What size do you wear (do you need a plus size)? What part of the country are you in - the weather for next weekend? And the venue - how dressy must you be? How much $ is not too much? If you don't want a dress or skirt, then nice black pants and a dressy blouse would work fine...for really inexpensive look at Target - they have their holiday clothes in (I just looked online and imagine they are in the stores, too.) You have to be discriminating when shopping there, but sometimes you can find something that looks great. (and if you wear a plus, they have those, too.

If you can spend more, then look at Macy's or Nordstrom - they often have reasonably priced items mixed in with the more expensive pieces.

Checking consignment shops is a very good idea. A friend of mine (the motherof the groom) recently found a beautiful dress to wear to her sons wedding. It was most likely only worn once which she will be doing too. Congratulations on your weight loss! Also, the dress was bought in another area so not likely anyone that will be coming to son's wedding.

I am overweight and sometimes buy clothes at Fullbeauty.com. Their sale/clearance area always has a lot of stock, and reasonable prices for their sale 'special occasion' dresses and suits that mostly range from $15-$125.

Yes, tell us more. However, after losing 28 pounds, it is a reason to celebrate.

Buy something new. There are so many sales out there.

Go to the major stores and peruse the sale racks.

I am not a thrift store shopper, but I do go to Marshalls. Same idea in that it is a mixed bag of clothing and you really can't go in with a specific idea. Going in assuming there will be a dress for the wedding is 50/50. But, it's worth a try as well.

You might start with something you have that you can use...do you have a scarf that you can use as a wrap? Jewelry? Dressy shoes? Dressy purse? That way, it will give you a direction to go in.

I agree with all of the above suggestions...look for a basic bottom be it a black trouser or a black skirt and then just look for a dressy top. A basic on the bottom will serve you at work as well. Or I've done really well at Macy's when you add the coupons as they are always running a sale a dress is really easy as you don't need to worry about what goes with it.

But in any case, you have lost a significant amount of weight ... probably 3 dress sizes ... and you want to celebrate your accomplishment so far so wear something that shows off your new figure and that makes you feel wonderful. No gunny sacks!

If you don't have nice pants, then get some of those. You can wear them to work and Christmas also. You still need to look good at whatever size you are. There should be some fairly inexpensive tops out right now for the holidays. Find something that makes you happy and shows off the work you have done so far.

We went to an outdoor wedding the end of September. The bride wanted it formal. I went to a consignment shop and picked up a nice sleeveless long dress for $18 and wore a shawl. There were women wearing slacks, long and short dresses, and everyone had some kind of covering as it was chilly. I ended up wearing hubby's suit jacket as it got very chilly at nite.

Don't eliminate slacks as a possibility. A couple of my favorite dressier outfits consist of very nice plants paired with a special top of some sort.

Your shoulders probably won't change *that* much when you lose the rest of the pounds. How about something fitted at the top, that draws attention to your face and is loose over your midsection to below your hips, even to your thighs. Got cute shoes? Great haircut?

Plants?

:)

I use Rent the Runway for single use outfits now as I don't have occasions to wear more formal stuff. You pick the outfit (an extra size is free) and you receive it for 4 days. The return label is included. I have always been excited to wear clothes that I would normally not be able to afford. 20% off first order.Rent the Runway

Rent the Runway is awesome.

Yes! My oldest did this for a black tie wedding. She went to one of the stores and was able to try on dresses. I think then she was shipped one in her size.

Her dress was cutting edge/trendy and even if she could afford to buy it, she would not have worn it more than once.

Will Rent the Runway be quick enough for this next weekend? I hadn't heard of that, thanks for the link!

yes pick out the dress today. I think you input your wear date and zip code and they basically set the 4 day window based on that.