A day off (includes a Nostalgic Asterisks Dress Mini review)

Before I start let me say this.  I am totally in awe of stay-home mothers.  They are so busy all the time and yet manage to maintain their calm and patience.  A lot of people including their dear husband probably don't even realize it.  They do this day after day without much vacation.  For those of you stay home everyday caring for your little ones and the family, please please give yourself a break from time to time because you so deserve it.

I took the day off because my daughter had the day off.  Her school was having parent teacher conference.  I didn't want to stress out about watching her at the same time working and risk losing my temper. It is supposed to be her day off too. So what did I end up doing all day?

Driving.... Driving in the rain....

That is how I felt I spend my whole day. Here is the detail run down.

My daughter got up really early in the morning.  Ever notice kids always get up early during weekend on non-school days?   I made her breakfast and then help her with the new tune for her piano class a little bit.  We played a few round of Zingo in between and it is time for her dentist appointment.

We drove to the dentist place in pouring rain.  Luckily she didn't get cavity this time.  Yay! We then went to a pizza joint I saw from yelp for lunch.  My daughter loves pizza but doesn't get to eat it often because of her brother's wheat allergy problem.  I thought it would be a nice treat.  Turns out she is so used to school's cheap pizza, she doesn't quite appreciate the Chicago style thick crust.

Back home picking up my badge so we can get cooperate discount, we headed to the Children's discovery museum. Time really flew by fast there.  To the right is the end product we made using colorful pipes.  On our way back, rush hour traffic started already and it was worse when it rains.  After eating a bottle of yogurt for snack and changing to her tutu, we rush to the ballet class and only to find out we forgot her ballet shoes. I  told her to go in first and rush back to get her shoes.  By then I was totally late for the parent teacher conference which is schedule tightly at 15 minutes after her ballet class starts.  I called the school to notify them my lateness while sitting in front of the red lights.  By the time I got to there,  my allotted 20 minute slot is almost over. Luckily she had two teachers, so one was able to talk to me while the other talks to the parent in the next time slot

I walked out the school and it is 5:30.  Wait... how did the day go by so quickly? I felt I haven't even done much.  I haven't had any time for myself.  At least at work I get a break at lunch and in the afternoon, I get myself a cup of coffee.


Her school is close to Anthro store so I went ot return a few things.  Normally I just walk out without trying on and this time I decided I deserve to have a little break.  This is what I picked.


Nostalgic Asterisks Dress


The vibrant red color of the dress is what grabs my attention at first.  The print is modern and not overwhelming.  Cotton, check, machine wash, check, side pocket, check, lined, check.  All the elements I like about anthro dress are there.  Thanks to the elastic in the back, I was able to fit into 2 without much problem even though it is size zip.  However the chest area fits poorly on me.  Maybe I am just too flat chested or maybe the spigetti strap is too long.  The front area sags and lumps like an empty pouch.  Not flattering. Although it doesn't work for me, it does look gorgeous on other blogger .  See it on Roxy  and Kay  and Liz.

After dinner, just when I got ready to call it a day.  my daughter said, "mommy, didn't you promise to buy me a gift if I don't have cavity in the next dental exam?"  Yes I did, and that was half year ago.... They never forget.  Sometimes parent really owe their children.  

"Can we go?" 

"Now?" 

"Pleaseeeeeeee?"

OK, I do owe her.