Homecoming Dresses in Come early july? Why not!

As my children age I’m up against a lot of different emotions and realizations, but being mom of a teenager, my first teenager, brings about a lot of firsts and some of them both terrify and stimulate me all at the same time. Take for instance the fact that my earliest daughter will be starting her first year of high school next month, or the fact that she’ll have her learner’s permit this time next year, or the fact that in a few short months she’ll be attending her very first high school formal when she attends Homecoming. Those are all such exciting and scary and neurological destroying things that I’m uncertain I’m quite ready for, but Drama Teen, also she’s ready. A few weeks ago DT located me and laughed and said that she’s already been looking at vintage style evening dresses, you can imagine my confusion when in the middle of Come early july she felt required to tell me she was already dress shopping for a dance that wouldn’t even be happening until early next year, but I took it as a good sign that she was excited enough about homecoming and all of the other “cool” facets of high school that she wasn’t freaking out about becoming a Freshman in just a few short weeks…it’s the small wins I tell ya.

 Not wanting to discourage her excitement I asked her to show me a few of her favorite dresses, so today we sat down at the computer and spent some time “window shopping” and bonding over all things frilly, girly and fun. One of the first dress sites we located was Dressleaderau and I have to admit, they have so many absolutely gorgeous dresses that even I as a soon-to-be bride (don’t get too excited, my spouce and i will be renewing our vows in 2015) chop down instantly fond of. Drama Teen and I have different styles, she likes wild and different and loves to push the package a little more than I really do, but I was both shocked and excited that she and I decided on how beautiful some of the dresses were. One of our favorites was an A-Line/Princess Love Asymmetrical clothe yourself in chiffon, it is strikingly beautiful and was the one dress that we both were instantly attracted to, it’s gorgeous…no? -- While scrolling through page after page filled with wonderful colors and exquisite materials, my daughter and I realized anytime there are so many beautiful things to choose from, it’s not necessarily easy to pick just one.

Drama Teen found dress after dress on the Dressleaderau website that she just “had” to have and while she never did manage to narrow her choices down to one (we ended our online window shopping demonstration with a list of ten different dresses that she “needed” to have), she did manage to make me feel almost comfortable with knowing that she’s growing up…almost. While I’ll probably never stop being emotional when it comes to my children and I’m positive that the realizations that we come to as they age won’t end anytime soon (when), I do know that I’m raising some pretty great kids who never cease to astonish me and for that I’m always pleased. Well for that and dresses, because when all else fails, you should definitely go dress shopping!