Dress Update

Ladies - thank you so much for the comments on the post below.  I went to Nordstrom and tried on the coral dress, but like Sara said, it looks like something I would wear...however, it did not fit.  I tried to find something else, but just did not see anything that grabbed me.  (In the mean time I had talked to my friend to see what "tropical chic" meant.  Basically they are going for a Florida themed party and don't want people wearing black....makes sense.)  After leaving Nordstrom defeated on the dress hunt (but I did successfully get a Spanx undergarment that will work with the dress for the actual wedding - don't even get me started how many pair I had to try on because its a short dress and the mid thigh length ones can be seen but the underwear ones don't cover my problem area - , a pair of HankyPanky underwear because you all swear by them, and a new pair of sunglasses....I'll devote another post to that once I have a picture in them and can share my struggle with that hunt), I went to JCrew and Banana Republic...nothing bright enough to fulfill what I wanted for this party.  You know, something turquoise or coral or even a pretty green.  Nope all pastels and other colors....just not what I had in mind.  I even looked at BCBG, but the one I did like was $350...a little more than I hoped to spend considering the dress for the wedding is $200.  Thankfully my friend was cleaning her closet of dresses that don't fit anymore and gave me a perfect dress for the occasion.  It is striped in shades of pink with a little gold and slatey silver (if that's a color).  Its a bit long, but I have been given the go ahead to do whatever I need to the dress to make it work.  I think I may even have them criss cross the straps to add a little flare.  So that problem is solved.....now I just have to go out to drop off the dresses to be altered, TODAY, so they are ready to be picked up on Wednesday since a week from today I will be landing in Fort Lauderdale...HOPING FOR GOOD WEATHER!!!

Thanks for the help - even though none of those dresses worked out.  I promise pictures when we get back!