Hooray for Sales!
I had another surprising dress-buying experience yesterday. I went to the Square One Mall in Saugus looking for a dress for my nephew's March wedding in Las Vegas. After a few futile attempts at Sears, Filene's Basement and a couple random stores, I headed to Filene's [Note to shoppers: don't even bother looking at the Sears here for dresses unless you're a mother of a bride who's extremely unhappy that her daughter is getting married].
The Filene's at Square One is one of the stores that is not closing but, rather, will become a Macy's next month. Because of this I didn't really expect there to be many huge sales - I really just needed a dress and thought I'd have a chance there. And, boy, did I ever!
I ended up buying a red, just-below-the-knees, cocktail-ish dress that is similar in style to this (which happens to be the #1 choice for our bridesmaid's dress). The first happy surprise was that it was the same size as the dress I bought at Marshall's on Thursday. The second...(drumroll please)....it was marked down from $86 to $16. Woo hoo!!!
Oh, and for you Choral Society alums out there, you'll find this bit interesting. During *both* dress shopping excursions "All Night Long" was playing as I was in the dressing room.
Question for all of you....is it okay to wear a red dress to an afternoon wedding? Are the rules different when you're in Vegas?
The Filene's at Square One is one of the stores that is not closing but, rather, will become a Macy's next month. Because of this I didn't really expect there to be many huge sales - I really just needed a dress and thought I'd have a chance there. And, boy, did I ever!
I ended up buying a red, just-below-the-knees, cocktail-ish dress that is similar in style to this (which happens to be the #1 choice for our bridesmaid's dress). The first happy surprise was that it was the same size as the dress I bought at Marshall's on Thursday. The second...(drumroll please)....it was marked down from $86 to $16. Woo hoo!!!
Oh, and for you Choral Society alums out there, you'll find this bit interesting. During *both* dress shopping excursions "All Night Long" was playing as I was in the dressing room.
Question for all of you....is it okay to wear a red dress to an afternoon wedding? Are the rules different when you're in Vegas?