When a good idea is just a bad plan.

It's a fairly safe bet that the day you have a good idea of what you want to wear, your plan will be scuppered before you start.  What I mean by this is you have an event to go to and you decide on the dress you want to wear, you don't take into account the weather or any of the other million variables that may effect your choice on the day.  You give yourself no get out clause and as a result you may end up feeling horrible because you didn't give yourself the flexibility to change your mind, you may feel fabulous and have no idea what I'm referring to, at which point I can only say, how very Zen of you.

Please allow me to introduce you to my event get out of jail free kit, also known amongst friends as the 'Tantrum Reducer'.  How I feel about an outfit and the way I look in it will be greatly influenced by my mood and whether the nice man in the coffee place has chosen to refer to me as Sir that morning (there was no coming back from that one), but I have a few items up my sleeve that make any problem if not disappear at least drop off the fore front of my thoughts.  The first thing is knowing in advance that you have a jacket or wrap that goes with your outfit, so if the weather turns on you, which it is likely to do in this country you have an option, trust me blue skin really is just for Avatars!  It sounds obvious but you would be amazed how often people ignore the fact we live in the UK and it is often wet and cold.  In my tantrum reducer kit I also keep tights, Victoria's Secret suck you in and lift you up pants( personally I think they are the best available but don't let me be the one to stand in front of your preference), nail varnish, tit tape and a safety pin. In a pinch, I find these things can fix most issues at least on a short term basis, not to mention the fact the last 3 will fit in any clutch bag so you can fix things on the move/in the bathroom of the event you are going to.

There is nothing worse than deciding at the last minute that the outfit you are wearing is not appropriate or that you just feel wrong in it but as long as you don't panic, changing your mind is not a problem.  The problem comes, when you are standing in front of your wardrobe, in your underwear, wearing 2 different shoes and holding a dress in each hand; at that point you'll make more progress if you go and make yourself a cup of tea and come back to the problem in 10minutes.  So you've got a cup of tea, what is your instinct?  Put that on, and go.  You have probably just made the best possible choice for you and being comfortable is 3/4 of the way to looking fantastic.