Manners Mondays

Ooops! It appears as if I forgot I was writing a blog...

Did I do thaaat?

Yes, yes I did. Sorry Peeoples!

OK, Manners Mondays.

I saw this little phrase online, and just thought it was cute:

This is so true. I try to get my children to realize this. I think it just goes back to "First Impressions". What are people seeing you like for the first time? Rude? Disrespectful? OR Polite? Friendly?

Most people react very well towards good manners. Some don't. "They" don't deserve my time here. Use the manners!

So, here's the doozie today...this one is for the men:

 HOLD THE DOOR OPEN FOR YOUR WOMEN!

Did she just say that? Oh yes she did!

(before we continue here, I have to say, I have not looked anything up and I should have. So, this will not be a anything more than my own view...I do not need nasty messages from any of you :P )

I love the door being opened for me. Love it. My dad is a big "door opener". To this day, he opens the door for all his Ladies. I like my girlies being treated like that. Is this everything to look for in a man? Noooo. But, it won't hurt.

When Mr. Man and I started dating, he opened the door for me. Walking into buildings, getting in the car...that did not last long. NOW, he says,"What about feminism? " To that I just think,"What a lovely excuse to be lazy and disrespectful." I am grateful to the great woman that have fought for all of us to have rights. But, open the *@$%*!^ door for me!

It has become quite a running joke around here. He actually stopped opening all doors for a while, after those comments were made. I felt as if he were trying to prove a point. That's fine. You stand there looking like an idiot because another man is holding the door open for me while we walk into a building. Well, the kids have gotten involved. Sooo, there have been a few times where (I think on accident) he opens a door for us, and the kids start hooting."WHOA! He OPENED THE DOOR!" Funny! 

He is getting better. Slowly but surely. 

The two of us were going somewhere the other day, I walked out of the house, and he was standing on the passenger side of the car with the door open. I was so confused instantly and asked him if he wanted me to drive. He was standing there waiting for me to get in! I found this hilarious! Here he was actually trying to do a good thing, and I didn't even recognize it. 

It made me feel as if there was hope for the world after all!

Manners Monday

Wow. I had a crazy day yesterday. In the process, I never managed to get the post up about manners. So, I will make up 

for it, and do:

Manners Monday:

(on Tuesday)

This will touch more on etiquette today. How to set a table, or what is what at a set table, and how to eat the tricky foods...

Dinner Setting Photo by Replacement, Ltd.

The best tip for any event, is to follow the Hostess. Even at a more formal event. You never want the hostess to feel upstaged. You do not ever want her to be embarrassed by your actions. Keep in mind, if you do not care for all this hooplah, make your polite excuses at the time you are invited, and do not go. Simple. :)

Napkin: When you sit down, unfold the napkin and place on your         lap. Don't shake it out, just simply place it. NEVER put it around your neck.

Which Silverware??? Use the silverware farthest from your plate first. Sometimes, the dessert fork will be placed above the plate, or even brought out with the dessert.

That's the basics of that. Now, to a few difficult foods. Finger food or not? I could go on and on about this...but I won't. So, just a few:

Asparagus: Most people, at home, will pick this up with their fingers and bite it, if your're like my kids, you stab the whole thing with a fork. At a formal event, use a fork and knife. It really does look a lot better.

Chicken: Fork and knife. If you are at a BBQ, yes. Have at it. Be as messy as you want. Any other time, use a fork and knife.

Soup: Dip the spoon into the soup, moving it away from the body, until it is about two-thirds full, then sip the liquid (without slurping) from the side of the spoon (without inserting the whole bowl of the spoon into the mouth).

It is perfectly fine to tilt the bowl slightly (again away from the body) to get the last spoonful or two of soup.

To eat bread while eating your soup, don't hold the bread in one hand and your soup spoon in the other. When ready to eat a bite of your bread, place the spoon on the under plate, then use the same hand to take the bread to your mouth.

Spaghetti:The perfect method for eating spaghetti or other long stringy pasta is to twirl it around your fork. Use a spoon to help if needed.

It is also acceptable to cut pasta with a knife and fork. You can get some leverage by turning the pasta while holding the tines of your fork against the edge of your plate. It's even correct to neatly cut the pasta if twirling is too hard.

