I want that dress !!

[Teresa]

I'm now into my third week of painting with my art group , it has gone so well . We have some new members who have immediately accepted me, one in particular , a tall blond lady in her mid thirties has really been lovely , we chat for hours . I was talking to her about one of my projects which is a series of six depicting flowers from my garden to hang in my hallway . I was flipping through images on my camera to show her the rest of the subjects when the picture in my avatar came up ( full story in picture section ) , she took the camera from me saying that is you , you look amazing , I love the dress , I WANT IT ! Luckily she is a size 10 and I'm a size 12 otherwise I would have never heard the last of it .

I then went on to tell her about me taking my daughter out shopping last week to spend the gift vouchers I'd given her for last Xmas , I let it slip that my daughter is 41 so was amazed when she tried to guess my age . I might be old enough to be her father or mother but she still wanted that dress , isn't that lovely .

[carhill2mn]

That is a very good experience. Keep her as a friend!

[Stephanie47]

I wouldn't mind having that dress too! You may want to check the label/manufacturer for her. Perhaps she can find it on line/ebay. Nice to read stories of acceptance.

[Teresa]

Stephanie ,
The dress is from the Soon range from my local Matalan store , it was in the clearance racks priced at ?11.00 . At one time I would have thought twice about wearing floral print or that shade of green , the price swayed me as did the WOW comment I got from a female shopper in the changing area .

(Sorry there's a glitch in the typing it won't let me type a pound sign ).

[Paige Winslow]

What a nice experience!
On another topic, I have shoulder issues also. I swim laps. So I wear mostly long-sleeved dresses and blouses. However, I've had success with wraps and scarves. They can drape across the shoulder. I see that look a lot.
Your dress is good because of the way it slopes across the outside of shoulders.
You're great,
Thanks for sharing your journey.
Paige

[Sometimes Steffi]

Great dress and great friend. Don't girlfriends share? Maybe you could at least let her try it on "for size".

I happen to love florals myself, but nothing green, with an exception made for Saint Paddy's day outfits.

[Teresa]

Paige,
Just to add a little humour to your comment , when I tried it on in the changing area , I was looking in a full length mirror a teenage girl and her mother gave me the WOW and the thumbs up but I didn't realise until I returned to the cubicle that I'd put it on with the two lower straps under my arms not over them , it actually looked OK worn like that .

Arms and shoulders do we worry too much ? I know I did because they looked masculine , I stopped caring when I wore my first strapless dress .

Steffi,
I feel members have seen my St. Patrick's Day outfit enough , OK it was a bit of fun .

[alwayshave]

Teresa, I can understand why she would want the dress. What a great story.

[Jean 103]

It is funny. I have had it happen a few times.

My BFF wanted the dress I wore when I threw this big birthday party for my boyfriend. I said no, I felt a little bad but I had to tell her that she wouldn't look good in it. A skintight sequined dress, You have to be skinny to wear it, as it shows everything.

A good friend wanted this party dress I was wearing. I gave it to her even thou I knew it wouldn't fit her. It was tight on me and I knew I wasn't going to wear it again. When she figured it out she asked if I wanted it back, I said no just donate it.

I had another friend give me a hug and say "ROSS right"? I said yes. She than said I knew it wouldn't fit, you have to be skinny to wear it.

Going from a 12 to a 10 wouldn't be a problem for me. I would cut it down, I do it all the time with dresses I buy off the sale racks.

[BTWimRobin]

What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. Oh, I can understand why she wants that dress.

[Teresa]

Jean,
I have a feeling I may be losing some dresses to my daughter , I have two sequined dresses and she loved them but not skin tight fit , still lovely to wear and a great ones to be seen on the dance floor . I'm very happy being ( UK) size 12 .

[Jean 103]

I would be too.

For the most part my style is different than my friends. There are a number of reasons, like my BFF. We are about the same size , She has bigger breasts, but I'm thinner. So she wears things that cascades off her breasts , where I wear tighter fitting things so my small breast show.

AS a women you can't wear the same dress everyday. This is the problem with dresses, once I have wore it I can't where it again for a long time. So I'm always looking for new ones, and my favorite ones I save for the right occasion.

[Teresa]

Jean,
I fell into that trap , I wore the dress in the picture for an article in a TG news letter , it was a suitable dress to wear for my next social group meeting , the first person I met as I walked in the room asked , " Oh haven't you got another dress ?" I laughed it off at the time but thought after that is the difference between going out with other CDers and going out with a group of women , women very rarely make comments like that to each other .