you don't have an appointment...

as my friend and i pulled up to a bridal shop.
that shall remain nameless.
all i was thinking was this place looks kinda ghetto.
we talked about not going in.
then figured what the heck.
we are here.
we have an appt.
lets just go check it out.

we walk in the door.
we're "greeted" with a may i help you.
my friend stated we had an appointment at 11.
the lady shot right back, no you don't.
in a snotty attitude and beady eyes.
my friend said yes we do.
the lady once again said no you don't.
i'll look in my book.
her book was a calendar laying open on the counter.
we all looked at it....11:00 - Annie.
go figure!
bet ms. snooty pants wasn't feeling all high and mighty then.
she didn't apologize for being wrong or anything.

my friend and i went about 20 minutes early thinking we could look around ourselves.
we thought wrong!
the lady explained to us that we will find in our bridal dress shopping experiences that most places do now allow you touch the dresses and look at them yourself.
my friend who was with me said that was a bunch of b.s.
she has been out shopping for dresses for two of her cousins and her other friend many times in the past 6 months and she has never been to a place where they don't let you look around the store. she got married a few years back and said she never had been told that before herself either.
anyway, we followed the rules and took a seat and proceeded to freeze our butts off.
the place had NO HEAT!!
she told us they were having heat problems and to keep our coats on.
it wasn't even 30 degrees outside and it wasn't any warmer in there!

i showed her some photos of dresses i liked.
she pulled around 6 dresses for me, i liked 2 of them.
the store was very small and they didn't have much of a selection.
she was being all smiley and trying to redeem herself.
she seemed too fake though.
i tried on one dress and shivered the entire time.
no clothes, no heat...brrrrrr!
the first dress, i loved!
no photos....that wasn't allowed either.
i didn't even bother to try on the other dress i liked.
it was a size 18, not.gonna.work.

our appt was at 11, we left at 11:10.
with smiles on our faces.
the lady handed us a card and asked us to review our experience.
it was my first bridal dress shopping experience and it was one for the books.
the store that has been in business for 40 years can't afford a sign out front.
it had a banner hung with string.
no heat.
and bad customer service.
thanks for nothing ms. snooty pants ;)

i did end up going to another store the same day.
where we had an excellent experience, i will post more on that tomorrow.
i have pictures too!!

onto the rest of my weekend....
the dress shopping took place on saturday.
i got to spend the entire day with one of my besties!
we went to the dress stores, out for noodles, made weekly goal charts and played with her adorable little boy who is one. it was such a fun day!
that night i worked out and then billy and i made chicken tortilla soup, it was delicious!!
we watched the wild hockey game and i was asleep by ten.
i got 12 hours of sleep and woke up at 10 sunday morning.
sunday was my brother's birthday, he is 25. crazy to think, he is all grown up! ;)
i did the cardio max workout and then i went to my parents house to have my bro's birthday lunch.
my mom set up a yummy taco bar at his request, we ate and then went downstairs to play buck hunter.
i suck at that game! ha! it was still fun though.
after, i went to the gym and cooked some breakfasts and lunches for the week.
i'll post on that later this week.
then i went back to my parents for part of the vikings game and chili dinner.
what a nail biter of a game! i was quite bummer they lost :(
jeez, i talk about food a lot.....i heart pretty much all food big time ;)

i apologize for the long post with no photos...
lots of photos planned for tomorrow!
i hope everyone had a FABULOUS weekend!!!

btw, "she" (other bestie) never came over last thursday!
we had bad weather and she didn't want to drive.
i don't blame her for that.
we have made plans for this thursday.
hopefully it all works out!