Dress Success!

Meggie found a dress!

(I apologize for the late post, but I had a huge research paper to write that had to take priority. I just printed my final draft -- which is due tomorrow night -- so now it's time to update y'all.)

On Saturday, we went shopping with Meggie's friend, Abby, and her hilarious mom, Anne. It made things so much better for me that Anne also hates to shop. So she and I just pretty much mocked the entire event and kept each other laughing. We tried to find the ugliest dresses we could for the girls to try on. It was pretty amusing.

After a bit of time wasting, the girls got serious. Within minutes, Abby had three dresses and Meggie had two. Evan asked Meggie to avoid getting a black, white, or red dress. So, of course, Meggie's first pick was a black-and-white dress. (She's quite a brat sometimes.)

Considering that I knew she wouldn't pick the black-and-white one (which she tried on first but decided that the neckline-down-to-here was a bit much for her), I was thoroughly impressed that when she tried this one on...

...(which I picked out, by the way), she loved it! Here's a close-up of the detail around the neck...
...which features alternating rows of fake pearls and rhinestones. Beautiful! But I've decided not to show any pictures of Meggie in the dress. Anyway, it wouldn't do it justice. You'll just have to come back when I have the official Prom post to see my lovely daughter in this beautiful dress.

Abby picked the first dress she tried on as well. (She went decidedly bolder than Meggie by choosing a striking black dress.)

So, a whopping 15 minutes later, we were finished! Sure, we need to get shoes and jewelry, but that's the easy part. For two moms who hate shopping, we counted our 15 minutes in the Prom dress section as a rousing success!

And every success deserves a celebration...

...which we had when we splurged on a fabulous lunch.

(If shopping were always that painless, I might be tempted to like it. I'm just sayin'...)