Thanks for the encouraging comments, y'all. I promise I wasn't "fishing" for them, but your kind words really did help me feel better about myself. I'm glad I don't feel all weepy today. Whew!

My mom called me last night because she was excited about some wallpaper border she found that matches some of the fabric in the baby bedding she is making for our little one. At the end of our conversation, I felt like a piece of poop.

She sent me the link to the wallpaper border while I was on the phone with her so I could tell her if I like it or not. Talk about awkward! When I saw it, I immediately knew that it wasn't something I would've chosen....and I would prefer not to have any border in the room at all. Knowing that she had already bought it and was excited about finding it, I had 2 choices that I had to pick from pretty darn fast: a) I could fake my enthusiasm and let her live out her moment of joy that she picked the perfect border for the baby's room.....OR....b) I could try to let her down easy and tell her that I don't really care for it.

I chose option b.

I felt sooooooooooooooooooooo bad. I just kept apologizing over and over. Part of me wishes that I would've kept my mouth shut and just resigned myself to live with the border even though I'm not crazy about it. But that's just silly, and I figured she'd appreciate my honesty. She didn't seem too hurt over it and we found out that she can return it, according to the company's return policy.

The bad part is, now she's afraid that I won't like the quilt and the crib bumper pad she's making because some of the fabric has the same design as the border. I told her that I know I will love it and it will look great in the room. And I truly do believe that. I wasn't just covering my rear and protecting her feelings. A quilt with pieces of that design in it is WAY different than a semi-permantent fixture like wallpaper border. I also explained to her that I'm not much of a wallpaper border person anyway. Even if it had a design on it that I absolutely loved, I don't know that I would want it plastered around the circumference of the room, ya know? I'm going for a simpler look and I think the quilt and crib skirt and stuff she is making will look great w/ the plain sky-blue walls.

Here's the border:

While the colors DO match all of our other stuff:

....it's not exactly what I was going for. I was thinking that the already robin's egg/sky blue color of the walls would look great plain, with just the wall-hangings and maybe a few white fluffy clouds painted around the dog and his balloons that are "flying away". I think the bright assorted circus prints my mom is using for the bedding will look really cute and offset the simplicity of the walls. The border, in my opinion, would've just made it look too "busy".

I made sure my mom knew that I REALLY appreciate everything she is doing to help w/ the baby's room and just because I wasn't fond of the border, doesn't mean I won't like the rest of the stuff she has picked out. I hope I didn't hurt her feelings....I mean, she's working so hard to make nice things for the baby.

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