I'm going to a summer party in a month, it's being advertised as a ball but it's not going to be black tie. Work are putting it on for us so I feel obliged to go despite how stressed I feel about it.
I've asked around and other women have said they're wearing "summer dresses"
I've decided I want to wear a maxi type dress due to the fact I cannot wear high heels anymore, since I had my son's I cannot walk in them! 
Also since their birth I have varicose veins behind my knees (cheers boys)
I am a size 16/18 and carry most of my weight around my middle. Tummy and hips.
I have blonde hair and a warm ish skin tone. Blue/green eyes. 5'6 in height. Early thirties.
I've booked into the hairdressers and I'm having some kind of updo. Considering a subtle beehive kind of style and i have for the first time ever booked a make up artist so I can get the elusive smoky eye.
Budget wise I don't want to go too crazy as I am not a dressing up kind of girl ha.
Help me find something to wear pretty please?