Are you ready for this belly?

DG and I attended the Book Lover's Ball again this year, which is a black tie event. We got decked out and went last year as well and mingled with the cream of the crop dressed in their tuxes and full length beaded gowns. I just wore an old black cocktail dress.

This year, posed a bit of a problem for me as I do not own a gown fit for pregnancy. However, I resurrected last years dress, and guess what? 30lbs later and it still works. I was really nervous that in my pregnant state what I was thinking I could pull off, was really so ill fitted that people would snicker and point. However, as we were checking in, a young woman came up to me and said to my astonishment, "That is a great look." I looked at her, head cocked, brow scrunched and she went on to say, "That is not an easy look to pull off, good work." I grinned ear to ear and thanked her. Of course she was implying that at 7 1/2 months pregnant, I could still clean up and look fairly decent. I rock.

Here is a picture from last year with the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. Same dress, perhaps not as full in the chest area.


My only fatal flaw of the evening was squeezing myself into my small petite panty hose and thinking that would be ok all night. By 11:00pm they were rolled down so tight around my hips that I was afraid I was choking Baby G. I was too cheap to spend money on maternity hose that I would only wear once. Big mistake.