What follows is basically a discussion that Rick and I had when he came home from work tonight. I was asking him what I should wear to our “Champagne & Candlelight” evening out at Skylands Manor on Saturday. It went something like this.

Me:
What should I wear? Something fancy or not quite as fancy? (Note: I spent three hours down in Wayne today trying on clothes with nothing to show for it.)

Rick:
You have a closet full of things!

Me:
Uhm… okay. I have a a handful of dresses that might work. Some are really party dresses.

Rick:
You have tons of stuff to wear!

Me:
Okay. I have the little slit-down-to my nearly-navel little gold number I wore to the Opera last year.

Rick:
Yeah, I really like that one. Maybe too much for this event though.

Me:
Okay, you’re probably right. Too much cleavage for this crowd.  I have the little classic black dress, you know, the A-line one with the cap sleeves that I wore down the shore this summer?

Rick:
What’s A-line mean? What are cap sleeves?

Me:
Hmm. Okay, never mind. Or I have the the cobalt blue dress with the stone necklace neckline with the ruffles. Remember, I wore it on vacation in Cancun? I wore it the night I got so tipsy before our flight back that you had to pack for me? (It’s still a tad wrinkled from your packing.)

Rick:
No, I don’t remember that one. What’s a necklace neckline? (Excuse me, who was the

tipsy one here?)

Me:
Okay. Great. How about the black dress with the asymmetrical shoulder, ruffles, that I wore when we went to New Orleans?

Rick:
Don’t know. Don’t remember that one. But I do know what ruffles are.

Sigh.

The question is: what should I wear? Any votes?

I love to dress up!  How about posting some pictures?

Allison, you mean photos of the dresses, or photos of me in the dresses, or the dress I choose to wear?

I think that you should wear that short little
sleeveless leopard print number that you bought the other day when we
were out shopping, and the stockings (real stockings, not
pantyhose) with the seams up the back that we found in that little
store.  I remember seeing a pair of silver spiked heels by your door the
other day that would look just great with the whole outfit.
That’s my vote!
Kim

Need to see photos!!!

For those of you who don’t already know, Kim (comment above) is my neighbor across the street. She’s going with us for the Champagne evening ... I think she’s delusional about my leopard print dress and the stockings, but ya never know!

Becky,
I can give you photos of the dresses but not of me in them.
Tomorrow ... right now it’s my bedtime!

Can’t wait to hear what you decide!  That kind of decision is waaaay beyond my experience.  I am not sure I own a dress!  Some skirted suits, maybe, if I have not donated them all to charity (we are ‘business casual’, now!) The Mister and I do not have fancy dress occasions, unless you count wearing real shoes instead of Crocs, fancy!

I was thinking that the image Kim put in my head had to be a lot different from the reality of your dress!

Waiting for pics…although how can we tell for sure if you aren’t in them???

Jan, we don’t do fancy often but it is fun once in a while.

Susan, watch out for Kim! She’s always getting me into trouble.