(set off caution - this can be a funny reimagining of the no longer-certainly-so-hard hard day of a privileged white lady)

**Looooong gradual exhale**

Lately, I did a craaaaazy element (for a rustic woman not less than). I braved the underbelly of the beast itself... AND lived to inform the story fantastically unscathed.

There have been over and over I believed I would not make it.

Moments once i misplaced all desire of locating the holy grail (and doubted that the holy grail even EXISTED in any respect!)

Instances wherein I believed my war turned into all yet misplaced.

Glimpses of entire melancholy threatening to eat me.

The bone-weariness and exhaustion sinking deeper into my being as I trudged resolutely in the course of the sea of sensory weigh down.

Yet in the depth of my nine hour trip by Pacific Truthful and Robina City Centre purchasing centres at the Gold Coast, there have been many triumphs.

And that i did discover the holy grail of my marriage ceremony clothe... at last.

So I cannot whinge any further, yet checklist the moments inside the lengthy day for which I'm thankful:

*Discovering the identical marriage ceremony ring to shop for for Part Charge.. once i stupidly misplaced my customary one (I took it off to do bodywork for a Yoni Mapping consultation after which should have thrown it out with the tissues at the tray considering the fact that i am an area-cadet - sure the combat is Authentic!)

*Locating every other jeweller keen to allow me skip the queue and resize it at the identical day when you consider that my wedding ceremony is Subsequent WEEK and that i simply can not come again right here omg I simply can't. A distinct deed achieved, a type smile, a pleasant chat.

*The upbeat, supportive, can-do mindset of Karlyn , my final minute trusty sidekick in this undertaking practically most unlikely - I actually couldn't have completed it with no her (even if I at the beginning refused all promises of improve for this challenge - I felt like this used to be a course I wished to stroll by myself!) At this time I known the real drive of sisterhood **sniff** I wanted her fabulous vibes to maintain me on my ft - I'd had been a blubbering mess waaaaay sooner than I discovered THE Gown... and TBH usually would not have came upon it in any respect.

*The beautiful female who so devotedly gave of her compliment and a spotlight and skills, assisting with the costume and equipment obstacle, giving rate reductions and customarily making it think important. Seems she is de facto from my little village neighbourhood at homestead - which we reminisced approximately as though I Additionally hadn't lived there in years, once i'd simply left this morning.

*Scrumptious juice hydration, mocktails, epic vegan burgers and uncooked cake yumminess for the weary guests to finish their day mutually - the 1st good component I might eaten all day at 4pm (ooops...!)

*Essentially the most exercising I have had within the final week mixed, whether it became strolling by using infinite brightly-lit rabbit warrens and corridors of retailers.

And now I arrive homestead after lots frightening 'metropolis' using.
(Nonetheless understanding 2 lane roundabouts, critically WTF?)

Alive.
Thankful.
Relieved.
My entire frame exhaling.
Softening.
Trustworthy.

I survived my frame being undergone all of the labyrinthine intestinal tract of the abdominal of the beast itself (TWO beasts in truth!) and lived to inform the story. Wow.

# shoppinglyfe # goodlittleconsumer