Wedding Gown

Late last year, during Christmas break my BMs and I braved the awful traffic on 355 to go to David's Bridal to find their dresses and my gown one Friday night. I hate driving on that stretch of the road. We were late, but eventually got down to business. Only Frances found a dress that she liked... though I don't think she cared too much. Karen and Nancy didn't really see anything that they liked. The plan was for me to pick the color and they pick the style. I didn't want to be one of those bridezillas that had to have everything my way. Unfortunately, we couldn't find anything that they liked or that I liked. So we moved on to the wedding gown. Back (before I got engaged), N and I were visiting K in Pittsburgh for the weekend and decided to go to try on some dresses. I liked many but one stood out to me. It was ivory and champagne colored, split front. This time, I tried it on again, along with some other dresses. It still looked good and still liked it... until the last dress. It was red bordered with a red train. Loved the train, but the front was very plain. I liked it, but didn't liked it that much... until the lady put the matching veil on.. that completed the whole picture. As we were leaving the lady whispered to us not to buy the dress yet, wait a few more weeks after the New Year when the sale comes around again. She was very nice, N loved her. Originally I had planned to rent the dresses from one of those wedding centers in NYC... all my sibs and cousins did that. I mean, why buy the gown when you only get to wear it once. I'll probably try to sell it afterward. My future in-law made a comment when we were making the StDs once that it's such a romantic idea, that I could pass the gown down to my daughter. LOL I looked at her and said that I don't think my kids will be my size. Hehe she had a startled look then started laughing. Anyway, I bit the bullet and bought the gown over the phone and all the accessories that went with the gown. Somehow, I knew the lady ordered the wrong veil... considering the price that she quoted me was $100 less than what it should have been! Anyway, last week N and I went to check out the order and did a fitting. It was petite 0 already, and still needed to be hemmed and probably (hopefully not) taken in a bit. The veil was wrong, but we remedied that. I was worried that I wouldn't like the dress anymore, but it was still looking good...wrinkled, but good. The fitting lady was awesome and had some great advices. My heart hurted a little at the price of hemming and everything else, but I'm trying not to think about it. I highly recommend David's Bridal on 355, the service is outstanding. Comparably, it's not that expensive... but damn. Weddings are expensive... maybe we should elope.

In a few weeks, N and I will be meeting K again in Pittsburgh to go to Alfred Angelo's and see if we can finalize the BM dresses. I still want them to pick their own... but I may just again bite the bullet and pick their dress.