Okay, so I have been REALLY bad at blogging (right now to my 1 fan, Hilary my sweet love). I haven't been lazy though, I promise! I actually have been working hard on this dress. I went and tried on the smock dress that Claudia made for me and it was cute (I shoulda taken a picture), but I don't want cute. This wedding is going to be a whose who of Cleveland and a semi high school reunion for me, so I wanna look GOOOOOOD. And I know all about "its how you feel on the inside", but I want to look fantastic on the outside too.

I have spent a few years now trying very hard to loose weight. I have gained some back and gotten a little soft around the edges, but I still try hard to keep in some sort of healthy lifestyle. I bought a "sucker-in", I refuse to call it a girdle so a "sucker-in" will work fine here. The shoe situation is a iffy thing, but I think when I was in Hilary's wedding we wore a shoe that would be perfect for this dress. Still totally undecided on jewelry, gold or silver?...gold or silver?

So Claudia had the smock dress made up. We snipped some areas, made some areas tighter, took down the chest v, and decided to do pleats around the skirt part. I am worried that it wont look good on me since I am a bigger girl, but I am holding out hope.
I then went shopping for the fabric. Earlier in the week I had been swatching and on the very last day I found my fabric. So i went out and bought it for $7.00 a yard and also bought matching tulle for $2.00 a yard. Pretty cheap compared to Mood Fabrics or B&H Fabrics (for those that don't know what that is, they are both the "premier" fabric stores in NYC. Mood was featured in Project Runway when it was on Bravo). I brought the fabric back to Claudia's studio and on Monday I get to see my dress! Yay!

My fabric swatches: