Surrender

As I state in my profile, I am under tall and overweight. So, it always with much trepidation that I set out to find an outfit or a dress for a special occasion. My last forays have been for a dress for my son's upcoming nuptials. I promised myself that I would just go and look with no special idea in mind. Every woman knows that, if you have the idea of the perfect thing in your mind,it will be nowhere to be found. With bright promise I set forth to shop for this most special moment in my life and my son's life. That bright promise was soon dashed and strewn smoldering at my feet. Is there some universal law that at a certain weight and age you must be thrust into something that makes you look matronly? There must be. It is either that or designers and buyers are spawns of the devil whose job it is to drive us to the brink of insanity. This statements comes from one who looks at shopping as a well honed hobby. I am resigned to the fact that I can buy few things from the rack that don't need altering. No, don't point out that they make petites; even they sometimes have to meet with the seamstress. Fair enough! I can live with that. What I can't live with are these boxy,no-fashion fashions that seem to be the next step from youthful prom dresses. Yep, that has always been my hope that designers would step in and make something that makes me resemble something like a short, stout, fencepost swathed in chiffon. Oh, yes, pick me. I know that my size is part of the problem and am working on that. But come on; I have a waistline and not a bad looking bust line. Why would I want to hide my few assets in a box made of chiffon? I must have tried on fifty dresses only to be left with nothing to show for it. I did finally find a dress. Is it right for the wedding? Is it all I hoped it would be? It is lovely, and I hope it is the right dress. But, all you moms of brides and grooms, we need to unite and demand that we be more respected. I, for one, admit that my hands are raised and a white flag is being waved. I didn't so much choose the dress as I did surrender to what I could find.