Riley's way more fashion forward than I could hope to be I just try to keep up. We get all dressed up on Christmas Eve and go causal for Christmas day. Last year I wore my gray dress and sparkly shoes. Miss Roo wore her red velvet dress with sparkly silver tights, white dress shoes and red nails.
That's the best picture anyone got of me, but you get the idea. The 24th is fancy night and my little girl lives for reasons to dress up. I risked life and limb for her beautiful dress this year (shopped Thanksgiving night sale).
It's like some dress designer sketched something from Riley's head! I love it and I know she will love it. I've been keeping it hidden because there's no way she would be able to wait. The very idea of a new Christmas dress has been making her crazy. When she sees it for the first time it will be very dramatic (and she'll only have to wait a few hours to wear it).
While we were picking up some awesome Christmas socks (.88 a pair) Riley said "Mom, now you need a Christmas dress." I thought that was terribly sweet of her. I haven't had a new dress (non-wedding related) for two years. Not that I'd buy one for the sake of buying one, but now I was on the lookout.
I ended up spotting this in an ad and falling in love. I waited for a 60% off sale and snatched it up with rewards dollars, so no Mom guilt.
Isn't it fun? It reminds me of Tinkerbell. It's a smidge heavy with all the sequins, but I love it. Thank goodness for Christmas and an excuse to wear it. It's going to be a very fancy Christmas Eve all round.
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