Shopping for a new dress

Its the running club Christmas ‘do’ this Friday and long after I purchased my ticket someone told me it was a ‘posh frock do’. This struck me with terror, now I am not adverse to donning a dress, but a work dress, a casual summer dress, a posh summer dress BUT never a ‘glam, Christmas party dress’.

I let my fingers do the walking on the lap top keyboard and fired off an order for 8 dresses from my favourite department store. They duly arrived, I tried 7 on (dismissing one without needing to try it on) and exhibited each for Hubby and Madam. My favourite one hubby did not like it all, with him missing the point that shapeless hides all sins and was exactly what I was after.

None fit all the criteria which was as follows

• To be long enough to hide my hippo like knees
• Not black
• Comfy
• To fit
• Price is right

Now you would think the above would not be too much to ask but…..

Sunday saw me spend 90 minutes in one shop dress hunting-MADNESS

As this is a ruuning blog (or should be if its going to win the 1st Annual Virtual Running UK Blog Award) I thought I would explain how my marathon shopping session was similar to marathon training

• Fartlek – Lots of short burst of speed as I sped past menswear and children’s wear
• Hill repeats – Women’s wear is spread over two floors meaning lots of escalator riding up and down
• Weight training – carrying 10 dresses at a time, need I say more
• Easy run – sauntering to the changing rooms
• Tempo session – weaving in and out of the racks hunting for something suitable
• Pilates – struggling in to various designs must be working my core
• Long run – I was in the store for 90 minutes?!
• Cross training – Oh I was cross

So did I make it to the finish line? Yes I did, it hides the knees, is very comfy, fits in all the right places and the price was right in a flexible kind of way, but its black!