My Princess Dress

Have you ever had a dream dress that you bought and hope to slip into after you lose those few extra pounds? I have!  But in my case, I had to lose over 30lbs to even try to get into this dress...

I saw this gown at a store probably over 15 years ago. Looking from outside the store window, I saw how strikingly gorgeous this dress was and I knew I just had to have it. Problem was this was the only one left in their whole inventory. It is the very the last one and they just added it to their clearance rack; and unfortunately, it was a size 8/10.  Back then, I remember I wore a size 16 (maybe closer to 18) - but what the heck, I thought maybe one day, I would lose enough weight and will be able to wear this.

Fast forward to 15 years later... This dress has now become a part of those group of clothes I kept in my closet not to wear, but for it's sentimental value. This became my princess dress, my fantasy dream dress... and there it was shoved in the corner of my closet next to my high school cap and gown, my competition gowns, and a few bridesmaid dresses. I haven't seen this dress for a couple of years until maybe two weeks ago when I was again cleaning out my closet and trying to find clothes to donate. As soon as I saw the garment bag it was in, I felt butterflies in my stomach. In my head, I was saying... "oh my!  my princess dress!  could it possibly??? wow, should i even attempt it?" I took it out of the garment bag, looked at it and marveled at still how beautiful it is even after all these years. I crossed my fingers, and tried it on...

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It fits perfectly!!! Just imagine me looking at myself in the mirror, in this pretty pretty dress that I bought over 15 years ago. Never worn it, only pictured myself wearing it... in my dreams, it was my dream... at that moment while looking at myself in the mirror, I realized I had tears coming down my cheeks.

And people wonder why I can't stop talking about working out, Zumba, our mentor Eduardo (he's the really the best!!!), and how blessed I am to have met people who continually inspire me to keep doing what I'm doing.  Zumba crew you are the best!!!  I love you guys!!!  --- crap, I'm crying again.  ;_(  I better stop writing... haha!

Till next time!

(oh and I'll update this post with photo of me in the dress when i finally wear it out.)