New Clothes!

Okay, the time had come where it was "do or die" time to buy a dress for my cousin's wedding. Megs and I went shopping and with grim outlooks because we also had to go swimsuit shopping afterwards. Eek.

We went to Dress Barn. Yes, Dress Barn. I really wish they would change the name, it is so off-putting and it just sounds like a place where you buy dresses made out of red handkerchiefs and denim. Not the case. We have shopped there for our special occasion dresses for a few years now and have been pleased every single time. They are reasonably priced and have quite the selection of styles and sizes. Finally a store that my sister and I can shop at THE SAME TIME.

We each found a dress and each dress was completely atypical of us. We actually tried on the same dress, mine had about 17 more yards of fabric, and asked an older gentleman waiting for his wife to get done trying things on, which one of us looked better in the dress. Poor guy. He asked if he really had to choose. Now, you have to know both of us to know that neither one of us were going to be mad or upset if one looked better than the other. After a good look, he said we both looked good, but that I looked REALLY good. SCORE!!! My dress was pretty much chosen at that time, but I continued to try on a few more dresses for the entertainment value. Megs found a dress as well. Hers is a little bedazzled and wicked awesome.

We made the purchase, headed to look for suits. The first store nearly brought me to a panic attack due to the lack of style and sizes I needed. We headed to the second store where we both found suits! We ended up with the same tops, different bottoms since they didn't have bottoms SMALL ENOUGH for her. Yes, really. Sigh.

I knew with the dress that I would need a pair of smoothing panties to help eliminate the lumps. Hang onto that thought while I continue the next part.

I mentioned quite a while ago that it was time for me to get new bras because mine were way too big, not to mention that I lost two of my bras to old age, natural causes. So, I have PIC #2 measure me for bras because I specifically wanted Essential Bodywear (The Bra Doctor) bras like the ones I currently wear. I would like to mention that I went down quite a few inches, too!!! I found an awesome package deal on their site that includes bras and smoothing panties! Ordered. I get the bras, they don't fit at all!!! The good news is the ultra non-sexy panties fit like a dream. Granny panties in the house and on my ass. Sweet! So, I went to get remeasured, try on the sizes and get a special code for exchange. What a fiasco for BRAS. Wow. Hopefully they will be here soon. I intend to take a before and after pic of me in the set FULLY CLOTHED to show the difference.

All of the clothes I bought in Vegas are now too big. Go figure. I splurge on something nice for myself and basically someone ripped the clothes out of my hands and slapped me with them. I'm considering having my friend BK help me out with some alterations, but I need the bras before I start pinning the shirts.

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you looking up Essential Bodywear right now, until next time...