Two weeks from tomorrow, I will be all packed up and ready to hop a plane to Kentucky. Naturally, I waited until the last minute to find a dress for the wedding. In spite of Dave’s wonderful suggestion, this is not what I will be wearing:
(Frogs hold a particular significance for HWs.)
Many people had to be consulted about this whole dress thing (be glad if you weren’t one of them) and it was made a bit more complicated by the fact that whatever I buy had to travel well. I also did not want people looking at me and say, “Oh, look! I guess they have rednecks in NY, too!”
I spent a good deal of yesterday emailing photos and talking to my sister and the bride to be on the phone (herein to be known as TB2B). Theresa was also supposed to take part in aiding me but she was busy with sorority stuff. By late last night, I had narrowed down the selection to about 4 choices. So much for that. This morning there was an email from Theresa.
“All those dresses are way too plain and not at all wedding-like.” As I was reading that email and thinking that she is probably right, I got an email from Janet with a couple of dresses she had found online. I chose the one I liked best out of her picks and sent off an email to TB2B. Maybe an hour later, when I was on the phone with TB2B, Theresa walked in. I told her to look at my computer to see the newest dress. Theresa approved.
“Wahoooo!! Consensus!” Yes, I actually did yell that into the phone.
This is what was ordered this morning:
Now, of course, the next big hurdle is to get shoes. Did I mention I plan on only having carry on? Yeah, so we can’t throw in 23,423 pairs of shoes. Not that I even own more than 2 pairs, neither of which will do for the wedding. Then there is the problem of my fat feet. The big question is do I buy shoes that look good and look fancy but that will be off my feet after 5 minutes or do I go with flats? Do people wear flats to weddings? Aren’t you glad I am including you all in the decision making? Should I post lots of photos of shoes and have everyone vote?
I wear flats with everything and to everything. My husband is only 2 inches taller than me. Does th at help?
Frank is an entire 3 inches taller than me. Of course that doesn’t much matter since I’m 5’1″. I don’t ever wear heels – not because I care if I’m taller than him but because of the whole fat feet problem. Stick a heel on a shoe and then your foot slides down & get squashed even more than in a normal shoe.
I figure I’ll need to be capable of walking at this wedding and, so, I will need to go for comfort, no matter how ugly comfort might be.
Comfortable shoes!
[and the frog dress]
Go with comfort! Most people won’t notice your shoes. What adult (had to clarify since I know I would have done it in college) wants to spend $ on shoes they only wear for 5 minutes anyway?
Linus would LOVE that frog dress. She had a frog cake for her second birthday. Very girly, don’t you think?
The frog dress would make you the highlight of the wedding.
I think flats are ok. Young people and people who don’t care about pain wear high heels. We more mature women wear really low heels or flats.
I do like the dress you picked, it looks comfortable and dressy at the same time.
Just so you can have a giggle along with kim…..a wasp got in my bra a little while ago….nuff said.