I got some pictures in my email this morning showing the dresses the mother of the bride and the stepmother of the groom will be wearing. They are both full-length, very dressy, very formal. And I was told it was definitely NOT formal. In the reasonable part of my mind, I am pretty sure that they didn't really mean to snooker me, but I feel snookered just the same.
At the same time, I personally do not want to be that gussied up, and I like my plain Jane dress better.
I REALLY don't want to pay for another dress! Or look for one!
But I don't want to feel dowdy at the wedding either, or have my son thinking I don't compare to his mother-in-law ... or stepmother.
GRRRRR!!!!!!
I'm also bummed because I recently had to raid my savings to send my sister money to travel for the wedding. I had already promised to do this, as part of my wedding contribution, but it is so costly. Airfares were more than $350, so we decided to go with car rental, which should be covered by $300. (She'll pay for the gas.)
If I hadn't bought a computer this month, I could have covered the car rental without tapping into savings, but c'est la vie. You can't plan these things.
Suddenly I'm not feeling like it's so important to go to Europe.
Unreasonably bummed
September 20th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
September 20th, 2010 at 10:25 pm 1285017951
My MIL is one of those people who is always sizing herself up against others. She was going on and on and on about the mother of the groom's dress when her daughter got married. In a very snide way about how inappropriate her dress was. I didn't think much about it at the time (eh, who cares, it's a dress), but it hadn't occured to me that she probably felt upset that the groom's mother was trying to outdo her or something - with her full length gown. Certainly nothing that any of us in our family would wear to a wedding, but to each their own. His parents are just that way - very flashy. I would stay true to yourself. I am sure your dess is beautiful!
September 20th, 2010 at 10:35 pm 1285018518
September 20th, 2010 at 11:20 pm 1285021210
I will email you the details re: size, color, and a photo (I received many compliments on it). I will happily give you the dress if you want it. It's a shame that these dresses cost so much and you never wear them again.
September 21st, 2010 at 12:55 am 1285026959
September 21st, 2010 at 05:32 pm 1285086762
I'm checking out Annalise's dress and I'm also going downtown to look at a consignment shop. Right now, in fact!