Preparing for formal was just how I expected, I ordered my dress offline from some website that I thought was so legit 🙄. It arrived a week later and thank god! for that because it was nothin g like the pictures 😆, My breast did not sit nicely into the small bra cups that was sown into the dress and the 'gorgeous' split that was suppose to show a little side leg. Well lets just say that slit started at the floor and was in a very straight middle angel which ended the split finishing off right in front of my 'private area' 🤣 Thank goodness I still had a month until formal! so my mother and closest sister/ soul mate 'Alaina' took me dress shopping! Alaina is only 14 months older than me, which meant we were like 'evil twins' due to our ages being so close we did everything together. The downside to that meant we had a love/ hate relationship, we either went to bat for one another, or couldn't stand to look at one another😆. Im sure it was a pleasure to raise us 😝, still to this day we are extremely close, I know your sister is suppose to be like a best friend, however I truly believe Alaina, is one of my soul mates. Alaina is the ying to my yang, she gets me like no one else I know, we respect each other for the lives we both have chosen to live, we choose to love each other and support each other. We do not criticise one another, nor judge one another, we honestly just LOVE each other! I found the dress of my dreams, BLACK and GOLD, ball gown length, covered from top to toe in heavy hand stitched sequences. I fell in love with it the minute I saw it, in the shop window and then once I tried it on, it fit like a glove! The shop only made ONE of every dress, they were hand made by a designer, which meant lucky for me no other girl would be able to buy the exact same dress. Come on girls, we all know that feeling of rocking up to an event were, you manage to look across the room and see another girl in the same outfit you are wearing, and all you want is the ground to swallow you whole. Because these dresses were designer and one offs, that meant they were going to cost a fortune! my mother answered the phone during my dress fitting, it was my uncle. I took photos, looked myself in the mirror one last time and started parting ways with this dress. My parents always paid for pretty much everything I did in life and there was no way in hell I was going to let them but me a $2200 dress for one formal night! (I AM NOT THAT KINDA GIRL!) I walk back out of the dressing room to find my mother had purchased the dress, my father and uncle had gone halves for me. I felt so precious, that two men who I knew would be thinking 'formal' is a no big deal kinda night, knew what I wanted and to make me happy, I felt loved! I also knew on dads behalf it was a little bit of guilt, as my dad was on an overseas trip on the night of my formal 😉.
It was finally Formal Night!! Eeeeeek, the one night you look forward to most all year, as a year 12 Graduating student. Little did I know that on this very memorable night, I would see the fate of my future. I was still living at home at this time and Dylan was back a forth between my house and his parents house. We both lived in the same suburb as each other, which was a vital factor seeings we couldn't spend one night away from one another. My parents lived in this beautiful 3 floored house, over looking the water which had exactly enough space to hide from one of your sisters, just incase you forgot you "stole" their mascara the day before. 😂 On this special occasion I was on the very top floor in my parents bedroom, air conditioner blasting!! as it was summer time on the Gold Coast. Which meant it was anywhere between 34-40 degrees! which doesn't work in your favour when you have hair down to your bottom and a 3 layered dress on! However besides the heat, I had my make up done just how I liked it, my hair was done previously that morning, I had a champaign in my hand, my mother and all my sisters around me. The best thing of all was I knew my man was across the corridor in my fathers office, getting himself fresh to death for a night we had been looking forward to for a long time. Dylan's parents were like I have explained before very different to mine, they handed him some cash to buy a nice shirt and said we will see you when you arrive at formal. Formal may have not been a big deal to them, maybe it wasn't even a big deal to Dylan however it was more about what Dylan was going to do that night. Oh god I could smell him all the way from here! I can't wait to see him, celebrate him, be proud as hell to stand next to him 💋. My mother told me that my dad had left his 24K gold tie pin for Dylan to wear, I remember getting so teary over this. This small piece of jewellery was such a statement piece to my dad, he wore to every wedding, funeral, celebration that he dressed up for. The minute I saw it, I remember instantly missing my dad and yet I was so honoured that my dad understood and loved Dylan just like I did, I cherished that. My mother walked into my fathers office, helped Dylan do his tie and place dads gold pin across his tie, its moments like these girls will always remember their fathers for even if they physically aren't there. Of course I had to mix It up, I was in this beautiful expensive dress, feeling like a million dollars and yet I refused to be like everyone else. Hidden underneath that beautiful dress was a fresh set of new, bright red, vans sneakers. The best decision I made! unlike all the other girls who were barely walking around and had aching feet, I was very comfortable! The boys arrived outside and we could hear the cars coming from a mile away, we finished photos at many different locations and was on our way!
we pulled into formal and waited our turn in the long line of cars, we were in our friend R32 GTR skyline, which I know most girls had no idea what it was 😆. Dylan and I stepped out hand in hand and on to the red carpet, I was and still am so honoured to have been there with such an incredible guy. The photographer from the local newspaper stopped us to get a few more shots as no! girls had worn the dress I was in, with my hair that colour and with a man looking as fresh as Dylan.... Our photo together made front page of the Bulletin newspaper the next day and I remember thinking that was amazing and also remembering Dylan feeling embarrassed his face was that big on a newspaper 😂
Oh and this was just the beginning...
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