Pretty Dresses Makes a Princess :)

Went Orchard yesterday to look for an outfit to wear for my birthday (its coming :)

Had the idea of getting myself a nice dress but which? I decided to go Orchard only because I rmbed a particular shop (cant even bother to rmb the shop name) at Wisma had some mannequins adorned in outfits which I tot looked elegant and were suitable for my age & figure. I have always an affinity for dresses. But cos I had not update my wardrobe for a while, many of the short dresses I had were too cute & sweet for my age. :S I still rmb handing over a checked baby pink & white babydoll dress with small "roses" adorning the neckline to a fren of mine to be passed down to her niece. I had loved that dress soooooooo much (I only handed her the dress in yr 2004). I still recalled wearing it when I was holding my baby at age 18 and the passer-bys looked on at me in shock as if I were an unwed mother or not a mother at all xD lawl! Sigh... but it'll only be a few more yrs before I touch 30, those saccharine sweet dresses just do not look right on me anymore...

Well, I went to that particular shop. The outfits I saw on that those mannequins had long been changed to other outfits of cos! Well, those on the mannequins I tot wasnt so suitable for my ideal dress/outfit for my birthday. I did see a nice black dress though. Very figure hugging and DEFINITELY very womanly (shows up all your curves and being black, looks very alluring). But that wasnt wat I had in mind either (I would prefer something more on the white colour side; to look sweet, refreshing and magnanimous rather than ultra sexy)... I would love to buy that though, but I had a budget of only $100 in mind and could not afford to splurge on that, so I moved on.

Well I went to a few stores to browse around. I saw some white dresses (in baby doll style again :S). I just kept them in check at the back of my mind cos I didnt just want another typical white dress again (I have quite some white dresses already & was wondering whether it wld be another pure white dress I'll be getting for myself this time yet again@.@) I saw a magenta dress in the window that look kinda special. Didn't really have the "feel" for this dress but I went in to check whether they hv that in white color or not. The girl told me no and also they dun hv the dress in S size anymore. I tot it was a pity and since that dress was only priced at $40+++, it wld be a good buy if they hv dat in white and my size. Cos usually dresses wld cost at least $70 bucks or so (at the malls).

Then I went into Isetan, I saw another white dress again. It was also another short dress as it crops above the knee with wat I fondly refer to as THE Greek style (cos of the shoulder straps & neckline). The fabric & the design on the fabric was to my liking. It had 3 "diamonds" for buttons just above the breast area (quite a dip to the breast area; a v neckline) and was very low-back (it bares your back to just a little above the waist). Then there was another tube dress I saw. It was white but had pink lace just below the waist. I tried on the 2 outfits.

In the end, I decided to go for the tube dress. 1st of all was becos I didnt just want another straight cut baby doll dress (the skirt of the tube dress was flared). 2ndly, I wasnt that confident to bare that much of my back and it didnt look like an outfit I could wear very often. It looks a tad too occasion-like yet not classy enuff for formal wear because its a short baby doll dress. I chose the tube dress becos it looks sweet yet magnanimous (just the look I wanted for my birthday). I also bought a short sleeved white knitted cardigan to throw upon my bare shoulders when I would be wearing this dress "just in case". I sent the tube dress for tightening of the elastic band just above the breasts "just in case" as well xD

Then I bought a pair of white platform sandals to match that short dress too. Total expenditure clocked to just a little below $104. My whole birthday look was established. =)

I also managed to buy another 2 more hankerchieves at another Isetan store. Its so hard to find nice hankerchieves these days. Even Isetan dun carry much of them ard for quite a while. Anyway, I was happy to find a knitted hanky that is of dark grey and white. The fact that it is knitted makes it all the more special and I was glad to own this find.

Hmm.. birthday plans then? :S Gosh... none as yet. Then am I to wear so pretty to go have dinner all by myself on my birthday???

We'll see.