Dress Shopping

The company I work for has a formal Christmas party every year, and like always, they are having one this year on December 9th. Because of this, I need to get a formal dress. I went to David's Bridal yesterday to look around to see what was out there, and I tried a couple of dresses on. Now, My wedding dress that I wore was a size 22 from David's Bridal and that was 3 years ago... When I tried on dresses yesterday, I could fit into the size 14 but it was a little to snug so I went with the size 16! I know that I'm still far away from my goal, but that was encouraging for me...