This is the same thing I go through too! I at first decided I would wear a dress that I already had...then I thought that was boring. Then my friend gave me a dress of hers but it was cream and didn't suit me as well as I had hoped. Then I decided to wear a pair of black velour type pants with pretty cream and sequened (sp again...lol) sweater. Well I decided I wanted to wear a dress because I never get to. Anywho, I went to the mall and to the White House/Black Market store and found 4 dresses that I could not decide on. The gaggle of people in the dressing area helped me pick

I ended up with a pretty black one but it's sleevless...hence the shrug! Oh...and I forgot to mention the awesome shoes they had to go with the dress, peep toe stiletto's

The good thing about the dress is it can be wore for different occasions, even in the summer. The shrug is cute and I passed on the sequen one so that I could get more use out of the basic one.
Glad that I am not the only one that does this crazy stuff

Your dress sounds so pretty! And for that price, how could you pass it up! Will you have a pic to share?