Fancy Pants

Why do we feel the need to buy new clothes for special events? This was a topic of discussion this week because Betsy's wedding was on Saturday night and no one but Betsy herself and her lovely bridesmaids actually knew what they were going to wear. Every lunch conversation centered around silhouettes, fabric, shoes and purses....which is honestly like any other day...minus the boy talk. I actually bought 2 dresses for the event and then decided against both of them and borrowed a dress from a friend. So why all the drama for one night?

I propose that memories are tied up in the clothes we wear. I could have worn any of the 25 cocktail dresses in my closet but those all have their own memories attached to them. Creating new memories in a brand new fancy dress just seems more fun; it's like a clean slate with no overlapping of the past. It's fun to look through my closet as a sort of photo album and remember that my green dress was for Cody and Laura's cocktail party and my purple dress was for Paul and Katie's wedding....unfortunately for this event, I won't be able to look back on my dress since I borrowed it from my very pregnant friend. The sad thing about this is that I think it's my most favorite dress I've ever worn because... 1.) it was adorable and 2.) it was such a fun night.


But at least we have pictures..........


Behold my new favorite dress. And no...I am not commenting on the boy in the picture BUT if anyone can tell me where they've seen him before, I will give you a cookie because it's a very funny story.

The bride looked gorgeous and I loved her dress almost as much as mine...

I would personally like to know who invented bridesmaids dresses, why they did so, and what made them think that yellow and polyester made a good combination.

Finally, we all know that the only good thing about a wedding is the open bar...which we indulged in...alot.

Fun times in fun clothes....that's the only way to live.