Last Chance

I’m mailing off the dresses to NYC next week, so this is the last shout out for dresses before I send them.  It’s been a great week for collecting dresses.  I got a dress on Thursday from a friend from church.  Then on Friday, a package arrived with a dress from Paula. It was the dress she wore in my wedding.  P was a co-maid of honor, along with Shenley, and all the bridesmaids wore long black dresses with an open back.  I loved the dresses because I thought they were simple, elegant, and I thought the girls looked really beautiful in them.  Thanks, P, for sending it!

  

On Sunday, Mary drove over to our house and brought a beautiful dress she wore as a bridesmaid in a friends’ wedding.  The dress was so pretty, and I bet Mary looked beautiful in it.  Later that evening, I went over to my parents’ house and picked up three dresses that my mom collected from her work friend’s daughter.  Yesterday, Katie dropped over to the house with two dresses that she had worn in weddings.  This weekend, I’m heading over to Trinity’s house to get three dresses of hers plus a trunkful that she collected.  What an incredible last week for the dress collection effort!

The people that donated dresses have made efforts to collect their dresses, mail them to me, drop them off at my house, or coordinate a pick-up.  It’s something that takes time out of their day and maybe it would have just been easier to leave the dress(es) in the closet, but they chose to contribute them to the collection instead. So, I’m very grateful for all the time and effort to make this collection as large as it is.  Before I close up the box, I’ll get the final tally of dresses and report back once more.  If there are any last minute dresses coming in, let me know so I don’t close up the box without them, but my sincere thanks to all who have contributed.  I have a feeling that Jane will be beyond excited!