Not All Trends Are For Everyone

You know those cute tent-like dresses that are all the rage? AZ rocks them like nobody's business. I decided to get in on the trend and buy two, because they look comfy and I figured they'd be good for working at home.

I wore one a couple of weeks ago to hang out with The Young Man. I saw him eyeing the dress.

"What do you think of the dress?" I asked.

He furrowed his brow. "It's cute, and I like the color, but it makes you look kind of …"

"Pregnant?" I offered.

"Yeah," he admitted.

I decided then that these dresses were not to be worn sans belts. In my younger, healthy-12-year-old-boy body days, it would have been another story.

Fast forward to a ½ hour ago. I'm lounging in one of the dresses and decide to run some errands. It's hot, and the idea of putting a belt on is not a pleasant one. So I don't.

I go to my neighborhood ghetto home store to buy some plates I've been eyeing for $.99 each. I start stacking them up in my hands, and an older black woman in a wheelchair comes buzzing along behind me.

"Excuse me," she said. "I'm coming behind you. Be careful -- I don't want you to lose your baby."

Clearly I won't be leaving the house unbelted again.