Prom Dress?

This year, I'm shopping ahead. Way ahead. This is a dress I tried on in a vintage-inspired boutique in Richmond this past summer (July, to be exact) and really loved it. Hopefully this week I'll have a chance to drop by and see if they still have it, and if they do my mom said she'd buy it for my birthday this month. And of course I'd wear it to prom. I hope this works out, it's a really beautiful dress that I could easily use for many other occasions. And it would make the weeks leading up to prom a lot less stressful and frantic.

Happy New Year!

It's been about 5 months since my last dress purchase, mostly because I just haven't come across any dresses I absolutely love. But a while back, I found the Russian Roulette dress by Mink Pink, and I was absolutely smitten. I'd been looking for a nice velvet winter dress, and oh. my. god. This one is beautiful.

I saw it first online, but then I found out Urban Outfitters had it, so I tried it on the next time I went by and was blown away. The fabric, swing, colors, and cut of the dress are absolutely gorgeous. But at $118 is too pricey for me, even though I was totally willing to splurge on an investment piece like this. Luckily, over the past year I've learned a few things about smart shopping online, so I shopped around and managed to snag an  awesome deal, and got this dress for $70.
You can imagine my excitement.
To be honest, $70 is still pretty steep for a dress, but I'd already tried it on so I knew how beautiful and what high quality it was. I wear dresses all the time, so I know I'll get a lot of use out of it. Apart from that, I really wanted it, I'd just gotten my allowance and I was itching to get myself something really nice after blowing all my money on Christmas presents for other people (although I really do love buying other people presents).
Now the only regret I have is that I didn't have it on New Years Eve. I'm currently eagerly awaiting it in my mail, but the website said that due to inventory issues it won't be shipped until the 9th... that's okay. I've already waited this long, I can wait just a little longer :)