She made a mental note to stop by her favorite dress shop on Saturday. Before heading home to look for a fabulous dress for the wedding, Chad would be taking her to the following weekend. He showed her the invitation he had gotten, and it sounded wonderful and fun, and they would be out in classy society as a couple for the first time, she wanted to make a good impression.
Friday came and went without any importance, and Gloria was at her beauty shop, telling the girls that she was going shopping after leaving there for the day. They all agreed that she had so many pretty dresses in her wardrobe to pick from, she laughed and said, "you're right, some sti11 have the tags on, but this is a special event and I need a very special dress," she saw them all look at each other in a peculiar way.
Hey, she said, "I'm stepping out into society, at least higher society then I'm used to mingling with, no offense ladies, but let's face it, this wedding is taking place in a classy neighborhood, and I want Chad to be proud of the woman on his arm. Ah! They said, in unison that is what this is all about, the new man in your life. Then the teasing really began and the morning flew by.
She said goodbye to her employees, and locked the door behind her and walked to the dress shop two blocks away. As she entered the manager said, "hello" to her, Gloria said, "hello back" and walked to the racks where the new arrivals were hanging, she chose a few in her size and in colors she liked and one in particular caught her eye because it was in soft green and this was definitely her color with her fiery red hair and her green eyes, so she took them to try on because of course the fit was very important.
She came out with each dress on as the lighting was better, and there were full length mirrors around the shop also, the manager because she knew Gloria felt at ease making comments about each dress, and when she had tried them all on, the manager said,. "Now please go back and put that green one on again," Gloria smiled and said, alright.
Gloria slipped the dress on, then as she had pulled her hair up that morning and clipped it with a large clip for work, she removed the clip and shook her head letting her hair fall around her shoulders She stepped out of the dressing room, the manager was there waiting for her, she said, "oh my, dear just look at you.!" 'That dress is perfect on you" said a customer, who had entered while Gloria was in the dressing room. She walked over to one of the mirrors and thought, they are right this is it, it was really lovely in a soft green, cool light fabric, with a soft cowl scooped neckline that went up over her shoulders and continued way down the back revealing her back down to her waist, it hugged her body and fell to mid calf in front but to her ankles in back, this dress was sophisticated, sexy and perfect for dancing later. She made a mental note to be sure to tell Chad the color and shade of her dress, so that he could find a shirt and tie to co-ordinate with it, they liked to make sure that they looked good together, because they've come to realize that when they are dancing all eyes eventually fall on them, it just seemed to happen naturally. And of course everyone told them they made a striking couple both on and off the dance floor.