The ideal dress

Hands everyone who hates yet loves clothes shopping, come on folks I can't be alone. When you don't need anything there is always tons about but when you are given carte blanch to choose something or desperate for something new for event, nothing suits!

Well as my birthday is less than two weeks away, it happened I was told to order a dress as part of my present. Now I am not the girlest of people so dresses are always difficult to choose. Due to my unusual shape and height I have to be careful what I choose. Long length skirts have to be approached with caution and knee length looks horrid. So I am more likely to choose above the knee, which means being very careful I don't end up as mutton dressed as lamb.

So it has been on line searching for the last 24 hours to find the right kind of dress and suddenly there is nothing in allocated budget, the one I had wanted is sold out, now only available in black and I was told in no uncertain terms no more black. Anyway inspiration came at 2 this morning, trouble was in came in duplicate. There were two dresses different from anything I currently have in wardrobe. After much debate and price checking both are now on order, with the pretence which one doesn't suit goes back. But last time I did that I suddenly gained 3 dresses and 3 jackets so I don't hold my breath on the return of either.

I am lucky in many respects because I can order on line and take the time to be picky over what I want, but many people brave the stores and the wonderful torture chambers known as changing rooms. What its with those places, the stall are nearly always to small to swing a cat in let alone strip and change. Then there is the fact that the lighting and mirrors never resemble anything in real life. So then there is the alternative of dragging a friend round with you to give an honest opinion, but make sure you know the person well and your friendship is strong, other wise it could be another disaster or worse end of a friendship. I had one friend who I would trust with all fashion choices we used to pick out our choices be honest and nine times out of ten we would end up with each others choices. But those days are long gone especially as now less mobile caning the shopping centre is now the stuff of nightmares for me.

Anyway I am now awaiting the couriers to see what these items now look like in the clothe so to speak and will report back later when I have finally decided. Thats providing I don't go and have another look of course. What? I am a woman what do you expect?