Cinderella & The Ball......

I finally made it. Didn't think we were going to get here..... the ball that is or should I rephrase that, my companies annual awards banquet. Every year the first Saturday of the year, my company puts on an awards banquet to honor the top producers of the year. I got the dress for Vanessas's wedding in June and wanted to wear it for the awards banquet to get double duty out of it. I had the gown, I had the prince and even the coach so to speak to get me there, I just wasn't sure if my daughter was going to allow me to do all of this.

I got up Saturday morning and had a pep talk with Sophia. "Mommy wants to go to the party tonight sweetheart. She wants to wear her pretty dress. If you can just wait one more day so mommy can do this, I promise I will get you a pony when you are big enough". (OK so I didn't promise what type of pony or what size. Give me some credit, the kid wont know the difference LOL). And like the little miracle she is, she was quiet most of the day. She let me get done what I needed to get done. I was able to get all dolled up and go to the banquet and enjoy myself for a couple of hours until I really started cramping and getting tired. No big deal. I came, I saw, I enjoyed (and indulged) and then I was ready to get out of there. And I even got to wear my dress!

Moral of the story..... bribe your kids, it works!!!!!