Last new dress ever....gotta go out with a bang!

"Everyone needs a red dress!" I have heard these words for years and yet I never had the guts to buy one. I never thought iI could pull it off, or iI could never find the right red. You know what iI mean?

Gary's work Christmas party was was coming up, I was thinking days ahead, "it would be great to have a sexy red dress for that party" we were going with one of our best friend couples, we were cabbing it home, I had been working almost every night up to this day for the last month. This night called for a red dress. I had a staff meeting that Saturday morning then my plan was to go straight to the mall and start the hunt for my perfect outfit, and a little some thing for Gary too! I walked into the mall.... there was a new store there that I had never seen before, I mean I have seen it before, just not in this mall. I had to go in, this store is known for their perfectly made, fun and sexy dresses. I walked in, everything was so beautiful, perfectly placed on the tables and perfectly spaced on the racks. Only a few of each style on each rack, which I know they do to make you believe that is all that they have so you have to buy it before it is gone. I know they have more stock in the back, but it still strikes a sudden sense of urgency when I start scanning the price tags and size labels and especially when I see one I love. There are lots of black dresses, tan dresses a few pink ones and quite a few with busy patterns, they are all really short. Then I stop. It catches my eye. I reach for it. Dare I look at the tag? I pull the hanger off the wall display (the hanger is even nice) this dress is beautiful. "Can i help you?" a young, tall and extremely fashionable sales girl asks, I feel like I have been caught stealing or something. I said "ummmm yaaa I was just looking for a dress?." I explained that I was going to a Christmas party that night and I kind of had my heart set on a red dress and "I kind of like this one". I held it up. She was very helpful I told her how much I didn't want to spend she said "well all of our regular priced merchandise is 30% off!" Now I was excited. I "ok, I'll start with this one and you can pull a few more for me while I am in here. I got into the change room, yanked the heavy curtain across the doorway and stripped! I stepped into the gathered raw silk red beauty, slid the layered one shoulder strap over my left arm... I was in love. I think I may have even said it out loud... "How are you doing in there?!" I was snapped from my happiness only to be more excited for her it zip it up so I could see that it actually fit me like a glove. It was the perfect red dress. (you can ask Gary if you don't believe me :).