Thursday, April 15, 2010

it's prom season, baby

Those med school kids are so clever. Next weekend is, essentially, med school prom, but apparently someone loves puns as much as I do because it's being called "The Undescended Ball". Since I am no longer 17, proms aren't that exciting to me, but it does mean an excuse to dress up, which I will never turn down.

I waited until the last minute with online shopping, wishing and hoping that Rue La La would feature a really good deal on formal dresses ($3.95, Leila?). That didn't happen, so I have two options.


1. Search the teeny tiny corner of our Dillard's that sells semi decent clothing

2. Take a self deprecating tour through my closet of old formal dresses in search of one that is remotely recyclable.


Well. I did both. Dillard's had nothing to offer me (I even searched the...cringe... juniors prom dresses) and so far, neither does my closet:



I distinctly remember asking my friend in the dressing room if this dress made me look fat. Clearly, I had bigger things to worry about. Like... well, everything?



We also won't go into what I had to worry about here, either. But, oh, there was so much. So, so much. I do remember I started going to a gym for the first time ever a few weeks before this picture was taken because "I wanted my arms to look nice for prom". Snort.


And this was prom the next year. Honestly, I don't think the dress is the problem here.


A few years later, I recycled that red dress for a Mardi Gras ball. Sadly, shortly after I found mold on its beautiful, classy, visible tulle layers, so it is out of the running for this year's event. Such a shame. It's practically vintage now.



I've already showed you this dress, but I thought I would post it again to remind you of my resemblance to Jessica Simpson.




Mom stops buying your clothing? Poor college student? Ugly $25 dollar bright turquoise dress it is.


Still a poor college student? Have slightly better taste? This $15 random black dress from a juniors' section somewhere fits the bill. I would wear this one again, but not only did I wear it a Purim party 5 years ago, I wore it to med school prom last year (above). I wouldn't want to commit my first ever fashion faux pas, now would I??


3% of me wants to throw social norms out the window and wear my wedding dress. I mean, I could dye it, right? It wouldn't be that weird... right?


Needless to say, I'm back at square one. If you have a blog, I would love to see your old prom dress disasters!

7 comments:

  1. Well, cryptorchidism isn't as catchy, now is it?

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  2. I had the exact same predicament a month ago finding a dress for law school prom. I doubt the Shreveport outlet malls have too many good places but that is my suggestion. I got my dress for $42 at a bcbg outlet. I also got multiple compliments on my dress' color. Not on me in the dress, please note.
    http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=59995890&id=7904728

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  3. The first three pics look NOTHING like you -- they don't even look like Suri. So weird.

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  4. Am I on the outs for the Suri comment? You b!tches. LOL.
    I say definitely wear your wedding dress again, not dyed. It is perfect on you. and LMAO at The Undescended Ball, who knew doctors had such great senses of humor?

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  5. Andi, I have never loved you more since you made that comment :) Amy is just jealous.

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  6. Sarah - cute dress! Can I be the first to say it looks good ON YOU?!

    I am dying to go to ANY outlet mall in TX!! Somehow I don't think the Papaya or Gap outlets in SHV are going to have what I'm looking for :(

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  7. I don't have much to offer other than that this post was hilarious and I can totally relate. We had a "med school prom" too and we went for the first 2 years. I recycled an old dress and bought a new one for the 2nd one.

    Anyway, I feel your pain. I seriously have NO clothes other than a few new shirts and a pair of jeans that I wear every.single.weekend. Ohhh, being young and poor. Maybe one day we'll be able to afford clothes!

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