That little black dress...

I've been spending the day, doing nothing but cleaning the kitchen and bedroom, as well as doing laundry.  In the middle of putting the clean clothes away (I tend to live out of a hamper, although my clothes are usually neatly folded right out of the dryer) I found a little black dress I bought at the beginning of 2011, just before my trip back to the South from California.

Please forgive the graininess... and the lack of shape... I was about 30 pounds heavier in that image than I am now, and I also wasn't wearing a corset.  I <3 corsets... but I was so upset with the way that it looked that I haven't really worn it since the day I tried it on.  Why did I buy it?  Because every girl needs a Little Black Dress (LBD.)

Fast forward to today.  It was in a trunk I keep near my closet, filled with things I like but rarely use.  I think I have a couple pairs of shoes in there, some college textbooks, a PS2 (the slim kind), and probably a couple purses.  Those of you who know me understand that I don't carry a purse often.  I was looking for my oxford pumps when I saw it, rolled up and hidden underneath a book.  I pulled it out and thought for a second, "Ok, I've got a lot more clothing now than I did a year and a half ago, and probably have enough accessories to flesh this out into something worth wearing..." and I did...

I put on a full-body corset this time, but it was peeking out of the back of the dress, since this one is a bit shorter in the back than I'd like.  I had previously bought a bolero shrug from Ross, but it looked awkward with everything else, so I just had tossed it into the clothes pile I was starting to just now rearrange and almost forgot about it.  As I looked at myself in the mirror, I realized I could use it.  At the same time, I looked down, found my stretchy belt, and decided to also incorporate it into this dress.  The result is what you see above.  Not too shabby, if you ask me, and looks A LOT better than it did before.  I thought about rocking it out with some pumps, but the ones I have hurt my feet way too much, and recently my ankles have been pretty weak -- this time I opted for flats.  And there I had it - my first little black dress, and one that I can wear with confidence.


If anyone knows of a good place to buy wide-width and PRETTY pumps, let me know... I'd need ones with either a Mary-Jane or an Ankle strap.

As an added bonus, I remembered I had this one, too:

Again, forgive the bathroom photo-bombs... :(