Weddingbee Blog

I haven’t been booking appts to go into bridal stores since I’ve gotten engaged. In fact the only time I went to check out gowns was before I was even engaged at the vera wang sample sale.. all I’ve been doing is searching on line just to get an idea of what styles were actually me. I had my heart set on the vera wang that I saw on their website and I was like “THIS IS IT! THIS IS THE ONE!” But time passes and you’re like “eh, it’s okay”. So I’ve been searching here and there on internet highway. I wasn’t sure if I was an a-line type of bride. I mean I’m small. My waist must be 20 some inches and I’m like 5′2……hmmm….okay not 5′2 but more like 5′1 and a half. Ball gown? Hell no. unless I want someone to pick me up by my head and shake me like a bell. Spaghetti straps? Hmm maybe? Halter? I don’t think it’s me. Then last week as I was surfing the internet for the umpteenth time I found it!

It was white, simple, different, and beautiful. I saw it. I loved it. I wanted it. I printed that shit up with a quickness. People at work are like “yeah it’s pretty but don’t get your hopes up too high. It may not look right on you.” Which is true but I just knew. Just a susan hunch cause when I saw it online I was like just staring me in the face saying “when you gonna come pick me up bitch”. I COMING FOR YOU!!!!! PLEASH WAITING POR ME!!!

So yesterday anna and i went to check out this sample sale at kleinfeld in manhattan. We got a woman named barbara. First thing she asked was “do you know what you’re looking for?” I gave her the photo I printed up and she said “We have it. Do you want to try it on?” I gasped. I mean I literally gasped out loud. She laughed at me. That’s ok. She had “the dress”. She brought it in and anna and I are looking at it up hung up inside the garment bag. It looked average? I was praying that it would be a different story once it was on me. Then barbara told us that since we only had an hour to go pick as many dresses and bring it back to the room to try on. Anna took one aisle and I took the other. “how many did you pick out anna?” I yelled out to her while skimming through the racks. “4! How about you?” I looked at what was draped on my arm…”ONE!” hahahaha she yelled at me to find one more so I found another one and we took them back to the room. We decided that we would save “the dress” for last. The first one I tried one was….eh too poofy. The second one we liked. It had this sash type of style that draped across the front and went from one shoulder and went down along the hip and the skirt was overlapping in the front. It was really pretty. I tried on this one Justina McCaffery ball gown. We called it the “whip cream” dress. It was just layers of poofiness. Not me. I tried on everything we brought into the room which was probably a total of 8-9 dresses. Finally I tried on ‘the dress’. I looked over at anna and she was tearing man! Bitch! Made me tear too. Shoot. It was stunning though. I loved it. anna kept saying it was gorgeous. it was though. i can’t really describe what it looked like but it was absolutely beautiful. I felt like morpheous after he found neo but instead of the matrix theme song it was handel’s messiah all the way baby! I was in a daze after we left the store. I called c to tell him the news.

Me: I found it
C: really?
Me: yes. I’m in a daze. I’m happy
C: that’s good hun how much is it.
Me: um…I’m not telling you
C: stick to the budget! How much is it?
Me: I’m not telling you
C: all I’m asking from you Is that you stick with the budget.
Me: ok fine.
C: how much is it?
Me: I’m not telling you.

Bastage. You can’t get it out of me!!! VIVA LA SUSAN!!!!