Changes - Chapter 7

Chapter 7 I was excited making plans for Natalie's wedding. I was still busy at work and preparing for the upcoming Christmas holiday. Mrs. Lewis was organizing a holiday party for the station, now that she was feeling better, a simple blood pressure pill seems to have solved the problem. I was looking forward to it for sure, it sounded like it was going to be very fancy. I decided to take today and search for something to wear to the party. The girls came with me for extra opinions. "Mom, try this one, it's so pretty!" Samantha said. She always dressed so stylish.

"Tlike it too, " Natialie joined in. "I don't know girls, I don't think it's me." Natalie said, "You've really lost some weight, just try it." she threw it in the cart. This behavior continued until we had about twenty five dresses between the three of us. I tried to keep an open mind. I had in fact lost a good twenty or so pounds. I felt good about myself and after fifteen dresses, I found the one. It was dark green, long to the floor with white lace. It showed my curves and flattered me in all the right places. It was low cut, I definitely needed a new bra!

It had three quarter sleeves and was lightweight material. I twirled in the mirror impressed with myself. "This is the one gilrs!" They both agreed. At home, I modeled my new dress for Pete. He seemed to like it too. He was not big on compliments. I remember him telling me once, "If you looked bad, I would tell you, otherwise you can assume that you always look good." What a concept, and he has never told me I looked bad. He always says people make things too complicated. Shopping for him wouldn't be so difficult, he definitely needed to wear a suit to the event.

"How are the girls?" he asked during dinner that night. "Good, Natalies decided to to with the Hilton Hotel banquet room on the oceanfront. They booked the 5th of August, make sure you put in for that day off at work." "T will, our baby's getting married," he looked at me with pride in his eyes. "You could wear that dress to the wedding too?" "No! I will get another one, but we could use the same suit for you. Want to go after dinner?" He grumbled, "I guess so." Pete was much quicker than me, we picked out three suits off the rack at JC Penney's and he let me decide which one to get.

He looked nice. It was dark grey and fit him well. Other than his beer belly, he was thin, too thin in my opinion. He was just about bald now, not that it mattered to me. We chose a black tie for the Christmas party and decided Natalie could change it to whatever color she wanted for the wedding. Mrs. Lewis asked my opinion on a couple of things for the party, I was happy to help. She was concerned with making everyone happy. There would be a ton of food for sure; meat, pastas, a vegan dish, salads, and more. She hired a band and asked if I'd like to help decorate.