HELP!!!

Hi Susan,

Yes, my problem does require 3 exclamation points. I have a wedding to go to on January 13th and I don’t know what to wear. The biggest issue is that this is a wedding of the year that will have full media coverage, several celebrities and a lot of plastic surgery induced fugures and models walking around. Just enough stuff to make me want to hide in a corner and not be noticed. I don’t want to go, but it cannot be helped since the celebrity that is getting married is one of my hubby’s biggest clients. The night ceremony will be in a church and the reception is a cocktail casino bit. I want to look nice, but not like I tried too hard. Do you know what I mean? Oh, and I have been on a diet and am losing weight so I am not really sure what size I will be by then. I am guessing an 8? (hopefully) I don’t want to spend too much money because I am hoping I will never have an occasion to have to wear such thing again. (I am a happiest in my birks type of girl) Please help! Maybe I should just send you a plane ticket to come down and here and shop with me :)

Boogiemum

Oooh, red carpet wedding! How fun! We should all have to dress for somthing like this, once in our lives.

Like the 1950s All Over (But Way Cooler)

I’m not much of a housewife, but I have to admit to having a soft spot for June Cleaver, vacuuming in her heels and pearls and perfectly ironed shirtdress. Also, I like the idea of the housewife meeting her husband at the door each night with a perfectly mixed martini. Apparently Ward didn’t work as late as my husband does, because by the time he gets home the martinis are all gone.

What? WHAT???

Let’s talk about June’s dress.

On a Budget

Once upon a time, in a little cottage in the woods, there lived a mother and her two children. The mother was On A Budget, and her daughters were the fruit of her labors. Their names were Frugal and Frumpy, and they went everywhere together . . .

Wait, wait, wait. That’s not right at all. Just because you’re on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t look terrific. You just need to think carefully about what you have, and what you need, and what you’re wearing.

Frugal and frumpy are not synonyms (or sisters, either). Stupid fairy tales. Let’s see what On A Budget really COULD do to dress herself up.

Wrap it Up

This season, dresses are hot, for day and night. Your best bet, no matter what your size or price range, is a wrap dress. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the best.

What’s In YOUR Closet?

Sometimes, the hardest thing I do all day is get dressed. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating, but don’t tell me that you haven’t stood in front of the closet in your underwear, weighing the weather (cold? really cold? cold now but warmer later?) and your schedule (work at home, lunch with friends, meet with teacher of kid who is in trouble AGAIN) and your overflowing laundry basket (seriously, who wore all those clothes???) and thought “I just wish I didn’t have to THINK so hard about this!”

Wish granted.