
The lady rocking the 1980s perm and pearls is my mom. The little gremlin shoving food in its mouth is me (some things never change.)
I love buying dresses. Being as tall as I am, dresses tend to be one of the few clothing items I can buy without any fuss or muss, so when I see one I like and it fits, I go for it.
For our wedding and wedding related events, I have purchased no less than four - count ’em four - dresses for myself, including my super awesome wedding gown. My mother, upon hearing this teased and scolded me and told me that it was silly to buy so many dresses as oftentimes, I get very enthused and then go on a dress buying rampage, only to leave the earlier purchased ones sitting unworn in the closet. (Totally guilty - I still have a dress I purchased for my FIL’s wedding sitting in my closet from 3 years ago
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However, on Saturday at my shower, my mom pulled me aside and said she had to tell me something. Confused by the secrecy, I asked her what was up and she admitted her shameful truth - she had bought three different dresses for our wedding.
I had known about two prior to this admission as I had been at the Banana Republic in Buffalo with her when she bought them (on sale! $75 for two super cute dresses!), but had figured that it would stop there. Little did I know that, after our little shopping trip, she had continued looking, only to come across another dress she liked at Jacob, a nice clothing store up here in Canada.

Picture courtesy of www.jacob.ca - Her dress looks like this, but is plum coloured.
Anyway, after I finished teasing her about being a hyprocrite and assured her she would have places to wear all three (we’re having a rehearsal dinner and a small family only breakfast the morning after), I felt really touched that, after her initial “I don’t want to be involved in this hoopla” reaction, my mom was so excited to be a part of our big day.
Since buying a dress is a big part for moms and since I love hearing a good dress story, I’m curious - has your mom bought her dress/dresses for your big day yet? Did you go shopping with her? What is she wearing?
how sweet!
no, my mother has not bought her dress. she has not looked…or even surfed online. my fmil seems to be itching to buy her dress. in fact, i got a call from the FI this morning regarding this exact fact. his mother wants to know if my mother will be calling her about attire.
i plan to go shopping with her…soon as i can inspire her that its best to go shopping NOW and not wait until last minute so she can have plenty of time to find the perfect dress on sale….
i’ll probably have to go with the fmil bc she self admittedly has no fashion sense or style.