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Zip stuck!

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  • DawnW
    DawnW Posts: 7,875 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    candle wax can help, or vaseline (those nice little pots we have for lipsalve). Worth a try?
  • sali_mali
    sali_mali Posts: 1,967 Forumite
    Vaseline next then! Should I be greasing myself up or the zip? :rotfl: I'm starting to think this may be a lost cause... Diet starts tomorrow then!
    Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself. Oscar Wilde
  • Mrs_Flittersnoop
    Mrs_Flittersnoop Posts: 447 Forumite
    I've been away, and only just seen this. Is it possible to undo the band at the sides of the dress at the level that the zip sticks? (does that make sense?). If you could let out the dress just at that point a tiny bit it should help. I'm concerned that even if you shimmy into it at the moment, the zip will break.

    If you can let out the side seams only a smidge at each side it should give you enough wriggle room to at least make the dress wearable.

    HTH
    Mrs F xx
  • aurora_borealis_2
    aurora_borealis_2 Posts: 13,477 Forumite
    Are you in missy?? :)
    de do-do-do, de dar-dar-dar ;)
  • sali_mali
    sali_mali Posts: 1,967 Forumite
    Thankyou to all the help on this thread, just thought I'd update you. I've been dieting all week in an attempt to make the zip easier to do up. Now the sides more than meet and can actually overlap when I pull the together.

    The zip still won't do up :mad:

    AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
    Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself. Oscar Wilde
  • Ytaya
    Ytaya Posts: 326 Forumite
    Oh dear! Might be time to break out the safety pins!
  • sali_mali
    sali_mali Posts: 1,967 Forumite
    Crisis averted folks! With the use of Vaseline and a determined friend I've gotten into the accursed dress! I'm now scared to take it off again... :rotfl:

    Hopefully will get into it again tomorrow, thank for all your help :D
    Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself. Oscar Wilde
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,638 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :T :T :T

    Have a great time tomorrow!

    Pink
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    sali_mali wrote: »
    Maybe she can help wrestle me into the dress too...

    I'll help wrestle you out of it. :)

    Sorry Dr Mum! :o
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
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    sali_mali wrote: »
    Vaseline next then! Should I be greasing myself up or the zip?

    :cool:

    :whistle:

    Sorry Dr Mum! :o
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