Love that dress, even if it made me feel sort of naked.

That site is good at making me moun not being five nine.

I'm always a ho for silk: [link]

And I keep telling Cass she should buy this: [link]

Personal style is so interesting. Those dresses are so lovely, and yet there's not a one (maybe the halter neck) I can see myself ever being comfortable wearing. It's one thing if you don't like something, but the gap between "that is so gorgeous" and "I can see me wearing it" is an odd thing.

(I can see them on other people, sure. I remember that turqoise dress from before and it's perfectly Trudy. Not remotely Brenda.)

ETA: though that one skirt Barb linked is right up my alley. I don't have a good enough sense of Barb-style yet to know how close it is to hers. Though I loved the dress you ended up with at the last big event.

Barb, any of these

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from that site would look fabulous on you.

msbelle, you have all my hugs tonight. I so get the room with only a mattress impulse. What you're doing is incredibly strong and loving and so, so difficult.

The parents on this board just all--well. Every single child born should have parents like you and Cash and Kat and Laura and the rest of you, each of you, all of you.

Y'all are linking to all of my favorite dresses on that site! I bought the paisley scarf dress, but haven't had the courage to wear it yet.

msbelle, I'm in awe of you, honestly. It just amazes me, how well you deal with all this. And yes, I think you DO deal with it all incredibly well.

Bev, I really liked the Sunset Dress [link] but I wasn't sure how it would look with flats. Maybe flat sandals?

Argh.

Formal gowns are so much easier. (And what does it say about me that I can be more comfortable in a formal gown than a simple dress?)

Oh, msbelle. I hope he takes the right amount of time before coming back out.

ZK, that paisley scarf dress will be cleavagalicious! Use it wisely!

Formal gowns are so much easier. (And what does it say about me that I can be more comfortable in a formal gown than a simple dress?)

Now here we're right in sync.

The last one that Bev linked is awesome. I could rock that, if it was precisely the right occassion. It feels a little OTT for what you're going for here though.

I also have a bad habit of being seduced by things that are pretty in theory, but perhaps not on me.

Like this: [link]

Beautiful colors and it's chiffon, which is perfect garden party material, but I'm afraid the print would overwhelm me.

Oh, msbelle. What everyone else said and I wish there was something I could do for you.