Enough insight into my pleasant self - just wanted to paint the inspiration for this post. Bridesmaid dresses - I'm expecting two in the next few weeks. If you haven't had the pleasure to be a bridesmaid yet, let me drop some knowledge on ya. In order to place your bridesmaid dress order you need to provide your bust, waist and hip measurements, and then reference the sizing chart to find the comparable size. Unlike JCrew who gets you back into the stores because you fit into a size 2, a Bmaid dress size is typically two to three numbers LARGER than your usual. For the dudes secretly reading this - that's like saying Giselle, pre baby, is a size 8 - which would likely cause her to skip dinner a few times. They say it's to allow you room for alteration, etc. but I know it was decided by some bitch designer to encourage bridesmaids to diet before a friend's wedding. So of course when I called the dress shop in Miami a few months ago for Adri's Bahamas destination wedding this Labor Day weekend, and she told me I was in between two sizes, I told her the smaller size would be JUST fine.
Reminds me of Spring Break my sophomore year of college. Roughly the entire Greek system from Penn State (plus their brothers/sisters from every college, everywhere) booked a dance with the devil down in Acapulco. We flew "first class" on a trustworthy airline known as SunWorld International Airlines, Inc., an airline that according to Wiki ceased to exist in 2004. When we arrived at the gate following our connection in Miami, we found ourselves with fellow travelers - population: 90 percent female. Awesome odds for Spring Break. We were delayed in boarding because there was excess baggage and maximum weight capacity. So the resolution? Upon boarding, each passenger (girl) was asked to whisper their weight (yup, how much they weigh) into the gate attendant's ear. Let's discuss. It doesn't matter if it meant the plane was going down and we'd never make it to Mexico alive, NOT ONE GIRL WAS ABOUT TO WHISPER HER ACTUAL WEIGHT (guilty). I'm guessing the airline took the total lbs, times it by three, and then removed some baggage. We got loco down in Acapulco, fist pumped the nights away ... and lived to talk about it. Guess SunWorld can't say the same.
SIDENOTE: I just pulled out my sophomore year scrapbook - made from actual printed film and crafted to perfection (likely during finals week when I was supposed to be studying (always a procrastinator)) - to reference the actual name of the Acapulco airline. See ... these things I spent countless hours preparing are priceless references for jogging memory. The pages were stuck together and some of the lettering had been ruined. Realized a year later an "incident" when someone couldn't find my bathroom, and instead settled on my bookshelf, actually did cause some water damage.OK, and back to the matters at hand. I'm less cranky because I just finished Glee's triumphant return to FOX and I'm dreading having to try on the two bridesmaid dresses that are on their way. Let's hope the bridal shop gal works like a ghetto airline and multiplied my measurements by three.
-HMOH
Actual (Likely) Size on Model: 12
I'm always "in between" two sizes, too! WTF does that mean? Maybe, they need to make a new size chart. . .
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