It Was Better In My Imagination

I know some of you preserved your wedding dresses, but I am not one of those people.  I don't know why you did because how do you bust it out occasionally and prance around in it??!!!! 

Periodically throughout the years (a smidge over 12- to be exact) I like to get out the old wedding dress and just see . . . can I still get it on?  The past 2 times I've done this, I have stunned myself to find I can still get it on.  I was also stunned to find that it got over my hips no sweat, it's the rib area where my problems are.  I guess I take in a lot more oxygen or something because it's way tighter on my ribs than it used to be.  I still got it zipped up- without effort.  However, once I was zipped up in that buddy . . . well deep breaths were a luxury I couldn't quite . . . take in. 

Before I put my dress on, I imagined myself prancing around my mother's living room, picking daisies, and small children being in awe of my beauty.  I imagined myself sitting on my mother's couch eating ice cream like, Monica, Rachel, and Pheobe did.  They had a great time and talked about how awesome it was, so of course, it would be awesome for me too.  The thing is, I couldn't wait to get out of that damn thing. I getting sweaty from all crinolin, and fabric, and it was a smidge snug on the old lungs.  Plus, Andrew seemed to feel I wasn't quite as beautiful as he was supposed to think I was.  However, Alexa kept saying, "Pretty!" 

The thing is, even though it fit and I am thrilled to say I wore it, zipped it up, and pranced a bit, wearing it wasn't quite as awesome as the day I wore it.  Luckily, the marriage is WAY better than wearing that dress.  ;-)

This is supposed to be a silly face, but it's not silly enough to look silly, so I had to clarify- it's a silly face, not my regular face, looking weird. 

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