It's ATC time again.

Fancy dresses? I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl myself. My DH had to attend an awards banquet this past Feb. He "forgot" to tell me about it until ONE WEEK before said banquet. He tells me its formal. I think my heart skipped two beats!!! Thank goodness I was able to borrow a dress last minute. I hated every minute of it. I feel your pain.

 

Oh, I feel your pain, too! I am not a dress up kind of girl! I wasn't even going to wear a dress for my wedding originally, until my sister talked me into it! Well, actually she told me that I absolutely was NOT getting married in jeans! lol.
Good luck on your dress search! I'm sure you'll find something that will look great on you!

 

We just had our unit's Marine Corps Birthday Ball last Saturday so I know what you mean about dressing up! I was excited though because this was the first one I attended in 5 years or so and I have lost 30 lbs. I found my dress at a local consignment shop for a fantastic price! It was homecoming season so all formals were 20% off. I would suggest trying a place like that, you could save alot of money and you could always put it back on consignment and resell it to recoup some of the money. We had our picture taken and they will be done early December so I plan on posting a pic, but it is just a gorgeous dress for way less the cost of new. I had my hair done and I hated it. Cost me $40 because I have long hair and next time I will just do it myself and I know I will like it better. I bought those glue on nails at walmart for $6 and when I messed up and there were air bubbles, I just bought nail stickers to put on! I certainly don't go to all that trouble every day. I am a t-shirt and jeans or pajama pants girl, so it was fun for a night! Hope you have fun and good luck finding a dress!

Oh, I totally get the whole recruiting thing. It is the most hated job in the Marines. We have been lucky the past 12 years in not getting selected for that duty and they may catch us this next time. Is it only for 3 years for you guys?

 

I had my hair done once and refuse to ever have it done again. I didn't even have my hair done for my wedding.

My husband and I were supposed to go to a National Guard banquet thingy last month...formal wear, the whole bit. Luckily, we were out of the state the day of the banquet!

 

I grew up a COs child, I turned into a COs hostess, then hosted for retired officers. I got so sick of playing dress up I never do it anymore except for specific parties and such. I don't have to worry about dressing up for the Teacher of the Banquet this year, it was cancelled due to finances.

 

Quote:Wear a velevet dress put on your red lipstick and pretend your are Catherine Zeta Jones for the night. Go home and give yourself an Oscar for the performance.