So, the date of the photo shoot is rapidly approaching.

I broke down and bought an assortment of dresses for SD that i got at 2 of her fave stores heavily marked down (yay for fall clothes starting to come in!). She tried them all on and selected 3 she really liked, so i returned the others.

I ended up spending about $60 for three dresses (one was $35 but it was dressier, and its actually her favorite (and mine!) and the one i think she's going to wear). Im not overly concerned about the money, at this point it was well spent.

So i guess my fiance had a conversation with her about the dresses and told her that they are staying at our house for her to wear for stuff with us. She said "but i might want to wear them elsewhere!". He said "too bad, your mother can buy you dresses to wear on her time" or something to that effect.

He then took it a step further with me and said he wants to get a few things (if i help him pick them out) on sale for her to keep at our house too since despite being nearly 14 she never comes with anything she needs. We havent done this yet, but he seems to like the idea i guess of his kid looking respectable with us.

So we are set for the photos (she seems really excited about it too) and she has something for her cousin's baptism as well. She may only get one season out of them, but they will look awesome on her younger cousin who loves pretty clothes and her parents dont have much money.