The Dress

I cheated.

I bought a new dress.

It was for my cousin’s wedding.

A wedding that I committed to be in several months before we even conceived of the idea for our year of nothing new.

You could say that this dress was a totally premeditated purchase– that from the very beginning of this project I knew I’d be procuring this one new item.

I hope you can excuse this indiscretion.

But, as a wise friend once told me, “Sometimes it’s better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.”

So, I humbly ask for your forgiveness.

(Oh, and it might help to add that the shoes I wore for the wedding were secondhand.)

~Stacey