Dress Shopping and Olaf for Dessert

It's that time of year again for Lena's Daddy Daughter Dance. She's taking her Papa again this year since her dad's a douche bag she's taken all of the uncles and it's his turn again. It's a happy and sad moment for me all at the same time. I love seeing her all dolled up, but this will be her last DDD. I'm not ready for her to be so darn big just yet.

::sigh::

Saturday morning after my coffee, me and the girls hit the road and headed up to the mall in Merrillville. In prior years, we combed the many stores in search of the perfect dress. We have learned that Sears is the only place worth our while. Lena gets a beautiful dress and my wallet doesn't produce moths fluttering from it after we're finished. It's a win-win for both of us.

In typical girl fashion, we snagged easily 30 dresses off the racks to play around in. Some of them we already knew she wouldn't take home, but it's just fun to try them on sometimes.

Usually my sister comes along with us, because as Lena likes to remind me, I really have no sense of "style." Unfortunately for her, Auntie was working this year, so mom was who she was stuck with. In beginning she was a little bummed out that there wasn't a buffer when it came to dress selection, but in the end, I picked out the winning dress!

Here are just a few of the dresses she tried on...

I thought it was super cute, but apparently pink is
no longer cool anymore.

This one was on clearance and I begged to take it home
as a summer dress. "Mom, I can't climbs trees in this though!"

Lena even started busting a move, right up until she realized I wasn't just taking a picture...

This was my favorite dress because it made her look
sophisticated. But according to my girls it was
BORING! See, no style.

And the winning dress was...

The one with the best twirlability... Of course.

Funny though, she didn't even want to try it on at first.

Once we had found "the one" and were heading toward the checkout, we spied a gigantic stuffed Olaf from Disney's Frozen.

Yep, leave it to my girls, they tried to eat him.