I was never asked to a dance in high school or out on a date for that matter. Shocking, I know. But that's a whole other story for another day. My point, plain and simple, is that I never got to dress up all pretty for a dance. I never got to go shopping and pick out a fairytale dress and get matching shoes and matching jewelry. I never got to dress up and feel like a fairy princess. Sad, I know. But that's life in high school.
My husband's company Christmas party is coming up and it is suppose to be a semi-formal event. It's being held at a beautiful event center with a nice dinner and even a live band. So I was quite pleased with myself while shopping yesterday to find a simple, yet nice black dress to wear to the party. Not too formal, but nice enough. And for $20! When I got home I tried it on and showed my husband. He said it was pretty, but wondered if it was what I really wanted. Well, it was $20! How can you not want a nice pretty dress for $20? He then told me that if I wanted a nicer dress, I could spend the money to get a nice party dress for the Christmas party. (This, coming from my dear husband who is very frugal and does not like to spend money on frivolous things and yes, an expensive party dress is a frivolous thing!) He knows about my past and my high school drama and my dream of always going to a dance and getting to be the fairy princess. And since none of that happened, he thought it would be nice for me to be able to buy a nice dress and go to this party (there will be dancing) and thus fulfill a teenage girl dream. Isn't he sweet?
So last night, I got online and looked at some bridal sites. All of the dresses were so beautiful and of course I started feeling sorry for myself and lamenting over the loss of never having the opportunity to go to a high school dance. But, I pulled myself out of my pity party and started searching for the perfect dress for my current occasion. I decided that a full length dress would be too formal (although I would love to wear one) and found some lovely shorter length dresses. They are formal, but since the length is shorter they are still appropriate for the party. I showed my husband and he said they were very nice.
Today, I got online to look again at those dresses and decide between my three favorites and order one. My husband came home for lunch and informed me that due to who-knows-what-exactly, the funding for the Christmas party had been pulled and as of this very moment, the fate of the Christmas party is up in the air. Yes, that's right, who knows if there will even be a Christmas party. There is a meeting about it today to determine what can be done. But really, without the funding, how can there be a Christmas party at a nice place with a live band with dancing? And if there isn't going to be a nice Christmas party, well, then there will be no nice fairy princess dress for me to wear. Isn't it sad? I was so excited to dress up and wear my fairy princess dress and be the fairy princess for the night. I know it's a little thing. But, I was so disappointed when my husband told me this news. I remember during high school anticipating every dance, hoping to get asked and then waiting and then realizing it wasn't going to happen and feeling so sad about it. It was like the high school dance disappointment all over. Here was my chance to get a pretty dress and go to the ball and now it looks like it won't happen.
Sigh. . . . . .
Miss E the purple fairy. 
