Oh Yeah, What to Wear…
November 30, 2011 | Confessional
So tomorrow night is my husband’s workplace holiday party. It always sounds appealing, and then I remember that I cannot show up in jeans or pajamas.
Absosmurfly nothing fits in my weak collection workplace holiday party attire. We no longer live in a household where I can head to Banana Republic and pull something, sale or not, off the rack to bring home.
And, unless I can swing a homerun in the 2 hour gap I’ll get tomorrow while Nugget is a school, I’ll have to bring him along on the torturous shopping excursion.
During my solo trip to Target yesterday, I hurriedly tried on a couple of options, three of which were from the maternity collection.
I’m not pregnant. I am, however, carrying baby Fat Bastard around my midsection…but the (adorable otherwise) Liz Lange dresses did make me look pregnant, and I don’t want to risk causing Mr. Squirrel a heart attack.
I’m pretty sure last year, I made my husband go without me for the same reason I’m thinking of backing out this year — nothing to wear. I’m not going to do that to him this year, even if that means having to drag Nugget along, thereby establishing a hatred of shopping most men seem to harbor. Awesome.
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November 30th, 2011 at 9:37 am, Jill Says:
give them the finger and wear pajama jeans. lol. I know.. normally I would wear cords if I could, close enough to jeans. and some sort of tank top with a jacket. find a tank top with sparkles and put on a jacket. that’s my advice.
November 30th, 2011 at 11:07 am, Jennifer Says:
How fancy is this shin-dig? (Of course, with my wardrobe, if it’s not held in a Walmart, I, too, wouldn’t have anything to wear.)
November 30th, 2011 at 5:39 pm, Audrey Says:
Friday is my office Christmas party, which I somehow agreed to go to even though I’m still on maternity leave. Thought it’d be fun to see everyone and eat free food, but failed to consider what in the sam hill I am going to wear. I have zero non-jeans options that fit me right now, and this isn’t going to be a jeans-appropriate type of fiesta. So, um, let me know where you’re able to find something pretty and budget-friendly, will you?
December 6th, 2011 at 3:27 pm, Jennifer Says:
I now have the SAME issue. Why does my husband wait until the last minute to tell me about these things? I have a gray dress that will work (AND has the added “bonus” of making me look 6 months pregnant.) But it’s gray and sleeveless, so I need to shop for a cardigan, preferably in a color that will make me look less like I am attending a funeral. I forgoing high heels in favor of flat, knee-high boots. Hopefully it will snow so they will look appropriate.
December 8th, 2011 at 11:38 am, Eris Says:
Go!
Or at least I hope you went, since this is over a week old now.
Target has some okay shapewaear along the line of spanx if that is your sort of thing. I find I like the look enough but I get really, really snappy and crabby when confined in shapewear and wind up not wearing it at all.
January 18th, 2012 at 11:22 am, Fluent Brittish Says:
Phew! We don’t get fancy Christmas party invites. I’m perfectly happy attending my family binge-fests in my stretchy pants.