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05/25/2005 Archived Entry: "in the car"

We've been doing this, that, and the other thing. Sunday wasn't much for anyone but me. I did lots of errands in the morning while Chris held down the homestead. I did take Tabitha with me to the mall in the afternoon as she had asked to spend time with just me. We had a nice time there. We browsed Old Navy for her but didn't really see anything so we headed over to Robinson's-May since I needed to go to the Clinique counter. We determined that she really needs to grow into a size 7 because there are tons of clothes that we both like in the size 7-14 section, but in her section there's just nothing. They are all geared towards younger kids, in my opinion. We're really trying to move away from the cutesy look for her and into an older, more trendy style. She just happens to be thin and is still in a 6, not even a 6X. But we did hit The Gap and she found a dress that we both loved, we just had a difference of opinion on which color to get. She won and got orange ::shudder:: She says it's more pink than orange, but she's wrong. Orange is something you eat, not wear. But, the only other color choice was olive green which she said was muddy and I had to admit does not match her bright personality. So though I'll roll my eyes when she puts it on, at least she's happy with it.

Monday we set out pretty early and went to the garment district in downtown to go to a fabric store that specializes in Hawai'ian prints. She desperately needs a new pa’u skirt and since it’s supposed to be made with a pattern to reflect their individuality, I told her she could pick anything in the store; though I did veto anything with cars, birds or surfboards. She ended up choosing a gorgeous blue with flowers, “tribal” print and turtles. She was supposed to choose a fleece for me to wrap her thongs in, but they had a minimum of 2 yards and I only needed 1/4 yard so we passed.

Next we made a quick stop at Dodger Stadium to pick up tix for a couple weeks from now and then went on to the zoo. It was fairly hot, but we had a really good time. It’s been too long since we went just for the sake of going as opposed to an event. Daisy alternated between sleeping in the stroller, riding in the Baby Bjorn, and being carried. We discovered the secret to preventing her sunhat from slipping over her eyes; she wears her big headband and the bow holds the hat in the right place. Perfect! I don’t think she noticed or cared about the animals, but the rest of us enjoyed looking at them all.

Yesterday I spent the day working on Tabitha’s pa’u. I am so pleased with how it came out. I tweaked the design from the one I made in October and it was not only easier to sew, but it looks so much better. Hopefully it will last awhile as I made it a bit long. She did good choosing the fabric and I did good drawing upon my past experience and learning from those mistakes. I’m using the leftover fabric to make a blousy tube top for her to go under the Halau tank top which has too big of arm holes. I didn’t decide to do that until later though, so I ran out of elastic. But everything else is done for it and it will only take maybe 20 minutes to finish it off. Considering she doesn’t even have the tank top yet, there’s no hurry. While we were at the fabric store yesterday buying elastic, Tabitha was able to pick out a fleece for her thongs so Chris and I wrapped them last night. We secured the fleece with hot glue and now her thongs shouldn’t rub on her the wrong way and they certainly shouldn’t cut her feet anymore.

Today I’m hoping Chris can come home early because I need to go back to the fabric store because there are a few costume elements I need to work on. I’m stressing because my sewing skills are so limited, but I’m also feeling empowered by yesterday’s accomplishments so we’ll see how it goes.

Posted by Mandi @ 05/25/2005 08:16 PM PST