What is undeniably bad manners is slurping in a mouthful of trailing pasta without benefit of twirl or knife. It's often loud, and it's never pretty.

The Formidable Task of Couponing

I have recently tried to redo myself into a "Krazy Coupon Lady" Is it working? Nah, I don't believe so... for the first few months, I made my list, I went to the stores, I didn't understand how things work. I wound up spending more money than I originally planned. Now, don't get me wrong, I still saved loads of money, just not enough.

Something you will hear Mr. Man say quite often is,"Time is Money". Honestly, when he first started started saying that to me, I would just seethe inside. This guy has no clue what it's like to have the responsibility of taking care of two kids when you have no money! It is preposterous for him to make such snide comments to me! Right?

Uummm....kinda starting to agree with him...

--------------------------on the flip side-----------------------------

Last week, I went to the grocery store...with noooo coupons, no add in my hand, just walked in and bought the stuff I needed. (or thought I needed) Oh Yeah! It felt so good not having to worry about that! I was in and out of the store, after getting everything we would need for a week plus, with in an hour....and then I stepped up to pay. Whoops.$275.00!!!!!! I had had it down with groceries and toiletries to $100.00 a week. Paid a little extra THIS week!

....eeck!

Once I got home, everyone started putting the groceries away, and the question was asked,"How much did you spend?" I told them, and you should have seen the looks on their faces!  They all stopped and were open-mouthed, staring at me...looking at me like I was some mutated form of alien!

Mr.Man: What? No.

Lilly: Why so much?

Lola: Didn't you use your coupons?

Mr. Man: No, really. You spent that much?

WHAT?!?

The people that do not want to help me cut coupons. The people that are embarrassed to walk in a store beside me with my handy-dandy notebook. ....these are the people questioning my shopping??? Where did the "time is money" line go?

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Bottom line. I love walking in a store, and walking out with $100 worth of products and only paying $10-$20 for it. The best deals with coupons that I find is normally at Walgreen's, so I will continue doing that. If the peanut gallery has something to say about it, they can grocery shop themselves. I have stuff to do.

Add a little humor...

Wow!

The last few days around here have been rather gruelling. The days I get off from work have been so crazy! I almost dread having a day off...that felt weird even typing it! Time, Time, Time. I just don't have enough of it (who does?) I find myself completely packing my off days with appointments and "to-do" list, I just am not sure when else to do everything. 

Blah.

On the up side! I have my yard "Spring ready"! My garden is ready for planting and a lot of my seeds for it are already started indoors! I know, I'm a dork. I am very excited about my garden this year!!!

Still waiting on news from the University...giving me a little bit of a black cloud hanging over my head. 

So, in an attempt to correct that, I figured I could add a little humor this morning!

(Hope you like my idea of funny! Hehehehe!)

Well, I'm off to get ready for work! (FINALLY!)

Have a sensational day!

Learning Wrap ups

Have any of you heard of these?

They are a.m.a.z.i.n.g!!!

I wish I would have came across these YEARS ago! What they are, are tools to enforce the basics. I bought addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division...and one for states and capitals...but they have quite  a few more. This is how they work:

The best part? The kids think they're fun! I guess because it comes in quick short burst. They have books and Cd's that you can get to go along with them, I just haven't used them yet. My little Lola has dyslexia and has a super hard time with math...I have seen such a difference with her using these! I have Lilly use the states and capitals wrap up just as a reminder course...for the most part though, I bought them for Lola. I highly recommend getting these, even for kids as young as 5 or 6.

http://learningwrapups.com/wrap-ups.html 

Get that Temporary Tattoo off! Now!

Lola was dressed, looking all sorts of gorgeous and ready to go the other day, when....ARRGGHHH!! The horror of horrors!!! I spot a temporary tattoo on her arm! A half on/half off, nasty looking...I don't even know what it used to be. I detest those things! I don't even know where she gets them sometimes. How do I get it off? She can't possibly have THAT as an accessory to this beautiful dress! I run to the computer for help. 
A lot of the ideas for getting them off listed seemed a little harsh, and I was pretty sure would involve scrubbing her arm raw. Other things, I just didn't have on hand. The site I was looking at suggested using scotch tape.


