Life With Frenchie

A few weeks back, MM and I went to a Girls’ Night Out BINGO sponsored by our Girl Scout Neighborhood. MM really raked it in winning lots of stuff, including a mother-daughter hair style appointment. We went two weekends ago to the salon and both just got our hair trimmed. I should have known the place was trouble when they weren’t really ready to handle “ethnic” hair. Unlike my experience in Connecticut, the stylist did not try to say they don’t blow dry “curly” hair. She was simply upset that the girl who made the appointments did not find out anything about our hair type, length, etc. and only booked us for 30 minutes each to get our hair washed, trimmed, and blown out. The appointments started at noon and we had to be in Tampa by 4. Plenty of time, right? WRONG! We were in there for 3 hours!! Still, the lady did a good job on my hair (the trainee who booked the appointments had to blow out MM’s hair which is what took the other 2+ hours) so I scheduled an appointment for this evening to get the color done on my hair in time for our office Christmas party tomorrow.

Well, you know me. I am very bad about remembering things that aren’t written down, so I called today to find out exactly what time my appointment was for this evening. That’s when the girl on the phone said “Oh, we don’t have an appointment down for you.” Now, this was not a case of me thinking I had called to make an appointment somewhere and I actually forgot. No! I was standing there with the stylist looking at times. So what happened? Apparently, the stylist wrote it down for next week! UGH! That does me no good! The girl on the phone started to say something, but I wasn’t too concerned. I just told her “Well, that’s no good because I need it tonight. Just cancel my appointment. Thank you. Bye.” *click* I imagine the girl was sitting there with a “What a bee-otch” look on her face. Not my problem.

Luckily, the nice lady at the mall who regularly saves MM’s hair from being burnt off by my own doing has time for me tonight. So, what color will my hair be in about 7 hours?? Hmmmm…

Seriously, I am not sure if I would ever wear any of these things out in public, but then again, I have a hand painted coffee mug with Actuarial symbols all over it. I am a true geek at heart. C’mon! I work with math! I think math! By definition, no matter how cool I may appear to be, I really am just a dork!

Aside from math, my other passion is coffee! That means that this shirt which has the molecular formula for caffeine on it! Mmmmmmm!!!

So, when you’re racking your brain to find something to buy me, stop by Think Geek! I want to let my dorkiness shine through this year!

With buying Christmas gifts for MM and EP, that is. I all of a sudden realize I don’t know what to do! Well, I’ve got some stuff listed for MM:

• Nintendo DS (EP & I are still discussing this one)
• DVDs (3)
• Outfits (2)
• iTunes $$
• Books
  • A real dictionary. Her current one is a kid’s dictionary and frequently doesn’t have the words she’s asking us to spell.
  • The Daring Book for Girls
• Jewelry Box (already purchased on clearance)
• Jewelry (earrings & necklace set already purchased)

I need more little things now to fill in and for stocking stuffers. I’m just not sure what. EP doesn’t want her to get things like lip gloss, so that’s out. I’m thinking maybe lotions and powders or bath items.

As for EP, I’m at a loss, and since he browses the blog, I’m not listing my thoughts on what I would like to get him. No cheating EP!!

What are you guys giving? Anyone have suggestions for a 10-year-old girl who’s outgrown “toys”??

Halloween, that is! Well, Halloween came, and went. All in all, I’d say we had a good Halloween in our house.

After our pumpkin carving fun Sunday, we bought MM her costume for this year. Yes, I’m one of those parents that waits until the last minute! I didn’t even buy the candy until I was headed home yesterday evening. Anyways, we ended up at Target, which is where we began about a week earlier but I refused to spend $30 on a kid’s costume! Between the bookend trips to Target, we also visited iParty and some random Halloween shop across from the mall. Costumes were no cheaper there! So, where was I? Oh yeah, Target. One thing I discovered is that MM no longer fits into kids’ costumes. Even the ones that may have fit were not going anywhere near her body! There was no need for a child to be wearing something that tight and revealing. We moved over to the adult aisle. Now the dilemma was to find something both age-appropriate and size-appropriate. Oh, and lest we forget, cheap! We settled on a Twister costume. With the 30% sale, it was less than $20. VICTORY! I really wasn’t expecting much in way of excitement over the costume, but it turned out to be a hit– particularly among the “older” crowd.

The “big event” itself was also great. MM had a friend over from school and we set out with our neighbors and their kids. Normally, I wouldn’t consider our neighborhood of about 250 homes big. But, once you have to walk it and stop at every house, and then some, it becomes ginormous! Several of the kids had to dump their pumpkins out into Target bags multiple times. I’d say that the kids did very well. I, on the other hand, was beat! Today has been the longest day of my life. I’m glad this only happens once a year and hopefully, next year, MM can go out on her own.