ive bought this dress to wear to a summer black tie ball kind of work do

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...at bfs work

and some high strappy black shoes to go with it

what colour shoe my toenails be

am i brave or mad to wear it without a shrug type thing

and what cheapo type necklace should i wear?

or make up

will other people be wearing black

oh gosh whizz how to choose

lou has seen some of my flesh possibly she wont recollect my toes

No earrings is not a problem, I think you always have to leave something off i.e. a dramatic necklace, bracelet and ring (on opposite sides) is plenty along with stunning bag and shoes. I fancy buying that dress

except I have legs like upside down milk bottles and thats how I got my name

lol zippi

oh i dont have a bag either

it is two weeks on sat kingston wayish

and i am guessing i will drive up the night before but that wont exactly guarantee my beauty sleep

and just re read that sounds a bit iffy with regard to lou

lol

necklace & bag could match?

ooh zippi, I'm in Kingston! Where is the do?

lol at no wriggly sex...it is a standing joke that i always comp-lain about knotty hair and can never find my hairbrush

he always claims it looks fine

lol i cant say whwere it is it is in a place next along from kingston

it is at his work which is in a park

i tried to CAT you maidamess but you dont accept cats

Whizz

i love this one

is it a necklace?

No, too techy for me...is it Richmond park? Or Kew?

If you had my nail lady you would. It's not thick or artificial looking. The toes just look pretty. I'll show you next time I see you (currently I'm sporting a fetching scarlet on my toes)

oh sounds lovely mars

neither of those parks

Bushey? Is he a tree surgeon? Why am I trying to guess what your partner does?

thats the right park lol

no hes not a tree surgeon

If you were North of the River Zippi I'd treat you to my lady. (She works in Daniel Galvin don't you know and has manicured the stars)

OOh Bushey park. Is the do in the park, in a marquee? i'll bring my night vision goggles, to see how lovely you look in your dress.

Lovely frock! Bright red toe nails...sexy, sexy, sexy!

mars i am tempted to move then

i dont think its in a marquee i supposed it was in his work

apparently some people wear long dresses and some dont but he cant remember which is the more popular if either

anyway imo you have to be tall to wear a long dress

or young

This is just a suggestion but I'm sure I read somewhere that if you are not v confident re doing your make up - you could always go to a comestic counter in a department store and get made up there. Know it sounds sneaky and I have never done it (honest!)but you could either go before the day to get some ideas and buy an essential mascara or lippy etc or be brave and go along on the day, have slap put on by them then just touch up as necessary when its time to get ready! If its terrible, just wipe it all off!

I don't normally wear a lot of make up but went to a wedding on Sat and forced myself to go to the Clinque counter the week before and got some lovely eyeshadow and lipstick from a fab sales lady who wasn't pushy at all! (I'm normally terrible for getting stucked into buying products I don't like!!!)

BTW - love the dress and having been to a few work related dos for DH's work, I don't think you can go far wrong with a LBD -little black dress! Just don't fall into the trap of working yourself up re what others are wearing (been there, done that, really not worth it!) just enjoy yourself!

Rubbish. It's years since an event was "mostly" long dresses. Generally speaking these days cocktail length is the norm, with some women wearing long.