 20p pieces and £2 coins.
- Money Pot
Just over a month ago, I bought my wedding outfit without said Daughter and without breaking the money pot.
There, on the rail in the shop, beckoning: “I am here, I’ve been waiting for you. Come and buy me”, was the dress and jacket – IN MY SIZE reduced by 70%!! Well you can’t ignore a bargain like that can you?
So I bought it.
Daughter #2 was not happy because she wanted to come wedding outfit shopping with me. I think it was to make sure I didn’t buy anything dreadful or embarrassing. However, the dress and jacket has got her seal of approval despite me daring to venture out on my own.
- The dead bird fascinator
I bought a fascinator at the same time. A smart collection of feathers, bows and veil. I liked it until last week when I tried it on again and all I could see was a dead black bird on my head. I just couldn’t get that vision out of my head. The fascinator had lost its fascination.
When Daughter #2 came to stay this weekend, I told her about my dead bird. She said she would rather I wore a proper hat anyway. So, Saturday and Sunday became hat shopping days. What comes first? The outfit or the hat? There is always going to be a problem no matter which way round.
Eventually we found a hat in Marks and Spencer. The trouble with buying anything from M&S is that you stand a very good chance of meeting up with it again. As Mother of the Bride, I don’t want to see someone else at the wedding with the same hat.
We both looked at each other and the same thought flashed between us…….. take the fascinator apart and add it to the hat. What a brilliant idea! That way there will be no one with the same hat. My very own millinery masterpiece.