Pregnant mermaid (a rant and solution)

BlueEyedBrideFL

Hi Ladies - Quick back story:  I'm a genius and decided I wanted to take part for the first year - while pregnant - in our area's holiday boat parade.  We are doing a whole tropical beach/under the sea theme, and I decided we needed someone to be a mermaid on the front of the boat.  Originally, we invited all of my cousins, and I thought one of the younger girls (high school) would want to be the mermaid.  Well, they decided not to be on the boat.

So it got to the point where I was the only confirmed female on the boat, and I was thinking, damn, I'm going to have to be the mermaid.  Well, every time I mentioned it, my mom would straight away ask if I invited x and y (two tall, skinny, non-pregnant sisters).  This really started to make me mad (like, her rsponse was a split second after I would mention doing it), and I started thinking - it's my boat, I'm going through all the effort to put everything together, so why shouldn't I get my moment?

However, I wasn't too keen on wearing a shell bra with my bump/lump out freely, so I found a solution - on sale for $5.99 at Macy's (will tuck the bottom of the dress under the tail we are making.  Hard too see details, but it's all sea green sequins that look like scales).

Because, well, mermaids can get knocked up too, right?

 

Marusika

You`ll be a fabulous mermaid

ksulli

That is perfection! And at $5.99, seriously? I see some fabulous Halloween consumes in your future.

MamaFantastic

awesome!!  tell everyone you're naming your baby Triton

BlueEyedBrideFL

Thank you ladies.  Me and Baby Triton (or Triton's love child?) are going on parade!

@ksulli - The dress was on the 65 percent off rack and had no tag.  They couldn't find another or it in the computer, so they priced it to the closest looking thing there, which was another dress option I had selected has a back up.  That dress was $9.99 (down from $60 something) but rang up $5.99.  Thank you Macy's!

snmetz7

if  you haven't already checked out asked the to use the code "friend" and it'll be cheaper love the dress and mermaids totally get knocked up too!

loveyoga7

Go for it! You look great!

avidkeo

Love it!

Bees Everywhere

Looks wonderful to me! Good find!

acrookston

I want a pic of you on the float

KendraL86

That is a great mermaid top!!

kali55

Love it!

Twirple

This is an awesome solution!  I agree that we need to see a picture of you on the boat.

AcaAwkward

I really thought this might be a hypothetical debate about how mermaids give birth.

{awesome costume!}

Jesster11

Thank you ladies! You are all awesome! I definitely needed that confidence boost for this and appreciate it. I will definitely post pics.

myschlove

I'm pretty sure the little mermaid had a mom at one point

I think you make a beautiful mermaid