Comments | snale: Sure, why not?

snale

Sure, why not?

Mar 19, 2006 20:42

So my almost-mother-in-law just called from L.A. saying she had found the perfect wedding dress for me. "It's covered in sequins. Sequins!!!"

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a_dissertation March 20 2006, 02:00:04 UTC

please I went shopping with my soon to be mother in law as well. of hte comedy that ensued.

snale March 20 2006, 02:21:55 UTC

If it wasn't so tragic I'd be laughing my butt off. Did you post about your shopping trip? My misery wants your company.

a_dissertation March 20 2006, 14:32:12 UTC

I will, I will.

ohilya March 20 2006, 02:06:48 UTC

Curious: What's a sequin?

snale March 20 2006, 02:19:40 UTC

It's a tiny shiny disc that's sewed onto especially tacky clothing. Think Dolly Parton, or Liberace maybe.

ohilya March 20 2006, 02:46:02 UTC

*confused look*

Onto what kind of clothing, and what is on the disc and where would it be worn? And I don't really know who Liberace is, and having just Googled his name, and seen the word "shiny" associated with him makes me cradle and cherish my ignorance on this subjet.

snale March 20 2006, 03:29:33 UTC

How else to explain? Basically, it gives the impression that your clothing is covered in glittering fish scales.
You are so lucky to live in your ignorance. Please forget whatever you have learned here.

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quodlibetic March 20 2006, 02:12:04 UTC

Oh dear lord. :)

snale March 20 2006, 02:20:37 UTC

I'm panicking just a little...

hyde_ur_panda March 20 2006, 02:49:12 UTC

Woot liberace. Haha, oh my, maybe it won't be that bad.

snale March 20 2006, 03:30:05 UTC

I talked her out of buying it. But I still have a NYC shopping outing planned with her. Dread...

hyde_ur_panda March 20 2006, 04:08:21 UTC

Well... If you've found a dress you like while shopping with her and she disagrees, give her an emotional speech of how you've always pictured yourself walking down the aisle in a dress like that. Or hide from her and buy it.

snale March 20 2006, 14:15:47 UTC

Actually, the husband-to-be knows my tastes and I'm dragging him along to back me up. :) Since it's the chinese dress (only for the reception) and not the white dress (for the ceremony), I'm not concerned with bad luck -- and he can say "no" to his mother much easier than I can.

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kristenlou March 20 2006, 03:23:54 UTC

Alternating turquoise and purple, I hope.

snale March 20 2006, 03:31:27 UTC

Oh no. Has to be in lucky colors, you see. So it's all red, except for the golden phoenix down the front. If nothing else, I wouldn't have to worry about being hit by a car.

donutgirl March 20 2006, 17:26:20 UTC

Don't hate me, but I think that sounds utterly fabulous. I mean, you'd look like a drag queen, but nearly everyone looks like a drag queen on her wedding day anyway.

I'm sorry, I've never been accused of having taste.

snale March 20 2006, 18:27:52 UTC

Ha! It's not really the dress that's the problem. On someone else, it would be fabulous. However, when I told my finace what his mother was suggesting he said, "My mother just likes flashy stuff, whereas you're more..." I guessed, "Understated?" "That's exactly the word I was looking for."

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