SheSue Experience

It’s holiday time and that means holiday parties.  This year I am invited to some up-scale parties.  Time to go looking for a ‘little black dress’.  Let me begin this journey with a little background.  I am a comfort

LBD from history

clothing kind of gal.  I did my stint with dresses and suits when I was younger.  Today I wear pants and lots of sweaters.  At home I’m in sweats and T-shirts.  So looking for a dress is not my favorite thing to do.

But I head out determined.  My dilemnas:  short waist, long legs, what I affectionately call my baby belly (what’s leftover after my children),  boobs that aren’t exactly “perky” and let’s face it I have lots of curves in not so attractive places.  According to all the advice I’ve read, I should look for wrap dresses or high waist dresses, no gathering at the waist and not too short.  This is all to camouflage all those body parts I don’t want seen in public.  The wrap dress and no gathering will cover up the baby belly.  The high waist also disguises the baby belly, but also calls attention away from the short waist issue.  All three of these also cover up those curves around the hips.  Not too short for those of us who aren’t looking to pick up a date.

Hint:  Go shopping during the week if you can.  Not so many people out there and no teenagers.  First I head to the discount stores, you know like Ross Dress for Less.   I go here first because I find it difficult to spend a bunch of money on a dress I’m only going to wear a few times.  I find out that dresses are not a hot commodity, so are not easy to find.  Fine, I head for the mall.  Out of 12 clothing stores, only 3 carry dresses.  At each store, I gather my limited selections and head to the dressing room.  Nothing like all those mirrors to reveal more than you wanted to see!  I get down to 2 dresses; 1 a black shear over a black satin slip, the other a black and silver shear over a silver slip.

I like the first one best, but don’t buy.  Instead I head home and email my daughter the picture of the dress for approval.  She likes it!   I’m excited.  Here’s the dress.  Since the dress  has a high neck, I don’t have to worry about a necklace, just some fancy earrings.  Now for shoes….