Canteen Show & The DRESS

2012 – Big Band Canntee Dance – Rendezvous!!! With some fly boys playing! (And gal!!)
So I spent the past week slightly freaking out over the dress I bought for this dance. The dress that at first was a bit tight in areas that *I* saw! But, with a little cinching, some laces and a lovely corset – it worked great! Basically, I looked about 20lbs lighter! (btw! This is the BEST motivation for me to actually lose 20 more pounds! And, to realize, that I can do that!!)  And! Then – even smoothing out all my “rolls” – I was slightly freaking out over – what I saw remember – boobs pouring out of my chest…. Again, I SAW that … that’s the first thing I noticed when I looked in the mirror – and even worse when I looked doooooooooown! But, again, that’s ME! Not what everyone else did! 
My day yesterday went a little like this…..

AM – spending it with hubs – having breakie – picking up some last minute things for me (ie- whore red nail polish since I forgot that!!) – Generally, trying to keep my mind away from the “dress”
Mid-Day – Getting my hair done at the salon – a rather busy one at that! And, it wasn’t my regular lady – so that alone had me friggen nervous! And then she started doing …. Some pin-up look to my hair. ACK! Wasn’t entirely sure what the hair would look like with the dress – so, I left there kind of freaking out some more. (Just what I needed, more freaking out btw!!).  But, with some reassurance from the ladies in the salon – it really did look GREAT!!! So good that we took lots of pictures – and the hair dresser – Now I’ll affectionately name her Miss V – had posted it on Facebook before I even got Home!!!

Later Afternoon – Stressing about the dress some more. “She” needed to be ironed! Well, I burned her with the first press! OMG I was freaking out! (Thank goodness I had mom on the phone!! She was my sanity 90% of the day yesterday! I owe her so much!!! SOOO MUCH!!!) So, after listening to my mom (yes, I know, a hard concept for any daughter to do!!) – I got the girl ironed … about 30min later and many many curses and about 2 cups of water sprayed over her! (Luckly the burn mark falls in the “folds” of the dress!!). But – freaking out all over again!



Then it became make-up time. I googled some more … Looked up some more beauties online. But, to be honest with you – all the good pictures were black and white!!! But, I managed rather well! I tried to do my eyes with a wee twist – added some more black in the lower lids – since my eyes seem a bit on the large side, I needed to “tone” them down a bit – it looked awesome!!!!!! The “face” seemed to take whatever I put on it like a champ yesterday – and I even had to use some blush – which looked great – I didn’t look AS white …

Evening – I left hubs to go do his thing (btw – he looked GREAT last night!!)  - and I went over to my parents for dinner and mom’s help! (She made a lovely dinner and had it all ready for me when I got there! LOOOOOVE mom’s cooking!!). I still can’t believe how well she did getting me dressed – the dress itself is beautiful – but all the work was literally done underneath her! Full lace up corset, garters and stockings …. I truly was channelling my inners 1940’s diva (Who apparently was my Grandma!!!! She was a performer singing and playing piano in the 40s …. So I’m betting, the laughing I “heard” last night as mom laced me tighter must have been her … along with my aunts up there …. ).

The DANCE!!! Well, packed parking lot before the doors were “open!!” – Then people were all dressed up – it looked awesome! It happened in our Transportation Museum – so a lovely back drop for a 1940’s dance. SOOO cool with lovely hard wood floors – great for dancing it seemed. We found a table and chairs (stole a couple!) and sat back for the evening. Dad and I don’t really dance, we like to listen – so that was perfect! And! What made it even better – I actually got to watch hubs play!! (normally he’s hiding someplace in the back, but the way they did the stage it was perfect for me!)

The whole time was perfect! I loved it! I had many many many compliments on my dress, hair, shoes … it ALL!! I’m so happy I wore that. (I did not go into the costume contest – I don’t do crowds, or glamor or attention like that too well). But all in all  … AMAZING!!! Near the end of the dance the military band played – modern songs done with a swing twist – and I danced with the Big Band Girls – which I could have done that a bit longer though. By then I was pretty happy
So that’s my evening … my big night out – all the effort paid off. I can’t wait to wear the dress again – I can’t wait to get my hair done like this again as well. (BTW even after a night’s sleep, it still looks pretty good this morning. And the bobby pins are STILL in place! So, pretty hair today while we go out and about – I’ll take pictures of today too … so that’ll be another long  post).

Have a GREAT day everyone – and to those who supported me with the whole “dress thang” – thank you all so much! Sometimes I need an extra push – shove!! – to get over “myself” and just go for it.