<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

I'm sure so many people will be able to relate: I have a formal affair next week so I purchased a dress for it about a month ago. Since then I've continued to lose weight. It is a gorgeous royal blue gown with some open panels on the side that is VERY formfitting. But so, so beautiful. 

Last night I tried it on for the first time in about two weeks, and I really got to see first hand how far I had come, which was amazingly motivational. All of my friends I sent photos to told me how great I looked! I was riding a little bit of a high when I asked my mom to come take a look at how it looked. Big mistake.

My mom came up the stairs and told me "It looks terrific, but you need to suck in, and it's a little tight in the back." Needless to say, that kind of stopped my fun in its tracks a little. Thank you, mom, for reminding me of exactly what I am painfully aware of 85% of the time.
<bot>: Was really excited to have a dress look better on me than it did last time I tried it on, mom burst my bubble by reminding me that it doesn't look perfect.