two roads

:: Sunday, August 15, 2010 :: QiPao

This Saturday is the annual Kinder Awards in Teaching Excellence, Be the Change Dinner. It is sponsored by TFA, KIPP Houston, and YES Prep to recognize great Houston teachers.

I did not go last year but decided to go this year. Mostly because I wanted a reason to dress up and wear formal wear I never get to wear. The attire for this award/dinner is cocktail attire.

While in China, I got a QiPao tailored for 180RMB (around USD $26). This included fabric. A great deal. In retrospect, I should have had it down full length with an inner lining but oh well. Anyway, I tried it on again in anticipation of wearing it to this award/dinner but found that it was too big! While in China, I gained tons of weight, and since returning, have lost it all and gone back to my pre-China weight. Therefore, this QiPao was now a bit baggy on me. I took it to a tailor to get it brought in. I asked her to keep the extra fabric in in case I go to post-China weight again. It cost me $10 to get it brought in...when it only cost $26 to get it tailored. =)

Should it not work, then I have a nice back-up dress I found in my mom's closet. It's nice when your mom has good taste and every girl in the family is about the same size.

That is all.

:: posted by diana.10:45 PM :: ::

two roads diverged in a wood, and i--
i took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.