and have nothing bad to say at all.

I know.

It’s true!

Yes- this is the same woman that has made my left eye twitch incessantly by buying us a baby book for Christmas and the woman that has baby furniture in our storage shed and pouring cold water on almost everything Will loves.

I know…

In all honesty, I’m a little disappointed myself. I was really looking forward to posting about it.

Bummer…

The truth is, the last couple of months I’ve really actually been thankful for “Pat.” She has more than gone out of her way to make me feel really loved and special. Granted, she’s still Pat and will always have that stereotypical mother-in-law side to her,but the truth is that- as much as I complain about her at times- I’m really lucky to have a decent set of in-laws.

So Saturday Will and I went to see his parents. Pat wanted to take me shopping for a dress to wear for the wedding. I thought that was so nice of her- and something she most certainly didn’t have to do.

I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you I had my trepidations about shopping with my MIL. Seriously guys- she’s totally Pat McDougall from Everybody Loves Raymond. Our styles are very different. I had this awful feeling I was going to get stuck with something I hated because she was paying for it and I felt this awful obligation to get whatever it was she wanted me to have.

I had nightmares of long scratchy “frocks” with high necks and tight sleeves- or worse- bell sleeves.

Shudder.

So anyway- we went to the mall and she told me upfront, “I want you to get whatever it is that you want. I want you to be happy. Don’t worry about the wedding colors. Get something you like and you’ll wear again.”

After the paramedics woke me from my unconscious state- I began shopping for something I wanted, and it was great.

She left me to my own devices and let me do my own thing, but was still near enough to hold a conversation. It was nice.

Oh- but there was one veer off in which I got all squirmy and uncomfortable and began to sweat uncontrollably from my upper lip (um- yuck).

Luckily I recovered gracefully and was somehow able to deter the scary blouse purchase.

Whew.

Other than that moment- which was pretty scary- it was pretty fun.

I actually found something at the first store and I seriously love it. I’ll have to post a picture for you guys. Now the only trouble is finding seriously cheap shoes to wear with it!

So sorry guys, no fun blog story about shopping with Pat. Trust me- I’m way more bummed.

But at the same, pretty lucky.

Hope you had a great long weekend!