Oh, the guilt!

I have a pile of stuff here to be finished by Thursday. Four or five things for customers and two or three things for me because I am going on a weekend away and have to have some new things. Well, you do, don't you. Its a country weekend retreat to a friend 'country seat'. Sounds posh - probably is - hope I don't show myself up! We will dress up at least one night. So, here I am with nothing to wear. By Sunday night I was panicking, so I googled 'cocktail dresses' and came up with a site with some lovely dresses AND they had a sale on. Two came today. I am incredulous at the quality of these dresses at, wait for it £15 an £35, and with a 10% discount for a first order. So, I'm thinking "why would anyone have anything made when you can buy stuff so cheaply". My husband put me right when I tried them on. First of all he had to pin me into the bias cut velvet creation to reduce to shoulders. We decided that the chiffon belt would look better under the bust, and those side seams really did need smoothing out. The second dress was easier, just deciding to wear it without the belt, so the belt loops have to come out. No doubt these dresses are in the sale because they don't have instant wearability - definately needed some extra work, and most people would just give up with out thinking to have them altered. I still feel guilty though, most people at the weekend will be wearing something I have made - even the men would have had their trousers shortened by me - and I will be wearing ready to wear - well - almost ready to wear.