Sometimes you don’t have to find the perfect dress.
Sometimes, it finds you. As was the case today.
My Reunion Dress.
I was walking to the food court from Nordstrom and I passed Sigrid Olsen, this dress was in the window. I stopped and looked at it, thinking That is EXACTLY what I want for the reunion, but Sigrid Olsen is like BCBG or Adrienne Vittadini... a store I only go into if I'm on vacation. So I continued on towards the food court to eat lunch. When I was done I headed back to Nordstrom and I passed the dress again. I just loved it, but I kept walking. About half way down to Nordstrom I stopped in my tracks, turned around and went back. I've never done this before, but I walked in and said to the sales girl, "I want to try on the dress in the window, size 8." She looked at me and said, "Size 6?" And I said, "I have a big butt, I'll need an 8." And she said, "Well okay, but I'm going to get a 6 ready just in case."
So I put the 8 on and sure enough it was too big. I mean, not only is it the prettiest dress EVER but it also makes me skinny. I told the sales girl it was for my 10 year reunion and she said, "You have to have it, it's perfect on you. You'll knock 'em dead!" I know she was just doing her job and she wants the commission, but she was right. It is perfect on me and it is almost exactly what I had in mind. I knew I wanted an empire waist, I knew I wanted a summer fabric and color and I knew I wanted something feminine. It's all of that.
This is how I justify the cost of it. Because, let's face it, I shouldn't have spent what I did on one dress. I'd have pissed that money away one way or another though, at least this way I have a really quality piece of clothing to show for it. Dudes, I got to keep the WOODEN hanger, and she put it in an actual vinyl garment bag with a zipper. I'm soooooo high class now. Heh.
I had to work today for our big Make-A-Wish kick off event. It went really well and it was a lot of fun. The wish wall turned out beautifully, I mean, it's gorgeous.
All those years I spent as slave labor working for Evil!Church really must have earned me some big-time karma, because I lovelovelove my job now. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am, but then I have a day like today, where I hosted a successful event to benefit a charity and promote my company (a company that affords me the ability to purchase a $250 dress), and I realize I'm more than lucky. I'm blessed. Yeah, I said it. I makes my teeth ache to use that word, but it's true. Just because the church was evil! doesn't mean my intentions were. And apparently God hasn't forgotten about it. I hate to say it, but he probably deserves at least a little credit for where my life is today. Yeah, I'll give him 30%, but I'm keeping 70% of the credit for myself. Baby steps, right?
My Reunion Dress.
I was walking to the food court from Nordstrom and I passed Sigrid Olsen, this dress was in the window. I stopped and looked at it, thinking That is EXACTLY what I want for the reunion, but Sigrid Olsen is like BCBG or Adrienne Vittadini... a store I only go into if I'm on vacation. So I continued on towards the food court to eat lunch. When I was done I headed back to Nordstrom and I passed the dress again. I just loved it, but I kept walking. About half way down to Nordstrom I stopped in my tracks, turned around and went back. I've never done this before, but I walked in and said to the sales girl, "I want to try on the dress in the window, size 8." She looked at me and said, "Size 6?" And I said, "I have a big butt, I'll need an 8." And she said, "Well okay, but I'm going to get a 6 ready just in case."
So I put the 8 on and sure enough it was too big. I mean, not only is it the prettiest dress EVER but it also makes me skinny. I told the sales girl it was for my 10 year reunion and she said, "You have to have it, it's perfect on you. You'll knock 'em dead!" I know she was just doing her job and she wants the commission, but she was right. It is perfect on me and it is almost exactly what I had in mind. I knew I wanted an empire waist, I knew I wanted a summer fabric and color and I knew I wanted something feminine. It's all of that.
This is how I justify the cost of it. Because, let's face it, I shouldn't have spent what I did on one dress. I'd have pissed that money away one way or another though, at least this way I have a really quality piece of clothing to show for it. Dudes, I got to keep the WOODEN hanger, and she put it in an actual vinyl garment bag with a zipper. I'm soooooo high class now. Heh.
I had to work today for our big Make-A-Wish kick off event. It went really well and it was a lot of fun. The wish wall turned out beautifully, I mean, it's gorgeous.
All those years I spent as slave labor working for Evil!Church really must have earned me some big-time karma, because I lovelovelove my job now. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am, but then I have a day like today, where I hosted a successful event to benefit a charity and promote my company (a company that affords me the ability to purchase a $250 dress), and I realize I'm more than lucky. I'm blessed. Yeah, I said it. I makes my teeth ache to use that word, but it's true. Just because the church was evil! doesn't mean my intentions were. And apparently God hasn't forgotten about it. I hate to say it, but he probably deserves at least a little credit for where my life is today. Yeah, I'll give him 30%, but I'm keeping 70% of the credit for myself. Baby steps, right?