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There are moments on a trip that you know will stick with you forever, and my formal night on the cruise was definitely one of them. I’d been daydreaming about this evening for months, and when I finally slipped into my lavender gown, I knew it was going to be special. This dress wasn’t just fabric and sequins to me — it was the reason I felt like a princess for a night. I picked this soft lavender gown with delicate leaf embroidery and shimmering sequins, and from the moment I saw it, I pictured myself wearing it on the...

I’ve always been the girl who avoids dresses like the plague. Most of the time, I just hate how they look on me, y’know? I’m a 2XL, sitting at about 250 lbs, only 5’3”, and that apron belly? It makes finding anything that fits and makes me feel good about myself feel like mission impossible. So when we got invited to this fancy Casino Night gala for a local skatepark project, I was low-key panicking about what to wear. Like, how do you even find something that’s both sparkly enough for the theme, appropriate for the venue, and not going to...

Okay first of all, I’m not a blogger or anything. I just survived a wedding weekend and my feet still hurt. But I had to get this off my chest because I wish someone had told me. The dress. Oh man. I tried it on and literally stood in front of the mirror for five minutes just… staring. It's this gorgeous blue color — not that cheap-looking blue, you know? The kind that actually makes you look alive. And the fabric? Super soft. Like I wanted to sleep in it soft. But also it drapes nicely, not like those stiff...

When I picture my wedding day now, I don’t just see the ocean or the sand or the way the light hit right before sunset. I see that dress. And I know that sounds cheesy—like, it’s just clothes, right? But no. That dress ended up meaning way more than I ever expected. Let me back up. We had to change everything. Like, everything. The date, the venue, the whole state we were getting married in. All within a few weeks. Why? Family. Some people couldn’t make the original plan work, so we just… blew it up and started over. Stressful doesn’t even...

So here's the deal. I needed a size 20 dress for my 40th birthday costume party. I was going as Poison Ivy—because if you can't be a little ridiculous at 40, when can you be? But the size 20 was sold out everywhere. So I did what any sane, desperate woman would do. I ordered the 18. Let me back up. Being a thicker girl means nobody's proportions are normal. Like, I don't have the chesticles that some other curvy women have lol. Just not blessed in that department. But the backside? Oh, I've got way too much going on...