Well, I'm finally back from my hair appointment at the "new" salon! I have to say that I'm not really happy with the results. I guess I'm expecting a miracle! I just want normal hair for once!
And if that wasn't enough to make it a bad day, 2 people at my branch were told that their jobs were being eliminated today. The worst part is that one of the girls is my co-worker. We actually have the same job title and work in the same office together. We've worked together for about 5 years now. The decision to get rid of someone from our department was between she and I. Talk about hard. On top of that she's a single mother who gets no child support. My heart is really breaking for her.
I knew that times were hard for a lot of people, but this really hit home. I honestly think I took the news worse than if it had been me that was being let go.
Anway...enough about that...let's talk about some happy stuff!!!
Soooo...as I said earlier...I think I've found the dress for semi-formal night. DH and I were both off yesterday (I work at a bank, so it was a holiday for us, the DH took the day off to spend it with me). I had some things to exchange at Bath & Body Works, and I wanted to check out some stuff at the
Disney Store, so we decided to head to the mall. We always go in through JC Penney, so I mentioned to the DH that since we were there I wanted to look around at the dresses. I really didn't expect to find anything, much less buy something...just wanted to get an idea of what I might want. So as we were browsing the racks, there were several that I liked. I think I picked out all but one, and the DH picked out one. I went to try them on, and guess which one I liked the best...the one DH picked out! It really is cute, and in my opinion it does look the best on me. So, without any further delay...Here is my semi-formal dress:
It's nothing fancy, but I never pictured myself wearing something like this. I really like it though. And I think I got a decent deal on it...It was on sale for $45, regularly $80. The one thing that worries me is that it's a print instead of a solid. I guess I always associate formal with solid color dresses. So what do y'all think...will this be okay for semi-formal??
I'm thinking that since the dress that I have for formal night is solid black that maybe this will be okay...Here's what I have for formal night as of right now:
Believe it or not, I've had this dress stuck back in the closet for about 3 or 4 years now. Remember when I said that we always knew that we wanted to do a 7-night cruise for our anniversary? Well, I was in Macy's one day, and I saw this dress...it was on clearance, and I thought it would be perfect for formal night, so I bought it...crazy, I know!! Now I just hope that I really wear it. It shows a little more skin that I'm used to showing, but I think it's a really pretty dress, so maybe I'll get the nerve up to actually wear it!!
Alright...so there they are...I wanna know what ya think!!
Im going to have to check into this. I am so confused about GC. I keep changing my mind too.
Soooo, here's what my adventurous side is telling me. I have to look beyond DCL excursions for sure to save a buck and make this happen. 
We spent most of the day Sunday over at DSIL's house watching the Daytona 500 and eating veggie soup, so we had the chance to sit down and go over all the ones that we liked. We were able to pick one for each port, so now I know for sure which ones we're doing. I'll post more details on that tonight, too!
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...Make sure to come back later for pics and all the details
...I really want everyone's opinion on my dress!!
I can't believe I didn't already realize this! I'm usually good about keeping up with the days to go, but not today. It has been a rough day here at work...I'll include all the details when I post tonight, but let's just say that we are less 2 employees after this morning.
I can't wait to show y'all though!!!
Funny that you mentioned the tie-as the DH and I were standing in line to buy the dress the other day, he asked me about that! I had mentioned to him a while back that I'd like to find a really nice Mickey tie for him to wear on formal night. So he asked if I still wanted him to wear one, and how we would manage to find one to match the dress. I told him that we'll probably just have to get a solid color tie to match the semi-formal dress, and then since my formal dress is solid black, that maybe we could find a classy Mickey tie with black in it to match that. What do you think about that?
