"So Help Me Dress for My Fairytale"

   Texas has one holiday that a lot of other states don’t have, it’s called homecoming and it’s a big deal. Now, I will restrain from stepping onto my soap box for the time being; because today I just want to talk about the most fun part of this time of year: dress shopping. I am a girly girl. Actually, that is an understatement. I am a dress wearing, pink and sparkly princess kind of girl. This is probably the root of my obsession with dresses. When an occasion comes up where I can buy a new dress I jump at the opportunity. However there is a problem, namely the very large number of dresses that are currently filling up my closest. I think I have problem because more of my closet is dresses than shirts or pants or skirts or anything else. They have become a mass of fabric that slowly eats through my closet and is encroaching on the rest of my room. But admitting you have a problem is the first step. So I have identified what steps I shall take in order to stop buying dresses, even at this critical dress buying time of year.



1. Stop going is dress shops- they are enablers. However this may be more difficult the closer homecoming becomes, as my friends will want to go dress shopping.


2. If I am in a store with dresses I may only try on 3- even if everyone I know is in the store and trying things on I will restrain. Probably.


3. Exception to rule 3- if a friend is trying to humiliate me by putting me in a hideous contraption that is not really a dress I may try on as many as I want.


4. No evening gowns- there isn’t anywhere to wear them, so I should not try them on.


5. No black dresses- they are the main closets eating problem.


6. If I plan on purchasing a dress I must try it on two separate times- this way I have to think twice about where it will go in my closet and where I can wear it.


   If I manage to follow all these rules I should not have to part with too many of my marvelous dresses and still have fun with friends. Or I’ll just get rid of some more shirts and give up on pants all together. Who knows?


Queen Victoria wore the first white wedding dress in her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840.