As most of you all know my sister is getting married in September and has asked that my daughter be her flower girl. Great! Awesome! No problem! But, I have to purchase all of her “things”; shoes, tights, dress, etc. Well, I have been to all of the gown stores within my area and there are several issues: one) flower girl dresses only come in white or ivory; two) they do not have even a close enough match to the color my sister wants; and three) the dresses are a bit too… um… not appropriate for a 7 year old.

There is one dress that is an option that will come in the color my sister wants, but it is a junior bridesmaid dress which means my daughter will have to have it to custom fit. OK, fine, I don’t mind, but the dress is over $150.00, plus with the shoes, died to match, another $50.00, then the tights which cost nothing.

I was freaking to spend over $200.00 on an outfit my daughter will wear once! My mom offered this weekend to pay for everything Miss K would need for the wedding. Heck yea! Normally, I wouldn’t accept money like this from my mom, but knowing the amount of money I have to fork out to fly home for the wedding, I am ready to take any help possible.

Airfare: $1,408.00; Hotel: $451.82; Car: $208.00; Total: $2,067.82 - OMG! This is just to get us there; no food, no nothing while we are there. I am going nuts. I mean it would have been one thing if I had some sort of idea, but going through all of my own family issues lately, our move, dental stuff for my son, I was drained of money before she had even asked. I could have said no, but considering I haven’t been home in forever, I figured going would kill two birds with one stone.

What irritated me most of all, was NO one in my family - and I have three sisters there within the same vicinity, plus my mom - offered to let us stay with them for the measly four days we will be in town. WTF? We are the only people coming in from out-of-state, but no one offered and I’m not going to ask. That might seem stupid to not ask, but one time I did and I was given the list of reasons why I couldn’t stay, so no need to bother with that.

I am thinking of starting a fund for people to donate to so that I can get home. How terrible is that. Oh *sigh* just another one of life’s little joys!

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