Dress shopping with Katie

Katie and I ran to David's Bridal tonight to order bridesmaid dresses - for both Monica and Becky's wedding for me, and a Junior Bridesmaid dress for Becky's wedding for Katie. A saleslady brought us to a changing room, brought us the dresses we needed in various sizes to see which fit, and then promptly dissapeared. She was unfortunately still carrying the paper I had written the dress codes on, which had the directions home on the back. So, after figuring out which sizes to get, Katie and I went on a quest through the chaotic store to find this lady, despite the fact that I could not for the life of me remember what she looked like. Luckily for me, Katie was at my side.

"She had on a black jacket and pants," said Katie. We searched all over the store, but couldn't find a woman wearing a black jacket and pants, but that didn't deter Katie's insistance that she was right.

And she was, of course. I finally gave up and decided to just get in line anyway, but soon afterwards the saleslady walked by. Before she got to us, Katie said, "That's her!" But I so did NOT recognize her face that I wasn't confident that Katie was right. But the saleslady remembered us, and stopped to make sure we were all set.

It's so strange, in a way, to have this tiny little girl at my side in whom I can actually rely. Katie remembers my parking spaces, Katie remembers the grocery lists I mumble to myself before getting to the store and promptly forgetting, Katie remembers all the little things I've never managed to force myself to remember. She's like the miniature embodiment of all the things I am not, and it's cool to watch her, and develop an appreciation for all of these awesome qualities she is teaching me to value.