I dreamt I was shopping in two places last night – the first place, I was outside, and it was cold (my bedroom got cold at one point and I think I incorporated it into the dream) I was passing this rather large building. I had on a bright red wool winter coat. I remember the building had a man standing outside of it who was sortof like a bellman but not. he had a uniform (like a white apron up to the neck?) and he looked like someone right out of the 20’s – hairstyle, thin mustache, etc. I am walking by and he is welcoming people to go inside. Its dreary outside, cold, grey, I remember walking in heels on a stone walkway. Anyways, I stop and talk to him for a bit. Apparently I *am* doing some shopping. I’ve never been inside this building before (I don’t tell him but it’s out of my price range in terms of high end merchandise so I just never enter the store…the doors are even surrounded in gold). He smiles and tells me to go inside and absolutely look around.

We smile and part ways and I head toward the building. I enter it. inside there is a woman in a white (blazer) jacket outlined in black piping and black slacks. She is really warm, vivacious and has a lot of money (or at least looks like she does) she has auburn hair, and is maybe 40-something. she is talking about a mile a minute and instantly starts swooping me into conversation. I am thinking to myself that eventually she will find someone she knows or will figure out that I am not rich and eventually will walk away. As we walk and she talks I take in as much as I can of the space. I find I am following her into a rather large bathroom. She does end up leaving me after all when we get inside the bathroom because her friends are there.

So while I am there I decide to wash my hands. (I still have my coat on, too) The sink is unique – I have to screw something onto the faucet to get the water to pour out. I also have to open the area where the sink is, where the water falls into. I have to turn a crank to open it. I open it only partially, kind of feeling like I shouldn’t be doing it. But then I realize I look odd for NOT doing it fully, because if I were to really “belong” here, that’s what the other women would do. I am proving I am not a “regular” shopper here. I begin to wash my hands. As I wash, I observe a woman in a white uniform sitting on a stool. I have an oh sh*t moment. I have no singles and I know I am supposed to tip her. As I turn back to watch my hands, I see there is a folder right inside the sink that the water is running over. the folder examines customer service. Feedback is required/requested whenever one uses the rest room for the service of the woman on the stool. So I realize I have no cash on me, I’ve ruined a survey and folder that I wasn’t supposed to, and I am unable to throw it away because I will look obvious. I also then realize: I ALREADY look obvious, I never took the survey out in the first place! The woman sitting there knows I don’t know what I am doing – I was thinking I would have to turn the crank to close the sink to cover the wet survey and folder (which was brown) but that makes it worse (a series of follies it seems). I look to my right and I see there is a vent low on the wall. There is water all on the vent and spreading over it. I find myself wondering where the water is coming from, as it appears to be coming from behind me. I assume it is toilet overflow, but there is no toilet behind me…

Next thing I know I am somewhere else, I don’t know where - i believe someplace totally different. I am wearing jeans, in a store that is bubblegum pink. I see hello kitty pens, fun stuffed animals, erasers, etc. I see a circle swivel thing in the room and I look inside and see gemstones. I mentally tell myself to let my one friend know that she can buy some gemstones here. I find myself drawn to the hematite (protection, wards of negativity – may need to pull that out of my collection) and I think lapis. anyways, I turn around and I find that somehow I am in a room that is familiar and yet – isn’t. it’s nowhere that I’ve ever been in waking. The room has a wall of stuffed animals and toys on shelving from when I was growing up (and yet, of course, they weren’t!) they were on the shelves above a couch. It’s a sitting area. there are two windows on the left letting gentle light in. some stuffed animals were stapled to the wall. I realize there could be some symbolism to this – the toys were in columns. The first column (symbolizing my oldest sister perhaps?) only had a stuffed deer stapled to the wall. I kept referring to her as "doe deer". (which i find interesting because Doe Deere is a girl who makes Limecrime make up) I’ve never had a stuffed deer like that – but this one was pink and white and girly. Then the middle column had actual SHELVES (symbolizing me?) filled with toys like crazy. wooden ones, stuffed animals, (none stapled) etc. in a playful array. Then the 3rd column (My youngest brother?) had some toys on lower shelves, with stuffed animals stapled to the wall above those. I should also add I was in this room for quite some time and the wall where the toys were was a bright and deep teal blue.

I kept staring at this wall. Finding comfort in it, seeing the nostalgia. My mom was then in the room to my right, sitting on a stool outside of a kitchen that I hadn’t seen was there. My oldest sister was to the left sitting on a stool. I kept walking around and looking at everything. I remember talking to my mom and I remember my sister talking. I also remember thinking “I can only talk to my sister in dreams”

I do think this reflects what is going on in my life, i am just trying to piece a lot of it together. I appreciate your insight.

Age & Gender & Location {Required}: 35, Buffalo, NY

Have You Posted Before? Date of Last Post {Use Search and Your Post Name to Help Find Last Post} Female

How Did You Find the Dream Forum? yes - a year ago or so?

Jackie,
I will address your dream Monday morning. I have spent too many hours sitting in front of this computer and my brain is growing groggy.

Jerry