Are you for scuba?
What about Ben Stiller in Along Came Polly? 2004-ish?
Not ringing any bells?!
Fine, I’m old and I possibly had a pretty unreasonable crush on Ben Stiller at a point in my life I am selecting to forget.
Whatever, the Ben Stiller years are way more understandable than the George Michael years.
I didn’t know, okay! I didn’t know.
Anyway, back to looking stylish.
Recently, BFF regifted me with a scuba dress she’d ordered online for herself.
You know how ordering online can be both a gift and a curse. Because you can do at it your desk or in your bed. You don’t have to wear pants to online shop. You don’t have to suffer through harsh dressing room lighting when you online shop. And, you don’t have to haul unruly youngsters with embarrassing dressing room commentary around with you as you online shop either. Lovely.
But then, should you erroneously select something that doesn’t work you have to make a special trip to the post office.
At the very least you have to find that packing tape you keep buying from Wal-Mart, schedule with UPS to come pick it up, and then actually remember to leave the stupid box on your doorstep before the 30 day return window closes.
Do people even do that?
People I know don’t do that.
And, in this case, such laziness inattention to detail worked in my favor. Score!
So, online-friends-that-I-totally-feel-like-I-know, meet Scuba Dress…
We love each other!
After my dolphin debacle of 2012, I was hesitant to accept said dress, because scuba sounded eerily similar to wet suit and not too awfully far away from spandex (something I gave up in the early 90s with a blood vow to never revisit it again).
And, while there are some elements of scuba that are reminiscent of wet suit (what are wet suits made out of anyway?), I feel like I look loads better in this than I did in that. Loads.
I mean, come on…
Good thing I wasn’t swimming with sharks, no way I’d convince them I wasn’t a seal.
Sidetracked again! Stop laughing now so I can tell you more about the pretty dress instead.
I love the color. And the length. And the little belt thingy and the zipper in the back. and the fact that it is currently on sale for $21!
Plus, it feels good on. Somehow it feels loose and form fitting all at the same time, which totally makes sense if you think about it. And it’s thick which means you could maybe even get away with only one layer of Spanx, or forgo them altogether if you’re nasty.
For the record, I am nasty.
Extremely.
Love your dress. It looks gorgeous on you. Great fit and color. Nice gift!
~FringeGirl
Thanks! It’s sad how happy I am that it didn’t fit her:)
The dress is AMAZING! It looks like the WNTW people came and sewed you into it! Stacy and Clinton would be proud! Wear it in good health! Often!
Let’s hope they’d be proud! I was quite a time investment; don’t wanna mess that up!
This dress is amazing and looks great on you, but it seems like you are participating in Purple Friday. Of all the local bloggers I follow, I expected a non-purple post from you in honor of the 49ers today.
I know. And, I’m totally not. I was going to get a red thing to feature today only it didn’t show up! Very depressing. GO NINERS!
Ooooh, LOVE this dress! The color looks great on you and for some reason, I’m a sucker for an exposed zipper. Gorgeous!
I love the zipper on this thing. Very cool. Thanks for the compliments!
You look gorgeous in the dress! I too have a crush on Ben Stiller and an aversion to spandex.
There are few people on the planet who Spandex is kind too.
Until hose are solidly back in fashion, not just for anorexic royals who need an extra layer in August– I have a hard time thinking of a dress that short in the winter.
I wear tights all the time. I have them on with this dress! Totally fashionable. I like to get different colors and everything. And, I’m talking the thick kind that could maybe even be leggings. Or leggings! Wear leggings, totally in style.
So cute and it looks great on you!!! And I really should invest in tights or leggings. I’m not a fan of my winter legs ;-)
That is a very cute dress, and I LOVE the color. You need BFF to do some more online shopping. ;)
I was confused at first suba, scuba dress, scuba… funny. But the dress looks nice.
You look great! The dress is very cute. I like how you paired it with the sweater and tights and boots. :-)