Oh the technicalities!

I received an interesting phone call today informing me that I won a drawing! I never win ANYTHING!! So you can imagine that I was quite excited to hear that of all the names entered in the drawing, mine was actually pulled out! The lady told me she just had to verify the my information was correct. Our conversation went something like this:

Prize Drawing Lady: It says here that your last name is Rich, is that correct?
Me: Yes.
Prize Drawing Lady: It also says that you are over 25, is this also correct?
Me: (regretfully) No, I'm 23.
Prize Drawing Lady: Well are you married or engaged?
Me: Yes, I am engaged.
Prize Drawing Lady: Is your fiance over 25?
Me: (regretfully) No, he's 24.
Prize Drawing Lady: Well, I'm sorry but you have to be at least 25 in order to be eligible to win.
Me: Just out of curiosity sake, what was the prize I could have won?
Prize Drawing Lady: You had a choice of either a car or a shopping gift card.

Dang it! Dang it! Dang it! Why can I not just have lied and said that I or John was 25?! Darn conscience!

The Impossible

I am in the midst of the impossible task of finding cute and attractive bridesmaid dresses. I've been a bridesmaid several times now and have only ever liked one of the dresses I was asked to wear. I prefer not to submit my bridesmaids to cruel and unusual punishment by wearing an ugly dress. Is it that hard to find cute dresses at an affordable price? After months of searching, I've come to the conclusion that it is almost impossible to find cute dresses that are in fact affordable. I've stumbled across several dresses that I absolutely LOVE, however they are four times my budget! I know have six months to find what currently seems to be impossible.