Retro Night Out

We were invited to a party for some people I know who are moving away.  As a fun way of sending them off, the party was a theme of "Say Yes to the Dress" (like the cable show).  The idea came from Carol (who's moving) who always wanted an opportunity to wear her wedding dress again.  The invite encouraged us to wear our wedding dress or any other dress that you never thought you'd wear again like a prom dress or a ball gown.

Well, I'm always game to dress up so I took a look in my closet to see what I had.  I dug my wedding dress out of the cedar chest and it mostly fit, well if you count a good three inches between the zipper meeting in the back.  Apparently your ribcage expands quite a bit when you have kids...

I also tried on a ball gown I had from the military balls in Okinawa and thankfully that still fit.  But then I remembered that my mom had sent me my high school prom dress several years ago.  From this I discovered that your hips also expand after you have kids...

Well, since I originally made the dress, and since I knew it would never be worn again, I made some modifications to it and voila! I'm "Pretty in Pink" again!  What fun it was to rock the 80s look again!

The party was at the community center on Fox Island and we all danced the night away to all the old 80s hits.  Of course the band, who were all high school students, had to ask their moms what songs to play but they were so thrilled to have a paying gig that they learned all the songs just for the night.  Of course it was a hoot to see the singer up on stage with his iPhone scrolling through the lyrics as he sang!

Wow, I really thought that was fashionable???

It was a little harder for Stevie to get into costume, but he tried to put together an 80s appropriate outfit.