Tape? Hmmmm....would that REALLY work? 
I was in a hurry so I used packing tape :D...it worked so good! With in two minutes of pressing it on her arm and pulling it off, the whole tattoo was off! Amazing!
I was so impressed by this! I finally have ammunition against these stupid things! I think people give them to my kids on purpose, just because they know I don't like them. 
A little like the time Lilly was four and received play-do for Christmas. Not just a pack of it, mind you, a whole lot of packs of it...with a fun little play kit...grrr.


Anyways, here are a list of some other ideas on how to get the horrid, grubby, loathsome cute little temporary tattoos off your kids:
(These are ideas I have found, not necessarily ideas I have tried)

1. Tape
   1. ...I think we have already covered this one
2. Rub cooking oil on it, blot and repeat until off (this sounds like it would take a while...maybe not)
3. Baby oil. The idea here was to apply before going to bed and the tattoo would be off in the morning (which brought visions of these nasty tattoos imprinted on the sheets)
4. Goo Gone....hmmmm could work!

There were other ideas, I found which included SCRUBBING with nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, or just plain soap. Seemed a little if-y to me, but once again, I have never tried those so I won't bash them too much.

Anyone else have ideas?...Or, have you tried any of these, and how well did they work?

Please don't talk with food in your mouth!

I'm going to start a new thing here. ( I know, my whole blog is new) 

MANNERS MONDAY

I truly detest bad manners. I'm sure it stems from them being pounded into my head as a child from parents who were detesters as well.( Is detesters a word? I didn't say that I detest bad grammar or spelling) My children will be the first to tell you how much I remind them to say their Yes ma'am/yes sir, no ma'am/no sir. Mr. Man thinks it's silly...I do not. I believe, for the most part, younger generations of adults are the ones killing the manners in children. Do not be offended if someone calls you ma'am or sir...they really could be calling you something a whole lot worse, your choice! 

I guess I'm getting off track (a little bit)...

chewing with your mouth open...

closely related to:

talking with food in your mouth...

HOW GROSS! Were you born in a barn? Hehehe...I'm a mother, I can say that now!

Growing up, we had quite a few family dinners with a few of my dad's siblings. Uncle Bob. HE WAS THE PERSON. The "talker with food in his mouth-er" Ewwww. I remember one time, the table was set, the kids (we were all pretty close in age, maybe 10-12) were told to wash their hands. We all jammed in the bathroom together to wash our hands debate who had to sit across from Uncle Bob. Looking back, I'm not sure if the other adults ever knew this happened...either that, or they did and just thought it was really funny. LOL. I really don't remember which kid lost this particular time.

Uncle Bob was an 'ol fisherman. Who loved to tell stories. Of the last great catch that was caught. It always seemed to grow as he was talking. I know you all know someone like that.

Anyways, back to the dinner...

We all sat down and started eating. Uncle Bob ALWAYS seamed to pick the chair set right in the middle of the table, I guess he wanted to make sure everyone heard him. I just remember us kids eating as fast as we could while watching him like a hawk...we KNEW what was going to happen...THE FISH. He started telling about the fish he last caught, and as the story grew, the fish grew with it...Then,(Que the "Jaws" music) the inevitable happened...THE CORN. A single kernel of corn, that had previously taken up residence in Uncle Bob's mouth, was viciously being evicted...the corn came flying out of his open, story-telling mouth, and landed on the plate of my pour cousin sitting across from him. EWWWWWW!!!!!

Man! The clan of cousins were done eating so fast! We must have thought it was contagious!

So really, my detesting-of-bad-manners doesn't come from "detester-of-bad-manner-parents", maybe it comes from fish and corn.

Chew with your mouth closed. Do not talk with food in your mouth. If you are talking during the meal, take smaller bites. Honestly, if you are talking so much that you can't eat, you're talking too much. Hush up for a minute while you eat, and allow someone else to talk!

Set up a video camera while you're eating.

Do you really think that looks good?

Smacking lips and flying food, mixed with saliva spewing out of your mouth...if you think this is a socially acceptable thing, I think you're hanging out with the wrong people.

Now, on the other hand, maybe you're trying to alienate everyone around you with the slurping and chomping noises coming from your mouth...and for the people around you who are blessed to be deaf, you throw in the horrible visual of a cow eating cud. You will have succeeded. Thank you for being a participating member of society!

