I have a very close friend that I went from the first grade thru the 12th grade with. She is so nice & we are such good girl friends today. She knew all along that I should have been physically born a girl. I was always very feminine & ejoyed being with my group/the girls. All this talk about HS reunions reminds me of her.

Thank you so much for your responses. Seems like most folks think I should keep the dress. (This will be my very, very first time wearing a dress. Excited!) Also thanks for the encouragement. I'm actually looking forward to the reunion.

Everyone seems to hate the boots. Heels are out of the question (I'm tall enough and awkward enough as it is). And size-12 girls can't just pop out to the discount store and pick out whatever they fancy. Occasionally I'll fall in love with something, but otherwise, barring an Internet order, I'm stuck with what's in my closet. I've gotten a lot of compliments on those ankle boots, but the people have spoken. The alternative is a pair of ballet-style flats I bought when I was first going out as Suzi, so I'll probably go with them.

I don't think that the boots themselves are bad, (can't really make a judgment because of the resolution).  I just didn't feel like they worked with the dress.  The dress looks light, airy and classic and I think the boots disrupt that flow.  Looking at the picture, the boots get my attention over the dress, and i think you want the opposite to be true.  That is where I was coming from 

Quote from: suzifrommd on May 14, 2014, 05:33:33 PM
Thank you so much for your responses. Seems like most folks think I should keep the dress. (This will be my very, very first time wearing a dress. Excited!) Also thanks for the encouragement. I'm actually looking forward to the reunion.

Everyone seems to hate the boots. Heels are out of the question (I'm tall enough and awkward enough as it is). And size-12 girls can't just pop out to the discount store and pick out whatever they fancy. Occasionally I'll fall in love with something, but otherwise, barring an Internet order, I'm stuck with what's in my closet. I've gotten a lot of compliments on those ankle boots, but the people have spoken. The alternative is a pair of ballet-style flats I bought when I was first going out as Suzi, so I'll probably go with them.

Zappos has free 1-day shipping I'm sure with bigger sizes, but yeah ballet flats are fine.

you could even pick up a more flattering dress on there

I like the dress though I too would prefer it sleeveless. But the dress as is is ok. The boots however just don't work for me. As Sad Panda pointed out Zappos has free 1 day shipping and they carry size 12's in a variety of styles. Here's their link: http://www.zappos.com/

Don't forget to let us know how it works out!

Best Wishes

Ally

Suzi, if you are that tall already why not another three or four inches. But I love high heels though so....

Quote from: sad panda on May 14, 2014, 08:28:25 PM
you could even pick up a more flattering dress on there

Ouch!

Don't hold back, dude. Tell me how you really feel. I suppose I should appreciate the suggestion that I should have spent way more on my first dress than I did, but some of us watch our pennies.

Quote from: suzifrommd on May 15, 2014, 05:47:07 AM
Ouch!

Don't hold back, dude. Tell me how you really feel. I suppose I should appreciate the suggestion that I should have spent way more on my first dress than I did, but some of us watch our pennies.

Sorry, it wasn't about the price! Any dress works just wanted to show you visually what I meant. The sleeves are not flattering on anything but small shoulders, they just make it look like a t-shirt. They should just look like an accent, not a real extension of the garment, the point is that the ideal is an hourglass silhouette which is balanced, and having a dark color, you can create any silhouette you want, no reason for it to be top heavy. That's my honest opinion and I don't mean any offense at all!