Balls & Dresses

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Since Juliana will still be so little, I wasn’t planning on attending the Military Police Ball this year. Anyone that I would trust to watch her is going to be at the event, so I figured I would just stay home. John always goes, but I don’t really mind missing out. In my opinion, balls can be rather boring at times anyway. Plus, I’ve sent him alone in the past, and he survived. 
Even though we had already decided that I was going to skip this ball, John called yesterday afternoon to see if I’d consider going. His NCOIC would rather not attend, so she volunteered to watch the girls if I’d take her place. Sure, why not.. We hadn’t even hung up yet and I was already searching for dresses on Lightinthebox.com. 
Back at Fort Stewart a few of my Army wife friends recommended Lightinthebox for dresses and since then, it’s the only place I buy formal gowns from. Their prices are beyond reasonable, you get to choose the exact style/color/size that you want, and the quality  is fantastic. I’d much rather pay $80 and get to keep my dress, versus only getting to wear it once and having to send it back. Just sayin…

Because I have no idea if shipping to Hawaii is just as quick as shipping to the mainland (the dresses are made to order from China), I want to hurry up and order. If I order today, I’ll have exactly one month to receive my dress. I’m leaning towards the middle dress, probably in yellow, since it would coordinate well with John’s Army dress uniform.

Three out of my four friends on the island will be attending this ball, so I’m kinda looking forward to going. Thanks to a great group of friends, I had a blast at the last ball we attended at Fort Leonard Wood. Lucky for us, some of those same friends will be at this ball too. Woot!

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  4. I love these!!! I love the red one, it’s perfect. I have decided to start renting my dresses, worth a shot to try. 🙂

  5. Love the middle dress! I got my ball gown on sale at Dillards (they were clearing out last season’s styles before prom season ;)). Hope you have a great time!!!

  8. I really love the red one, but that’s the artillery talking, haha. In the 5+ years we’ve been together / Mac has been on active duty, we’ve gone to two balls. We’re behind the power curve.

  9. Hi, I’m new to your blog! THANK YOU for sharing where you get your dresses from. We’re also on Hawai’i and I had a tough time find a gown for the submarine ball. I just can’t force myself to drop hundreds of dollars on something that I’ll very little. But I’ll definitely check out that site for the next ball, those are prices I’d pay!

  10. Oooh ball gowns! Always kind of takes me back to prom, and how fun picking out the dress was. {Even more so than actually GOING to prom! LOL}

  12. I love that middle dress! I have always wanted to date someone in the military just so I could go to the balls 😉 Hahah.

  13. I am lovin that last one!! I have never rented a dress, but I am thinking I should sell some of mine. Haha! They see one night of glory and then back into the garment bag 🙁

  16. I’ve only been to one Military Ball last year and it took me forever to find a dress. I hate dress shopping. I’m too picky. Since our little one will one be a couple weeks old I won’t be going this year. I’m not too bummed. I got bored with the last one and really only had fun after we left and went downtown. haha

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