Ugly Dress Party

My sister and I have gotten in the habit of going to Goodwill on Sundays after church. It's nice because 1)I'm in the "big city" for church that day and 2)Goodwill has changed the color of the tag that's 1/2 off for the week. These days it's hard for me to spend more than $4 on any clothing item, even more than $2 for a shirt is pushing it!! All this to say... in one of our outings a few months ago, as we were flipping through the *fabulous* dresses that people had gotten rid of, I had an epiphany...AN UGLY DRESS PARTY!! How fun would that be?!?! I ran it by my sister and she agreed that there was fun to be had. It turned out to be SUPER fun, and I am waiting for enough time to pass so I can plan another crazy party:)

Here is a picture of me in a dressing room trying on a hideous dress. Gotta love the 4 foot shoulder span, right? I really wanted this dress, but because I'm not a size 2, I couldn't button up the front (thus the pic of me shoulders and up).

My co-workers humored me and came to my party...all but my manager who had other plans. Have I mentioned before that I love my co-workers? God totally blessed me. MC (on the right) couldn't find an ugly dress, but wore a dress for me anyway, even though she hates them. A (with the baby) borrowed one that her sister used to wear a decade or so ago...too bad the rhinestone jewel that used to hang in the cut-out heart is missing:( And then there's M, who can make anything look cute.

I borrowed a fellow partier's hat for this photo-op. Gotta love being a goofball! It was so fun to let loose and just be silly. I need to do it more often!!

My friends since childhood and my sexy sister in the middle. Love Amanda's fluffy bangs and floral ensemble, Pooh's peach, fringy, lacey, mother-of-the-bride looking dress, and Andrea's 80's? early 90's? hair/pleather black mini skirt.

The whole crew (besides co-worker MC who's watching A's baby inside). I had this printed into an 8x10 and it's such a great picture!!! I still chuckle out loud whenever I think about how crazy we all looked. It was a blast!