“Congratulations! You look beautiful!”
I must say, I rather enjoyed the attention.
This morning, in a last ditch attempt to
raise some Frocktober funds, I put my wedding dress on again. I found my veil,
and tiara and slipped my feet in to white satin shoes.
My girls were fairly unimpressed. My
husband was bemused.
I got some funny looks as I pushed the
double buggy through the shopping center. Some people smiled. Some just gapped.
I acted like it was the most normal thing in the world. The ladies at Bakers
Delight were so impressed they gave me a free bun.
Frocktober has been a wonderful experience.
It forced me out of my mummy uniform and into a pretty dress… 31 of them to be
precise… a different one for every day of the month (some were my own, some
borrowed from friends). I started to experience myself differently… I
rediscovered my femininity.
Will I wear my mummy uniform again? Of
course I will… but perhaps not as religiously as I did before…
Will I wear dresses more often? Damn frocking right I will!
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Oh, well that does it! I have to donate now! You went to the supermarket in your WEDDING DRESS. You're awesome-sauce.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kylie! I actually really enjoyed myself :-) x
Deletehahah, you are friggin' awesome!! I wish I saw you rocking the wedding dress. Rachel x
ReplyDeleteMy wedding dress has been in the box it came home from the dry cleaners in for 7 years. Maybe it's time to get it out! I love that you wore the veil too!
ReplyDeleteYou should! So much fun!
DeleteHahahahahahaha. I love these photo (and now Baker's Delight even more). Go you :), I admire your courage, funny looks from your family or no :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHilarious!!! I just hope you walked down the (Coles) aisle with the veil over your face.
ReplyDeleteI didn't - but I did whistle 'here comes the bride' :-)
DeleteYou are FROCKING AWESOME!!!! That totally, totally rocks my frock! Love your work, you mad nutter! x
ReplyDelete:-)
DeleteYou are hilarious! I love it x
ReplyDeleteLove this! How brilliant. You make a beautiful bride, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteI think I am going to Frocktober it up next year. Note to self: buy shitloads of fake tan for ghost legs (important public service gesture).
I would really recommend it! You've got plenty of time to prepare :-) x
DeleteCongrats on frocking up every day....that's an awful lot of frocks! You did really well lovely :-)
ReplyDeleteLove it, if I hadn't been so sick this morning I might have considered trying to squeeze in mine! But had a pj day!
ReplyDeletePJ's are probably a little more comfortable :-)
DeleteLove, love, love this!! You go girl! :) xo
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the effort. You look stunning!!! And once again thanks for the ingenious idea... I think it's going to take off for next Frocktober x
ReplyDeleteI hope so! thanks for joining in! xx
DeleteThat is an awesome idea!!!!! You look great, good job!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIts so cool that you wore your wedding dress! I would totally do it but there is no way I would ever fit in to it! I'd need to lose about 20 kgs and use a time machine! Lol!
ReplyDeleteI must say, seeing all yours and everyone else's Frocktober pics actually made me a bit keen to wear more dresses and I actually bought one last week to wear to my cousins hens night and again this Sunday to Kelly HTandT's daughter's christening and it felt really good wearing a dress for a change. I even wore red lipstick for the first time in my life! Not sure about the red lippy for a daytime thing this weekend but who knows. Thank you for inspiring me!
Oh wow wish I could have seen you in Coles! Did you make your fundraising target? You should have, what a fab effort!
ReplyDeleteAfter 22 years and just as many kilos, I don't think I'll be wearing my wedding dress again any time soon ...