I had plans for this post. For weeks now. Those plans went to the crapper yesterday.
A couple of months back I posted a blog about my “before pic.”
I haven’t posted since in regards to my weightloss journey.
Because I hadn’t done anything outside of a handful of short workouts here and there. I haven’t been consistent.
Yesterday my cousin got married.
I had a dress that I planned to wear. I had to lose some lbs in order to get into that dress. Because I wasn’t doing anything but eating and slacking, I could not get into that dress.
So I went out to get another dress. I hate having to wear Spanx and I don’t like that no matter how hard I try to repel it, they cause whatever I’m wearing them with to have static cling. It’s the worst. They didn’t use to do that years ago. I went to Ross and got two dresses. A kimono style dress that I wore for Mother’s Day. And the dress I wore to the wedding which was a peplum dress.
Let me just stop and point out that I am in love with the peplum style. But I never had anything peplum myself. Until now. This dress fit well and hid my areas I wanted to hide. I looked cute if I do say so myself and my husband will definitely attest to 🙂 I hate that we didn’t stop and take a pic before we headed out the door. But I assumed we would take pics at the reception.
We’re headed to the wedding which is about an hour and a half away. When we get to my hometown which is the halfway mark, we stop at McDonald’s for a bite to eat and so that I could use the restroom. Gotta love coffee right. And you should always err on the side of caution and eat something before attending a wedding. You NEVER know what can happen and more than half of the time you’re feeling hunger pains, so there’s my PSA of the day for you.
I’m in the stall pulling up my Spanx {damn my fat self for not getting my butt in gear so I wouldn’t be wearing this crap in the first place} and it happens… my zipper completely came undone. Not undone as in oh just zip it back…I mean UNDONE from the dress.
Talk about mortified!!
Devastated!!!
What am I going to do???
Hubby tried to help, there was nothing he could do to fix the zipper.
We went to Walgreens, he went inside and got me safety pins. Thankfully they were black, same color as my dress. The entire fiasco took up about 20 minutes of our travel time.
Too bad he wasn’t a girl, or a stylist, or wasn’t me. I could have done it quicker and closer together to make it look a bit better. But he did the best he could and I’m truly grateful. I love my man!
Of course that all made us late for the wedding. Story of my life I swear. And he wonders why I’m always trying to leave early. Because I HATE being late.
I was uncomfortable the entire time. I was to help my Mom seat people at the reception. I did my best. I can laugh at myself. But it did make me want to get out of it as soon as possible. :-/
At this point in my life I need to really put together some sort of self-guide based on my learning experiences. Otherwise they’re just story of my life experiences right? Makes sense?
So I need to start carrying a bag of fashion emergency fixers. It would include fashion tape, safety pins, feminine needs, etc. Things to help me out when I don’t have the option of buying a replacement. Or maybe even having a backup dress. Like I said, it’s the story of my life, things similar in embarrassment have happened to me before. I need to become prepared.
I’ll be working on that. In the meantime I will pay to get the zipper replaced. Because I really do like the dress. One thing is for sure though, I didn’t shop at Ross in ages for a reason…I’d rather buy my clothes from retail stores and get them on sale in combination with store specials and promos. When I buy from Ross I’m usually disappointed and this just further proved my point. So no more Ross for me. I shop there for decor odds and ends, purses, bedding and very rarely shoes because they rarely have anything worthwhile in my size.
If you follow me on Instagram you’ll see the #selfie pic of me and hubby. I was so uncomfortable I didn’t even think to ask someone to take a full pic. Sighs. Let us not dwell in things we cannot control.
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