OKAY GUYS NEED YOUR V. V. IMPORTANT ADVICE
(Um...long time no post? I really keep meaning to post something substantive, especially since I paid $30 for another year's subscription and extra icons, and then...not updating my icons or writing a post because it will take forever and there are other things I really need to do.)
Right so, as you may know if you follow me on Twitter, my current obsession is finding the perfect white summer dress. I have been looking for one on and off all summer, so of course now is when I get serious about it, when summer's almost over. Whatever. I really really want one, and I keep seeing really pretty pictures on Tumblr of dresses like what I really want, but whatever I manage to find is either 1) too pricey or 2) not what I'm looking for. If it is what I'm looking for, it's too expensive, of course, and if it's a price I like, it makes me look pregnant. (All empire waists do this, apparently.) Or it's in the wrong size. I actually even found one here in town that would have been nearly perfect, except it was $60...and then it went on clearance for $20, but of course by then there were no white ones left. (Purple and orange, yes. I got a purple one. It's pretty and I heart it. BUT I WANT A WHITE SUMMER DRESS.)
So, of course, I turn back to the internet. I have yet to find the OMG PERFECT DRESS for a price I really like, naturally, and I can't be completely certain that anything I order online will fit me right and not make me look pregnant (because...a lot of dresses do that, sadly. Partly it's my back, but yeah), so...that's where you come in. It only just occurred to me yesterday that I could make a Kaboodle list and ask for advice, since...that's about 100 times easier than individually linking to each listing, and also eBay doesn't let you make public watch lists. (I need to do this for corsets, too. I found a bunch on eBay that I liked, way back in February, and couldn't decide, so I was going to ask for feedback on that too...and didn't because it was going to take forever to make the post. So now they're all gone from my list because, uh, it's been more than 90 days. >_< And seriously I didn't think to make a Kaboodle list then either.)
SO HERE IS THE LIST, GUYS, TELL ME WHICH ONE I SHOULD BUY. The prices are probably not going to be accurate all the time since Kaboodle probably pulls the Buy It Now price even if bidding starts lower, and also, some of these have ended; that's okay because most of those are from big sellers who have loads of stuff and relist things all the time. Same for sizing too, I guess. And of course the actual listings have bigger pictures and descriptions, so...check out those? And help me figure out which is prettiest and most unlikely to make me look pregnant? If it helps, my idea of the PERFECT white summer dress would be one I could wear all by itself, i.e. straps thick enough that my bra straps won't show, not so low in front that I have to wear something under it, not so short (or sheer) that I have to wear a skirt with it--about knee-length or longer would be good. Also, cotton, and kind of...tiered-looking. Ideally with lace/crocheting somewhere, like at the bottom; kind of loose and floaty with a pretty wide, full skirt. No zipper, ideally--something very unfussy would be nice. Plus I want a plain white dress, no pattern or extra colors to speak of, which...well, I've included some on the list that are only mostly white, because I don't know, I like them anyway? They have more of the shape I'm looking for? But I still really want a plain white one, so whatever. Obviously none of the dresses I've found fit every single one of those things, but you know...guidelines.
...also, price. Because I am cheap and somewhat poor. So...if you see one that's ending soon and probably won't be relisted, and is also cheap and you think it's PERFECT, um...tell me right away?
Right so, as you may know if you follow me on Twitter, my current obsession is finding the perfect white summer dress. I have been looking for one on and off all summer, so of course now is when I get serious about it, when summer's almost over. Whatever. I really really want one, and I keep seeing really pretty pictures on Tumblr of dresses like what I really want, but whatever I manage to find is either 1) too pricey or 2) not what I'm looking for. If it is what I'm looking for, it's too expensive, of course, and if it's a price I like, it makes me look pregnant. (All empire waists do this, apparently.) Or it's in the wrong size. I actually even found one here in town that would have been nearly perfect, except it was $60...and then it went on clearance for $20, but of course by then there were no white ones left. (Purple and orange, yes. I got a purple one. It's pretty and I heart it. BUT I WANT A WHITE SUMMER DRESS.)
So, of course, I turn back to the internet. I have yet to find the OMG PERFECT DRESS for a price I really like, naturally, and I can't be completely certain that anything I order online will fit me right and not make me look pregnant (because...a lot of dresses do that, sadly. Partly it's my back, but yeah), so...that's where you come in. It only just occurred to me yesterday that I could make a Kaboodle list and ask for advice, since...that's about 100 times easier than individually linking to each listing, and also eBay doesn't let you make public watch lists. (I need to do this for corsets, too. I found a bunch on eBay that I liked, way back in February, and couldn't decide, so I was going to ask for feedback on that too...and didn't because it was going to take forever to make the post. So now they're all gone from my list because, uh, it's been more than 90 days. >_< And seriously I didn't think to make a Kaboodle list then either.)
SO HERE IS THE LIST, GUYS, TELL ME WHICH ONE I SHOULD BUY. The prices are probably not going to be accurate all the time since Kaboodle probably pulls the Buy It Now price even if bidding starts lower, and also, some of these have ended; that's okay because most of those are from big sellers who have loads of stuff and relist things all the time. Same for sizing too, I guess. And of course the actual listings have bigger pictures and descriptions, so...check out those? And help me figure out which is prettiest and most unlikely to make me look pregnant? If it helps, my idea of the PERFECT white summer dress would be one I could wear all by itself, i.e. straps thick enough that my bra straps won't show, not so low in front that I have to wear something under it, not so short (or sheer) that I have to wear a skirt with it--about knee-length or longer would be good. Also, cotton, and kind of...tiered-looking. Ideally with lace/crocheting somewhere, like at the bottom; kind of loose and floaty with a pretty wide, full skirt. No zipper, ideally--something very unfussy would be nice. Plus I want a plain white dress, no pattern or extra colors to speak of, which...well, I've included some on the list that are only mostly white, because I don't know, I like them anyway? They have more of the shape I'm looking for? But I still really want a plain white one, so whatever. Obviously none of the dresses I've found fit every single one of those things, but you know...guidelines.
...also, price. Because I am cheap and somewhat poor. So...if you see one that's ending soon and probably won't be relisted, and is also cheap and you think it's PERFECT, um...tell me right away?