An Engagement Party That's Anything But...

Tomorrow there is an engagement party, that's not an engagement party, being thrown for us.  It will also celebrate Douglas and Louis (FBIL#1) getting their masters degrees.  So why is this not really an engagement party?

Supposedly, at some point, someone overheard Douglas utter the words "we don't want an engagement party" and thus, the idea of having a non-engagement party was born.  The party was penciled in for this weekend because a ton of folks were going to already be in town for a wedding today.

How is this a non-engagement party, again?
This is as much as I know at the moment:

• Pink cake (Sharon needed to use up the rest of her pink fondant)
• Pink utensils
• Pink napkins
• No veil
• No bridey or groomy or wedding-y stuff

Now, I can already hear some of you going "why pink?  I thought Crystal hated pink."  Welcome to the "non" part...as in non-Crystal.  Since this party is all being done in a very light-hearted and fun manner, I decided to play into it and go non-Crystal.  With all of my travels lately, I didn't make much time to actually go shopping for my party outfit.  That left me an hour or so today to run out and shop.

Since most folks who will be at the party tomorrow are A) at a wedding tonight or B) probably won't read this until later in the week, I feel I can share with you my dress trials at Marshalls.

First, this little dandy I came across in Goodwill earlier today.  It was a size 2.  Uh....no.  (btw, it's a skirt.  Douglas thought it was a leg of pants)

Ok, dress time.  Dress #1 - a light pink summery number.

Did not like.

Dress #2 was a long hot pink number that was pretty much just a curtain.

It looked nice on the hanger.  Rule #1: never judge an outfit on how it looks on the hanger.  Ok, dress #3 with a little accessory the girls found for me (the girls being Monika and her friend Carla who I ran into while they were on a separate shopping expedition).

Now, the top is slightly too big so I am going to end up pulling my dress up all day.  That's what I get for waiting until the last minute and not giving myself time to turn it into a halter top or add simple straps.  So now there is one question left...how will I do my hair?!

UPDATE: after getting home after a fun night and retrying stuff on, I've decided to go with the backup skirt (not shown) and either my pink Coheed shirt or another cool top (it's gonna be a hot one tomorrow).  So, pictures to come in the next few days.