Weddingbee Blog

…so many opinions.

I must admit that, knowing myself, my first mistake was taking other people (my MOH and BM) shopping with me when I first went looking for dresses. I was easily swayed by their opinions, and this, in part, led to my purchasing a dress I was not in love with.

Once I knew I did not like my dress, it was easy to be distracted by other dresses when I went out to shop for a veil. I mean, they were calling to me, those pretty bubbled mermaid bottoms and sparkly crystals. In one store, I thought I had fallen in love with this dress:

(Never you mind my awful facial expression; it’s indicative of how upset I was with the process, not the dress!)

My second mistake was that I started talking to people about the dress situation: my MOH, my “man of honor,” my sister-in-law, etc.

My MOH was less than sympathetic: “a waste of money” was her response.

My other friends, knowing how indecisive I could be, just said I would be going back and forth forever. Worse, they didn’t like this new dress one bit. Never mind that I did.

Quickly, the dress I had fallen for this time was ruined for me. Nobody liked it — how could I?

I finally decided that it was my wedding and waste of money or not, I had to feel special in my wedding gown. Yes, it was only for one day, but there will be $3000 worth of pictures I will have forever, and do I want to spend forever thinking to myself — why didn’t I get a dress I loved?

And with that, I vowed to go out shopping by myself and talk to no one about the new dress I would find…and my dress shopping saga continued!