Last night I was bored - and I decided to try three lonely dresses in my closet. They're lonely because they are the 'nice' dresses, kept wrapped in long plastic bags and seldom allowed to see daylight - much less be worn (I had long outgrown them).
So - I tried the first dress, bought 4 years ago, when I was 20 & skinny), a long, open backed dress gown in soft lavender with lots of multi-sparkle diamond chips. It fit beautifully, and was perhaps a bit too big in places (like the bust )
I tried the second dress (8 years old) - which just happens to be my junior prom dress from high school. Long, rich plum material with a flattering off the shoulder neckline. This one was WAYY too big in the bust, in fact everything slid down lower than it should (but not too far, I still have my big ribcage ). I decided to save it, and maybe get it taken in.
The third dress (9 years old) is from my sophomore year in high school. A very business-y dress, since I was already in women's clothes by that time. I would say this dress fits the best out of the three - I think I will start adding this one into my dressy work clothes rotation
I'm smaller now than I was for most high school, when my bones were still growing (especially my hips! ). I'm still not quite where I want to be weight-wise, but so far it has DEFINATELY been worth the effort.
PS - I also just dropped down a pantie size to 8, one size away from my smallest adult tushie size of a 7