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One thing I’m sure of for this wedding is my wedding dress. You grow up hearing that “you’ll know” when you have found that right dress. My entire life I have not been the most romantic or fairy-tale inclined person, so I was skeptical from the moment we stepped into the first bridal shop as to whether or not I would be able to tell when “I knew.”

Let me tell you something - I knew when I had found that right dress. From the moment I stepped into the first shop, Blush Couture, I picked out about five possible wedding dresses. I noticed a smile on the owner’s (Naomi) face as she placed them all inside the dressing room… I was soon to find out that all but one of the dresses I had picked were by the same designer. Coincidence? I think not.

***MR. HYDRANGEA DO NOT READ ON (even though I doubt you’re reading this)***

I always envisioned myself in a certain kind of dress, and, for me, that would be the more traditional, strapless, A-line dress similar to the one pictured below. I couldn’t have ended up with a dress further from what I had imagined.

About 3 dresses into the fitting, I found the dress. How did I know? It was the only dress that I even bothered to ask to try on a veil with (and it was the only one that actually made me get a bit sentimental).

Ever so cautious, Mom Hydrangea told me to wait and visit a couple of other local shops to see their dresses. We went to Lulu’s Bridal, a quaint little shop on the streets in Uptown. The woman who helped me was very nice and attentive, but I knew my mind was made up, so everything I tried on I quickly said no to.

Finally, Mom Hydrangea took me to Neiman Marcus in downtown Dallas. For those of you not from Texas, this is a very popular place for brides to visit once they are engaged. Many girls from Dallas grow up hoping that one day they will get to make that special trip to the NM bridal salon, and I was no exception to this rule. Their dresses are beautiful, their salon is amazing and the women who help you are very personable. Even with all of the grandeur and excitement of being at NM, I knew that my dress was still at the site of our first wedding dress outing.

Once Mom Hydrangea saw that I couldn’t even find my dress at NM, she knew too. So back we went to Blush Couture.

So what’d I end up with? The design is called Silvana, and it is an off-white modified mermaid silk Mikado with duchess silk inserts by Junko Yoshioka for Bonaparte NY. Here it is below, on the runway. Personally, I don’t think that the model does the dress justice because she is just so tiny. I think you need a little junk in the trunk for this one!

I just found out today that the dress is in! My first fitting is next Saturday so I’ll be sure to post some pics of myself in it!

On a side note, I found out after I purchased the dress that it was featured in a photo shoot for one of my favorite magazines, D Weddings (the same one that Mrs. Plum’s wedding was just featured in online)! So exciting!

*Photos from brides.com

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