As an early Christmas present, I bought my outfit for First Event. I will not have the flippery hair, of course, and I’m not sure about the tuxedo shirt. And no silly shoes, either – I’ll be wearing flat shoes, of course. Mine is not a size 0 or 2 like the one shown in the catalog photo, either (and now I’m wondering if I should be posting this photo at all, since I’ve just realized I will look both shorter and fatter than this lady in the picture.)
I gave in and bought it for two reasons: (1) it was made by Ann Taylor Loft, and their clothes fit me well, and aren’t so bad cost-wise, and (2) because the “tux” I wore for the past two years was not even mine – the jacket was my sisters’s – and wasn’t actually a tux, just a tuxedo jacket and a pair of pants that matched well enough.
But otherwise (ha), voila. The tux in which I will speak.
Betty bought a very pretty black cocktail dress to be my stunning date. Now we just have to figure out who leads when we dance; that’s one we still haven’t sorted out.
But we’re clear that I’m the one who’ll be speaking, no matter how many people call me “Betty” via email.