Buying a Dress.

[stephaniebird]

I got a dress to wear to next weekend's wedding. It's chocolate brown with sort of camel-colored dots on it. It's sleeveless but has a high enough neck that I don't have to keep sticking the girls back in like I did with the blue shift. It's made out of a crepe material that flows really nicely and has gathers in the material that I don't really know how to explain. Anyhoo, I found it for cheap at JCPenney and then found two-toned sort of saddle shoe pumps in the exact same two colors for a steal at Marshalls. The heels are way higher than what I'm used to wearing but were surprisingly comfortable during the ten minutes I pranced around the house. So not only do I have something to wear, but I feel rather all put together. I was really trying to avoid wearing black, which looks formal and elegant, but I don't really find appropriate for a wedding, even though folks wear black to weddings all the time. I wanted something elegant, but I wanted something that would look good on me, and found myself trying on these lame dupioni two-piece numbers with embroidery that were way too mother-of-the-bride, and I feared after visiting half a dozen stores that I'd NEVER find the right dress. I'm so glad it happened...with a week to spare, even.

In other news, we are enjoying some really good tomatoes right now.

And soon, I can announce the excitement going on at work.