So, we're having this fundraiser thing Friday night and I've been stressing about the dress code - "dress formal". Besides the fact that I'm not too fond of dresses to begin with, the idea of having to find a formal in South Africa was just too much for me.
Without going into the specifics of dressing a body that's shaped like mine, I'll just say that for the last few weeks I've been hitting the mall on my days off ... with very little to show for it. Rather than stressing about it, I decided to pick pieces that I would wear again with other things, and just for this night I would look a little dressed up ... but not exactly formal. What's the worst that could happen? They won't let me into the venue? I stand out like a sore thumb in something that isn't quite as sequin-laden as the other ladies around me? People think I'm poor? I meet the man of my dreams and he's in a tux, wondering where my formal dress is? (I seriously doubt that last one ... most guys don't think like that!)
In the end I decided that I probably won't see any of these people ever again and that it won't matter what I'm wearing ... I'm a missionary after all. They should be happy I don't show up in a tunic and Jesus sandals. :o)
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