Last night Chuck and I cooked rice and stir-fried veggies for the annual civic center potluck holiday dinner. Once again I forgot my camera. Truly a shame because the room was decorated with a nice tree and the tables were pretty.
My days have been crazy lately. I've had meetings and interviews, and this social life that has kicked into high gear suddenly. I'm having a great time, though.
Last night I found out that the dinner we will attend tomorrow evening is a formal, black tie affair. Eeek! I haven't been anywhere in years. I remembered I had this nice red formal gown I bought a few years ago when Sean and I attended the Nutcracker Ballet in Seattle. I pulled it out as soon as we got home last night to try it on.
It's two pieces. The skirt is floor length and the top is strapless and zips up the back. The skirt fit fine, but somehow I gained weight in my torso. How in the world does that happen? So I'm walking around thinking, "Hmm. I can't really breathe very well in this thing. I don't know if I can handle wearing it."
Suddenly the zipper split from the bottom up and I was soooo glad I tried it on and didn't just wait until time to go to dinner.
Today I went to a consignment shop with the top in my purse to try to find an alternative.
Sharon's Consignment in Gig Harbor has really nice clothes and she was great! I told her what I was looking for and she went right to the rack and pulled a few options for me. She even found a skirt that was almost exactly the same as mine at home so I could see how the tops would look with the skirt.
I was in and out of there in about 30 mins. or maybe less and spent $43, and my choice still had the store tags on it. I was very happy with my purchase, and SUPER happy that I didn't have to go searching for a new formal outfit on short notice.
I'll be sure I take the camera to this shin dig.
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