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Play a game!

This is a game my parents played with us, and I now play with my children (sometimes).

The Penny Game

(I know, we should think of a much cooler name than that) 

Play this while sitting down to dinner...at a table.

Everyone starts out with seven pennies. During the meal you watch each other for bad manners (chewing with your mouth open, elbows on the table, reaching for something instead of asking someone to pass it, etc.) If you "catch" someone using a bad manner, they have to pay you a penny. The person with the most pennies at the end of dinner, WINS!

This game seems to be a big hit with kids, and really helps teach them some of those important manners!

Hope you have enjoyed my first installment of 

MANNERS MONDAYS!

Easter dresses!

Ha! I lied...just one more post about Easter! 

The dresses...

This is what happens when mom tries to take a serious picture: giggle, giggle, giggle

It's ok...I secretly like it more. 

Egg bombs!

Here is my last post about Easter this year. The promised post about the Egg Bombs we made:

1. tap out "nickel sized" whole in bottom of the egg. Shake out the goo...

2. Rinse out with hot water and let drain upside down. (if you are going to dye these in water, you do not have to worry about drying them)

3. Dye your eggs...place upside down in carton for at least a day to dry.

4. Using paper confetti, fill each egg about half full

5. Cut small squares of tissue paper, dab a little school glue around edge of whole, 

    and press tissue paper on

This process took us about a week, just because I was busy. You could really do this quite a bit ahead of Easter...just to have them ready.

You can hide them, or because we didn't have a bunch of kids with us this year, we set up a target and everyone tried hitting it. Let me remind people, if the kids are throwing them at each other, separate into younger and older kids!!!! Fun stuff! Hope you enjoy!

"Chick" Deviled Eggs

Cut off a small slice from the bottom of the egg...just enough so the egg can stand on it's own. Then cut the top of the egg off, about 1/3 of the way down.

Carefully scoop out the yolk. I used a measuring spoon.

Make up the yolk however you normally make your eggs.

I added:

3 tbsp Miracle whip

1 tsp mustard

few good shakes of celery salt

tad bit of pepper

pinch of dill

(like my way of measuring? lol)

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Mix it up and put it back in the egg. Put a little left over on top.

Lay the top back on the egg and press down slightly.

Add eyes...I used black piping. Then cut a sliver of carrot, push it it,

and say hello to your little friend!

Where's my Easter Basket???

The kids woke up this morning, and there was no Easter baskets sitting here. Awww....poor kids.

I had set up a treasure hunt for them. They each had a simple card, which on the inside had their first "clue".
They each had four or five clues set around the house. On the outside of each clue I had put either a red, blue, or green mark so they knew for sure it was their clue.
Mr. Man had blue.
Lilly had green.
Lola had red.
The last clue they found just simply told them where their stash was!

Mr. Man's was on the washer:

Lilly's was under the bathroom sink:

Lola's was in the oven!:

This was so much fun, and really took something that would have been over with in two minutes, and made the fun of it last longer.

Below is a list of some clues I used:

My life can be measured in hours,                                           CANDLE
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.

I have hands that wave at you,                                                  FAN
Though I never say goodbye.
It's cool for you to be with me,
Especially when I say, "HI."
What am I? 

I have a head but never weep,                                                  BED
I have a foot but never walk,
You come to me for what you need.

I shine, I wear a hat, and have a tail.                                       LAMP

What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?         TEAPOT

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?                               TOWELS

You use a knife to slice my head and                                     ONIONS

weep beside me when I am dead.

I have a many legs, but cannot stand.                                    BROOM
I have a long neck, but I have no head.
I cannot walk and I cannot see
But I keep things neat and tidy as can be.

What has to be broken before it can be used?                   EGGS

What has legs but can't walk?                                                    TABLE

Your artwork shines within my glow.                                    FRIDGE
I hold other good things you know!
Your mother says to close me up—
Look up high, if you are stuck!

Boats sail the high seas in me,                                                  TUB
But not a man is lost at sea!
My shores are shiny and slick,
But my waters won’t make you sick!

It doesn't bark, it doesn't bite                                                    LOCK

but still won't let you in a house.

I look at you, you look at me,

 I raise my right, you raise your left                                         MIRROR

Glow-in-the-dark Egg Hunt!!!!

