So, I Wore The Dress!!!

Friday night Hubby and I attended a wedding in the beautiful mountains of Lyons, Colorado.  My selection of evening wear is a tad slim, so I had the choice between 2 dresses I thought would be good for an evening wedding.  The ‘Honeymoon Dress’ or ‘The High School Reunion Dress’.  Obviously I need to update my selections – haha – since my honeymoon was ten years ago and my reunion was seven years ago!

(taken on my honeymoon in November 2000)

I chose ‘The Honeymoon Dress’ – and it was perfect.

My dad took a few photos of us before we left.  In my ‘it still fits’ shot, he told me to pose standing sideways.  For some reason, my dad was all of a sudden a magazine photographer or something and was directing me as to how to pose for the photo!  A little weird.

Anyhoodle….

Other than the fact that it was a two hour drive to get there – it was a fun night and rather strange to be with Hubby sans kids.

My friend loaned me some amazing wraps and little jackets to wear that night.  I picked a shoulder wrap/jacket that was a deep shade of plum and it looked great with the purple underlay of the dress and my purple eye shadow!

I was excited to wear the beautiful dress again!  I wish I could wear it more often.  Since I’ve been married (almost 10 years), my weight has fluctuated and at one point I was 22 lbs heavier than on my wedding day – so this was a milestone for me, to be able to fit into this dress again.  Today I weigh 6 lbs more then I did the day I was married.  Breastfeeding has been my greatest help in losing my pregnancy weight! Woohoo for that! 

Being a SAHM, it’s a real treat to get dressed up in heels and shimmery things and be an adult every once and a while.  Although, I’ll admit that I spent most of the night watching all the little ones running around in their cute little dresses and as the night continued – their pj’s.  Typical mom – I missed my kids the whole time :o)

I hope you all had a good weekend!

Do any of you hang onto clothes as long as I do?  There were a couple years in these past 10 years that this dress would haven’t even made it over my hips – seriously – but I held onto it with the ‘maybe one day I can wear it again.’  I know they say you shouldn’t do that, but I do.  I’m guilty.

remember to:
live.laugh.love.and.celebrate.life.

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