Dress shopping semi-success

I went dress shopping for the first time this weekend. I had been putting it off for one reason, I felt fat. I had been planning to "get in shape" for the last 6 months, but that never really happened. I'm sure I'm not the only one who tells themselves the same thing every spring - I'm going to get skinny for the summer! This year was no different, but I had even more motivation this time, I was engaged. OK, so it never really happened, as usual.

Anyway, I was kind of excited for dress shopping, but also nervous that I would look like a fat ass in everything I tried on. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that many of the dresses actually looked pretty good on. Let's be honest though, everything that looked great were the ones with a corset in them. Louie, the dress shop owner, is an expert at tying those things up really tight and sucking everything in. Plus, I had my trusty spanx on! My sisters Jade and Maryann and my mom were there with me. It was a lot of fun too, and they were all really excited to see me try everything on, which was nice. I think I tried on about 12 dresses or so and narrowed it down to 4 that I liked. One thing I think is for sure is that I will be wearing a trumpet style, satin, diamond white dress (the color between off white and white). I know I like all of that criteria for sure. Trumpet style works for me because as Louie stated, I am short and stocky. HAHA he seriously said that! But he was very sweet so I didn't take offense to it. I don't actually think he meant it in a bad way. Anyway, trumpet style hugs the body until the hips and below the hips, it bells out, giving me the illusion of a longer torso. I plan to go one more time and then make a decision.

Don't get me wrong, even though I felt pretty good in those dresses, there's still some chub going on in my arms and chest area. I am even more committed to losing the weight now that I have experienced dress shopping, but at least I know it's not as horrible as I had imagined.