Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Hey Fairy Godmother!
I have nothing to wear to the ball!
It is the xmas party season. My work is doing the annoying and boring "formal" evening thing. Fine, I thought when I accepted the invite, I'll just wear the most comfortable, most interesting and least formal outfit that fits and that I think I can get away with. Simple.
But in reality it is not simple at all. Would you believe I have:
1 ball dress that is too big
1 ball dress that is too small
1 cocktail dress that is too big
1 cocktail dress that is too small
2 dresses that fit, but are inappropriate (unlined black lace! what was I thinking?!)
1 borderline-formal dress that keeps falling down because the straps are broken
various other items of clothing that don't fit or don't have a partner
The thing I don't understand is that most of the clothes I tried on used to fit before...and it is not just that I have gotten fat because some of them are too big now. It looks like I have three options: sew, duct-tape, or shop. And I didn't want to spend any time or money on this!
So I am trying to do nothing about it and to not have the goal of finding something to wear, but I don't see how that is going to work. It's not like Fairy Godmother is going to magically appear with the perfect outfit.
It is the xmas party season. My work is doing the annoying and boring "formal" evening thing. Fine, I thought when I accepted the invite, I'll just wear the most comfortable, most interesting and least formal outfit that fits and that I think I can get away with. Simple.
But in reality it is not simple at all. Would you believe I have:
1 ball dress that is too big
1 ball dress that is too small
1 cocktail dress that is too big
1 cocktail dress that is too small
2 dresses that fit, but are inappropriate (unlined black lace! what was I thinking?!)
1 borderline-formal dress that keeps falling down because the straps are broken
various other items of clothing that don't fit or don't have a partner
The thing I don't understand is that most of the clothes I tried on used to fit before...and it is not just that I have gotten fat because some of them are too big now. It looks like I have three options: sew, duct-tape, or shop. And I didn't want to spend any time or money on this!
So I am trying to do nothing about it and to not have the goal of finding something to wear, but I don't see how that is going to work. It's not like Fairy Godmother is going to magically appear with the perfect outfit.
// posted by suze @ 6:01 PM 
