I Found My Dress!

As I mentioned on Friday, I went wedding dress shopping this past Sunday. I was super nervous. I am incredibly picky and I change my mind all. the. time. So, When it came to making a decision about a dress I will wear one time on the most important day of my life that I would have to choose now and not wear until November....I was scared. What if I didn't find one I liked? What if I found more than one I liked? What if I found one I liked and then later found one I liked more? What if I didn't have that "You just know" moment that everyone says you have? I knew I had to have the people who know me best there, but I was afraid if I had too many people I would have an anxiety attack. So I invited my best friends, my little sister and my mom. Plain and simple. No pressure. I had a private showing at Mary Kay's Bridal, so we had the entire store to ourselves and my lovely friend Ashley was sweet enough to give up her Sunday to be there to help me.

They made me wear the tiara...even though I didn't really argue.

We had all the essentials...

Champagne, Wine, Cheese & Crackers and Britney Spears Greatest Hits.

We made delicious Cherry Mimosas

And, my BB made an amazing cheesecake for us to share....

Complete with an 'F' ornament, for my future last name! Sooo thoughtful!

I went in with an open mind. I told them I would try on anything and everything they wanted to see me in but I had four dresses that I had chosen. My darling BB knew exactly the kind of dress I didn't want and so that is exactly the dress she found for me to put on.

I don't want sleeves, I don't want poofy and I don't want flowers and this had them all. It was actually a beautiful dress, but sooooo not me.

We got the funny one out of the way and then got down to business. I tried on one dress I didn't think I'd like at all, but actually loved it. It had a beautiful beaded bodice that came just below my hips and then belled out into a satin trumpet skirt with tulle overlay. It was gorgeous and I really liked it, but it wasn't "the one."

Next I tried on a dress that I had actually tried on before, one that I thought had serious potential to be "the one." It fit me perfectly and had an AMAZING train. The only problem with it was I didn't think it was a WOW. It was a little simpler than I had wanted. I knew I had the option to add some beading or some other details to make it more of what I wanted, but then I wouldn't know how it would turn out until it was done, and if I didn't like it I would be screwed. But, we kept it in the running.

Then I put on dress #4. It had all the elements I wanted but it didn't have the amazing shape that the previous dress had. Thanks to Ashley being a pro she pinned it and gave it the shape of the last dress....and that's when it happened. I had "THE MOMENT." Ashley put a veil on me and gave me some beautiful earrings and I lost it. I cried. I looked at my mom who was crying, my friends had tears in their eyes and even Ashley was misty. This was it. I was wearing my wedding dress.

After an hour of just hanging out in my dress I filled out the paper work and was ready to seal the deal.

I want so badly to show you pictures of all the dresses but the boy reads this blog and I don't want him to have even a hint of what it looks like. Sorry, but you'll have to wait until November to see what I chose. I am so excited and relived and thankful that choosing my dress was so fun and stress-free! It feels so good to have this major, MAJOR "to-do" crossed off my list!