The Dress

Backwards Compliment

Its always really nice when someone pays you a compliment. I'm sure that is something we all need and don't get much of. Atleast...I don't get that many. However, I think there is something worse than receiving no compliments at all. I think the worst is getting a backwards compliment. You know something like, "Those shoes are cute! They are a lot cuter than the ones you usually wear!". Those kind of compliments leave you standing there absolutely speechless. You are left wondering if you were just complimented or insulted.

I was given a backwards compliment at work last weekend. I've gotten to know a coworkers daughter pretty well since we started working there. Me and The Mom started on the same day almost 2 years ago. The daughter told her mom not to tell me what she said. I kind of wished she didn't tell me now because I am left wondering. She said:

"Most people get uglier over the years but Meg is the opposite she got prettier."

So all I could think of in my head was WTF? I couldn't decide if she was saying I was ugly(or atleast not that attractive)or if I was pretty and instead of getting ugly I got even more pretty. I like the latter better but why would she not want her mom to tell me? I don't think it would be embarrassing for her because people like hearing other people compliment them. That leads me to believe it was a backwards compliment and that just sucks.

By the way, I am not fishing for compliments. To be quite honest with you all I happen to think I'm smokin' hot.

Makeover Day

Yesterday when Adam came home from work I headed off baby-free to get my hair did. I was just going in for a trim but I came out with much shorter hair and a few highlights. I was in a good mood so I continued my trip to the nail shop to get my nails did. A french manicure, a new hair style&three hours later I finally headed back home.

A funny story worth mentioning is what happened to me at the nail salon place. My phone was ringing and I bent down to my purse, which was sitting on the floor, to pull out my phone. The nail lady freaked out and went in my purse for me and pulled out my phone, opened it, and held it up to my ear so I could talk. She put it back in my purse, pulled out my keys, and asked if I was paying with the money that was just sitting in there. I said yes and she took it out of my purse. I think its just very strange. A women's purse is sacred. I don't anyone that would just rummage through my purse if they knew something was in there.

I think the nail lady is just pretty hardcore about not messing up the nails. Nothing wrong with that though :)

I have to admit it was much needed time to myself. Being a mom is such a balancing act. You need your time away but you don't want too much time away. Even if you did take too much time away someone might say something and make you feel horrible. If you don't take any time yourself then you get criticized that you are trying to be super mom. Its a hard world us moms live in. No mom is right&No mom is ever wrong. We just manage to beat each other up. I don't really want to get into the subject of the whole mommy wars. We will leave that for another day.

Speaking of children, my little man is still sleeping. Can you believe that? Its 10:30 in the morning! Gage did have a late night last night. He didn't go to bed until about 10:30pm. He use to be such an early bird(I'm talking like last week). This whole week so far he has gotten up fairly late in the morning. 9am, 8am, 7am, and then today --Oops I think I spoke too soon. I hear him crying.