Ah, the dress...

The dress.... oh the dress... :) I never did give an update on the dress, did I?

So, here goes. The modesty piece was put in and while it did alter the dress, it still looked great and there were no issues.

I am not sure how to do a picture in a blog, but I'm going to give it a try. Here is a picture of my DD in the dress (with the modesty piece):





But, the story doesn't end there. Does it ever just end where it is supposed to? lol :)

So, the day of the dance comes. We are prepared. Nails have been done, toes have been done. Hair appointment is scheduled. Dress, shoes, purse, jewelry, silicone sticky-bra, new make-up... everything has been purchased and is sitting - waiting. :) We get up early and head to the salon. DD is excited, she has a photo picked out of how she wants her hair done. We are there for about an hour and a half and the style comes out looking fantastic - exactly what she wanted. She is thrilled. I am thrilled. We are excited about the dance!

We get home and she doesn't feel well - her tummy hurts. I chalk it up to nerves and not eating much so far. She eats and proceeds to get ready to go. We get to her BFF's house. Take ass-loads of photos! FINALLY... it is time to head off to the dance. Because she was voted onto the dance court, we were allowed to go too - to be able to see her court announcement. :)

She rode with her date, DH and I drove ourselves. All was well. We (DH & I) are sitting in the "visitors" area waiting for the announcement of the court. Dance guests are milling around - visiting with each other. DD comes up to me - not looking very happy. Tells me she is going to throw up. We head to the bathroom... put a cool wet cloth on her face. She is bent over the sink trying to get "this" to pass. Her friends are in and out of the bathroom trying to cheer her up. Everyone thinks it is nerves (because she is on the court). I am concerned now that it isn't nerves and the flu that has been going around. Teachers come in to check on her. More friends.

The court announcement line up is in place. DD mus decide... does she go out or what? She gathers herself (she had been crying) and gets in line for the court announcement. I tell her that if she feels she is going to throw up - RUN! RUN out of there and get to the bathroom. DO NOT puke in front of everyone.

She puts on a smiling face, is announced. Walks out, waits in line with her date while the rest of the court is announced. Photos are taken. She is smiling - looking lovely.

Photos are done. She is back in the bathroom crying that she just wants to go home. Her friends are around her - everyone is feeling bad. The teacher feels bad. DD feels bad - bad for her date who is going to be left behind. Bad for me that I spent all that money and she isn't staying for the dance. Bad for herself that she is going to be missing out on all of the evening's fun.

We (DH & I) scoot her out the door quickly. She made a quick announcement and apology to the friends at her table and grabbed her stuff and we were out of there. Stopped once in the middle of the foyer - I got behind her and pushed her outside so that she wouldn't barf in front of anyone. She managed to hold it. We got into the van. She was crying on the way home. We ended up having to stop so that she could barf on the side of the road. I held her hair - DH held her dress out of the way. When we got home, she collapsed in front of the toilet with her gown still on. :(

I got her undressed and into comfy clothes (sweats and t-shirt) and into bed. Sent text messages to her date and BFF that she indeed was sick and it wasn't nerves - and an apology because she felt so bad leaving them there.

She spent the next 2 days in bed. Sick. :( Poor kid. (sigh)