#ooc

Ope, posted. Can delete if you want, Cat?

Our current dinner plans -

Kerri convo with Vali okay, Mr. D? She'll text him. In Elsewhere?

Sure

So much deep-fry! And airboats! Sounds like fun, Shady. 🙂

I think we will skip the airboat after dinner and yes, everything is fried, but... quirky Florida!

Oh, go for the airboat. For da boyz.

DH isn't super keen on this trip but we'll see.

Latest struggle: I just found out that Beren and Naomi's wedding reception in October is a formal event. So I need to figure out what to wear as the mother of the groom. Yeesh.

ProTip? DO NOT WEAR WHITE.

Obviously you must wear a tux and tie

You're all so helpful.

My mom did a lovely pantsuit for Josh's, fwiw, because she hates dresses

I don't know. Pantsuits are so close to what I wear for teaching.

No black either. more seriously. Asking for more savvy input from a housemate

A -bedazzled- pantsuit, and a cape!

I have gotten several JJs dresses, fwiw

Tea length they said? And they say there are 'mother of the groom' examples you might get from googling

they may require some tailoring, but they tend to be cut long and are pretty true to their size chart

Oooh, I'll take a look at the link, Catnik.

Oh! there Catnik already is ahead of me

Tea length is not really formal

that was the minimum they mentioned sorry. Another did say cocktail

Thank housemate for me, Mr. D!

Did. They also mentioned you could ask the bride if she had a preference? I'm not so sure about that much power in someone else's hands 😉

🙂 She's a good kid. I'll check in with her.

Hmph. JJ's doesn't show the dresses on plus-size models. I hate that.

Ah! David's Bridal has mother-of-the-bride dresses on people who actually look like mothers.

Oh friend says Torrid used to have a wedding line? Bit late in the season but maybe

Green (and teal on far left) are JJs

Navy is JCPenney, Red... eh.. might be an EverPretty.

Mmmmm...maybe.

Trying to find a pic of Lexi in hers

This might work. The other stuff from David's in my size and this silhouette has these stupid slits up to the thigh.

Nicer in plum:

...which of course didn't work.

I mostly like!

I don't love short sleeves - I prefer elbow or 3/4, I think short sleeves tend to cut off the arm in a dumb spot

Hmm, good point.

Okay, so that's a starting point, anyway.

It's pretty, but the bodice line wouldn't work with my belly/hips.

Gah. The model info says that woman is wearing a SIZE 2.

Can you imagine what that looks like on a normal sized/shaped human?

Honestly, I am ignorant of fashion, but from what I've overheard it seems size measurements are moving target no store seems to agree on when it comes to women's apparel

or am I wrong on that?

That's mostly true.

I can, actually.