LIFE ALTERING

so i went to the tailor yesterday. of course it was an experience. he announced to the whole place, "SO YOU NEED THE BUST TAKEN IN, EH?!" (the whole place being a guy waiting for his dry cleaning and the other workers) I had to stand in the front windows of the place. he was almost shoving his nose in my pits to pin it and i was afraid they stunk from HARD day at work ;)

anyway, he pins the bust and then says he'll need to take in the whole dress all the way down to the pick ups. i was like ok, a little nervous about what this was going to look like. I mean i know he's a professional....but....so he starts pinning along my thighs and when i say 'along my thighs' i mean so hard/close to my thighs i'm not sure a layer of nano-pantyhose could have slid btwn my skin and the dress! then he asked if i wanted the waist taken out. UM? tell me again, why are you pulling and tugging the dress and pinning it as tight as possible and then asking if i want it taken out?

at this point i didn't know what to do, my first experience at a tailor. didn't know if i should let him do his thing, tell him to just take in the bust, or go to another tailor! i had checked reviews on several places before going here so i didn't think the experience was going to be any different anywhere else, but it just didn't look right to be so tight. finally after i distractedly answered some of his annoying questions (one of these questions actually being 8 different versions of him asking me if i wanted him to hem it shorter and me repeatedly saying NO) i pretty much shouted out, "CAN YOU JUST DO THE BUST?" He just kinda looked at me, said it was up to me and took the pins out of the rest of the dress.

of course we couldn't just write the ticket and be done w/ it. after a considerable length of time discussing the matter of pressing the dress he suggested i come in when it's done and take a look at it. make sure it's ok and then decide if i wanted it pressed. i said that sounds great. then he asks me, "so do you want me to write for them to press it on the ticket?" ummmmmmmm seriously? dude can we please just be done i need to go get a shamrock shake!! i paraphrased that i wanted what he had just suggested, come in-see-then decide about pressing- and he said ok and it was over.

it will be done sometime before the 16th. :)