 Oh Yeah!

Made the kids go outside for a Egg hunt! At 9:30pm. You should have seen the looks on their faces! Priceless! It obviously was not hard to find the eggs...but they had loads of fun!

 Just get some glow sticks and put in the plastic eggs. I found glow sticks in a pack of 12 at the Dollar store. Tape the eggs, and hide!

"Chick" Pretzels

      

Awwwww...

Want to make some sweet and salty pretzel chicks?

STEP 1: Buy...

                 1 bag of square pretzels

                 1 bag of yellow chocolate disk (I found these at    

                    Michael's)

                 1 tube black gel (baking area)

                 orange jelly beans (I found these at a store that sells

                     different color Jelly Bellies...I originally thought I 

                     would pick all the orange jelly beans out of the

                     bags I bought for Easter...that lasted for about ten 

                     beans, but if ya'll have the patience for that, have 

                     at it! ;)

STEP 2:Lay out the pretzels in a single layer, with none 

                overlapping. Heat oven to 350*.

STEP3: Lay one yellow disk on each pretzel, put in heated 

                oven for 1-2 minutes. Yes, I said 1-2 minutes.

STEP4: As soon as they are pulled out of the oven, put one

               jelly bean on each pretzel (about in the middle)

STEP5: Once the chocolate cools, add eyes, and WA~LAH!

                                             CHICKS!

The girls and I actually debated for a while if we should put the eyes on or not. We thought without the eyes, the pretzels looked like they had little "sunny-side up" eggs on them!lol

.....as you can see, the eyes won!

Recycle???

******Recycling is one of the easiest ways for everyone to help conserve natural resources.******
When the thought process of recycling first hit me, I tried doing it all:Buying the right products, recycling what I thought could be....and I failed. Some of the products at the time, were so expensive, I just couldn't afford it. Plain and simple. I was living in a small apartment, and did not have room for recyclables. Soooo....the excitement of it quickly fizzled, and died.


IDEA #1: What can you do where you live? 
There are so many ideas online of apartment living, that you could come up with a few ideas to help you recycle. If you live in a house. Sorry, no excuse. Just do it. Same thing applies for a house though. Look online, find a system that works for your household. 

WHAT WE DO: We took a trip to the local recycling center and quickly realized you can take almost anything there to recycle!!!! You take all your stuff in, they help you put it into the different bins; almost any type of plastic, glass, paper (not just two or three types), Foam trays from meat, foam packing material...all sorts of stuff!

So, (because I have not fully utilized my Pintrest ideas yet) we just simply put a box by the trash can. When it fills up, we replace it with another box. When we get a decent amount we take it to the recycling center. Yes, everyone goes.

IDEA#2: Start small

Do not gather every possible idea and start it at once. Implement just a few ideas, once they are more of a habit, add something else to it!

WHAT WE DO: Made the kids be involved. Nothing "official" just, reminders of what can be recycled and why. They go to the center with us, they help with the garden and canning.

We, do the recycling (already explained). Upcycle a lot of stuff. Garden (cuts down on packaging)...and a  few more things. I did not start this stuff all at once.

IDEA#3: Start a garden

What? ME? Yes. You. 

Pssst....you can do this (on a small scale) even in an apartment...look online for ideas of window gardens!

WHAT WE DO: We garden, freeze food, and also can it. I love canning. It always looked so hard, watching my dad do it. But it's not. Canning is so easy, and you can make the food according to any dietary needs of your house (like if someone is diabetic) One of my favorite things to can, is soups. When I make soup (chili, vegetable, ect)...just make more. Then can it. Instant meal on a busy day! Something else I first tried last year, was taco meat. I waited for a sale on meat, made a whole bunch of it up and canned it! Super easy meal if you're on the run!!!

Anywho...that was just a few ideas...this post is getting a little long. So, hope it helps!

To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.


Turning of the tap while brushing your teeth in the morning and before bedtimes can save up to 8 gallons per day. This is a savings of 240 gallons per month.



Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.

Mr. Man's hobby...

My Mr. Man has a hobby. Tesla. He is obsessed with Nikola Tesla. For those of you who are not familiar with who that is, let me give you a little info...

