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Dear Mom,

Sorry, I kind of cut off abruptly there. The girls and I were about to go shopping, yes? Well, we met up at these outlets along the coast. It's basically an outdoor mall. When I pulled up into the parking lot, I immediately saw Lilac and Danielle waiting and talking excitedly on a bench out side of one of the stores I assumed we'd be going into. I sighed. I had a feeling they were planning something that I wouldn't like.

"Anne-Marcie!" Lilac said excitedly when she saw me approaching. She grinned as Danielle started talking.

"We had a little idea..." Danielle begins. I sigh.

"I'm not going to like this, am I?" I ask defeatedly. They smile nervously.

"Probably not," Danielle says, scratching the back of her neck. "But, anyway! This plan... you just got yourself a boyfriend for the first time in years and uhm- we were thinking... you could try and impress him?" she blurts out quickly. I gape at them.

"Why would I need to do that?" I ask after I've regained my composure. They sigh.

"AM, you've barely been together for a month. Why not give yourself a bit more confidence?" Lilac says quietly, setting a hand on my forearm. I sigh.

"You know what, sure. I'm not feeling the best about it right now anyway," I say with a weak smile.

"What? What do you mean?" they both ask. I start to explain what happened as we walk into a dress shop. They're clearly sorry, but it doesn't convince them to stop their master plan. In the first store, we're able to find a dress for Lilac, but nothing for me and Danielle. Lilac has found a modest baby-blue halter dress that cuts at her upper thigh. It has blue lace patterned above the waistline.

	In the second store, we're able to find one for Danielle and myself

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In the second store, we're able to find one for Danielle and myself. Danielle's dress is a bold crimson maxi dress that very much fits her personality. It has thin layers of lace around the skirt that gives it a flowing kind of feel.

	All three of us are just blown away with the outstanding results we've found for mine

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All three of us are just blown away with the outstanding results we've found for mine. It's simple, yes, but beautiful in its own way. In a way that really suits me. It's a light yellow strapless dress with a white floral patterning on the torso. The skirt billows out around the wearer like a breeze of wind has hit them. 

Once we're finished, we part ways, and I find that I'm excited for something I've dreaded for years

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Once we're finished, we part ways, and I find that I'm excited for something I've dreaded for years.

Do you like the dresses?,

Anne-Marcie May

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