Fancy Dress Shops

When I was growing up, I was always considered a tomboy. Though I loved to dress up on occasion, I was more comfortable in jeans or shorts. I spent most of my time running around the neighborhood with my friends, and we are often found playing in the water of the local creek, or climbing trees or going up the side of the mountain. I loved my childhood and would do nothing to change it, but it did make me the tomboy that I tend to be. This is why when I’m looking for a dress I do everything I can to avoid fancy dress shops. 

A few years ago I was going to go to a concert that was very important to me. A friend that was going with me told me that everyone was going to be wearing a dress. This meant that I would have to go out to fancy dress shops to find something to wear. This notion did not sit well with me. Even though I enjoyed wearing dresses a little when I was a child, it takes a lot to get me into one today. The thought of going to fancy dress shops to try on different dresses left me feeling petrified.

I asked my friend for help. I told her if that there was any way to avoid the fancy dress shops I would do anything to get a dress somewhere else. She had a chuckle at my expense, and then explain to me that I can find fancy dress shops online if I didn’t want to go to a retail store. We did a search online only to find out that she was not as right about that subject as she thought she was. Though there were many places to buy dresses online, I could not seem to find what I was looking for that in my price range. In fact, the number of good dresses online seemed to be very low.

Because of my fear of fancy dress shops, I even look on eBay. I was disappointed to find that most of the great dresses I found there were used. Though I think there is nothing wrong with this, I did not want to buy a used dress for this occasion. I had to suck it up and go shopping in a local store. There are not a lot of fancy dress shops in my area, but I did manage to find something that fit me pretty well. That dress is now in the back of my closet so that I may have it for a future occasion. Probably by the time I get around to wearing another dress it will be woefully out of style. I guess that means I will have to again brave the fancy dress shops.