Tesla was a handsome mustachioed devil (since it was the fashion of the times in the late 1800s) who invented electrical gizmos in his free time. He invented ways to generate AC power, the radio, the Tesla coil which is basically a big electric guitar, and other trifles like an earthquake generator. He was friends with Mark Twain. He was enemies with Edison. He was frenemies with Westinghouse. He battled Superman. He rarely drank beer, but when he did, it probably wasn't Dos Equis. He was the most interesting man in the universe. And Mr. Man "didn't make me write all this stuff above."

Needless to say, Mr. Man's exuberance for EVERYTHING Tesla is quite contagious. The experiments that can be done with some of these inventions are really amazing! The life story of this man is just amazing, add in the ongoing, lifelong rivalry with Edison, it could be a day time soap show! Very interesting stuff! (Shhh...we don't need Mr. Man's head growing).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Get free stuff for buying gas!

So, this is an old idea with a different spin...use your Speedy Rewards Card (Speedway)to get Gift/Gas cards that you could give away as gifts. I have had my Speedy card for years, as most of you might have as well. I buy stuff, get points, and can turn the points in for free stuff. I have always used mine for fountain drinks for the kids, or snacks, ect.

MY AHH-HAH MOMENT YOU ASK????

I noticed that Speedway keeps running a special where you put $100.00 on a gift card, and you get 1000 points. OK. I know, I know. What's the point, right? My thinking is I come very close to spending that in one week on gas, so why not do it all at once? I put it on the gift card and pay for the gas. Theeeen, for every 6 hot food items you buy, you get 1000 points as well. My kids get a breakfast once a week that consist of something off the dollar menu at a fast food place because of our crazy morning on that day. So, we started buying something here instead. The points are adding up fast! 

My thinking is, to save up all my points, buying stuff I would buy anyway, and before Christmas I will turn them in for gift cards!!! AHH-HAH!!! Speedway has many ways to earn points or get free stuff. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check it out below.

http://www.speedway.com/SpeedyRewards/RedeemPoints.aspx

I did it! I mailed an egg!

http://makingmemorieswithyourkids.blogspot.com/2011/04/look-whats-going-in-mail.html

(The link and the picture is where I came across this super fun idea)

A few days ago, I found this blog ^, and she had mailed Easter eggs! What? You can do that??? So, the sceptic that I am, really, really, really wanted to do this, I just wasn't sure if it would actually work. IT DID!  I did not have my camera with me (now I wish I had taken it). I had found an egg about the size of the one pictured, but it was clear on one half and pink on the other. Put some goodies in it, taped an address to it (and taped it closed...I really don't know if they will ever get it open lol) and took it to the post office. When I set it on the counter, the man just looked at it for a second, then his face lit up and he started laughing! "That is so neat!" he said, and started showing the ladies working with him...I guess they had not seen one of these before either!

I was almost embarrassed taking this into the post office, because I really thought they were not going to take it, now that I know they will....next year, EVERYONE I KNOW WILL GET ONE!!!! lol Who wouldn't like to open the mailbox and see an egg in it???

This was a lot of fun...now I have to wait a whole year to do it again :(

French Toast For Dinner? Yes Please!

Wound up at Mr.Man's (aka the boyfriend) for dinner last night, and decided to make breakfast for dinner. Started on the french toast, and I wanted to put cinnamon, or something like it in the eggs...no such luck. Mr. Man has no spices for baking in his house. Plan B? French Vanilla creamer!!!! I put just a little in with the eggs, make up the french toast, and BAM! Wonderful tasting french toast! It was a hit with Mr. Man and the kids. Give it a try and let me know how it turned out!

Free Promotion (Bunny Ears) @ JCPenny

JCPenny's is having a free promotion handing out Bunny ears (while supplies last).  No purchase needed, just go to one of the counters and ask. We had to go to a few different counters, because they were starting to run out of them. Lola decided they looked better WITH a hat...lol.

Easter Dress

Yippee! We found an Easter dress for my older daughter. Long style, not cut too low...and b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l !!! We went to JCPenny's! I had not been there since their big "change", but HOLY CAMOLY! Everything is so cheap! As far as the dresses go though, they really had a splendid selection! So, if you are in need of "non-hoochie-mama" dresses, go there!

http://www.jcpenney.com/dotcom/index.jsp