Last month, I was invited to our company-wide “Prom” luncheon. I happily declined, as it was scheduled for a day I was already going out of town. There’s no way I wanted to sit around the office all day in my old prom dress, while reliving all of our high school prom memories. Considering prom wasn’t really my thing the first time around, I really felt no excitement at the prospect of a round two.

But then they moved the date to a time I’d be able to go, offered free lunch for participants and my two friends were really, really excited about it. So I accepted the meeting invite to attend prom, which then meant I needed a prom dress.