Wedding Blog

So I was definitely intending to tell you more about my dress hunt after my last post on the subject, but I got so busy that I forgot! So now I’m back to finally wrap up the saga and show you my dress!

While my mom was still up north we stopped by Wolsfelt’s Victorian Bridal in Aurora, Illinois. We went into the experience thinking we’d just look around and try a few gowns on, but wouldn’t end up buying anything because I still had my heart set on trying the Watters dress. Looking around before we were helped only reinforced this idea. The dresses we saw were mostly over $2000, while I was looking more in the $1000-1200 range. Still, we figured it couldn’t hurt to look.

So anyway, when I made the appointment the lady on the phone was so nice and friendly and asked a ton of questions. When we arrived, she had already pulled a few dresses that she thought I might like and then I went through and picked a few more. While I was trying them on, Pat, the assistant kept asking questions to get a better feel for my personality and what kind of wedding I wanted to have. I felt like for the first time I had a sales lady who was using her expertise to help me. She actually told me what worked with my body and what didn’t, and I wasn’t offended to hear it since I knew she just wanted to help me.

They only had a few of the mermaid or trumpet style dresses so I ended up trying on a lot of the ball gown types as well. I even tried on one huge duponi silk dress that was so wide I don’t think both my dad and I could have gotten down the aisle together! It looked fine on me, but it just didn’t have the spark that I wanted. However, I had picked up one mermaid shaped dress early on that Pat had described as a total Barbie dress, which sounded perfect to me!

I always wonder how people would actually know when they saw “the dress” but I guess now I know! There isn’t anything I don’t love about this dress…from the color, to the train, to the slight beading, even the bow! It’s such a mix of trendy and traditional, sexy and demure. It was even within my price range! So I reluctantly left my dream dress behind but by the time my mom and I drove the 2 1/2 hours home, we knew it was “the one.” That night I called and placed the order. They even gave us 10% off for ordering on the same day I came in for my first appointment!

We couldn’t take pictures on the day I first saw it since I hadn’t paid yet, but when I took my mom back up to Chicago a few days later we stopped by with 2 of my aunts and 3 of my cousins (yes, I’m that girl) to see it again and take pics. Here are some of my favorites:

(Dear Mr. Chickadee, dad, and anyone else who doesn’t want to know, you can stop reading now!)

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Please excuse the orange industrial clips in the back.

The simple beading on top.

With a veil on, though I haven’t quite decided what length I want.

I love the back!

The dress itself isn’t a fancy designer or anything, just a private label by Wolsfelt’s, but that doesn’t matter much to me, I love it! It should be here around the beginning of the year and I absolutely can’t wait!