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I admit, I’m an emotional shopper. I have to not only be in the mood to really shop, but if things aren’t going my way, I let it get to me, and give up quickly. After my first stop at a bridal salon and only liking one dress, I was discouraged. I had poured over pictures in magazines and online, but then having some of those same gorgeous dresses on my body, I just wasn’t feeling the love.
(Okay Mr. Cloud, that’s your cue! Love you long time, but scram!)
MOH and I headed to the second salon (which shall remain nameless). I had an appointment, but the sales girls were all busy. I was told I could pull whatever I liked and was shown a room to change in. I have no pictures because I was less than impressed, yet again. A few had qualities I liked, a nice neckline here, a flattering detail there, but that first one was still in the back of my head. I ended the day empty handed and decided to wait a few weeks until Mama Cloud would be with me to brave the stores again. When she did come, we went back to the first store, Bella Rosa, to try a few on again. The first dress was up first again, and I don’t know if it was because I was feeling less overwhelmed and not coming off an emotional breakdown, or maybe it was that Mama Cloud had tears in her eyes agreeing with my decision. But this time, I knew it was the one.
The order was placed that day, and a few months later when both Mama Cloud and FMIL Cloud were in town, I got to go try her on! And I might be a little biased, but I really do think she is a beauty!
All images are courtesy of Mama Cloud, and since we didn’t remember to take one from the front of my whole body, or bother to tuck the hanger straps and tags in, here is a better picture from the Priscilla of Boston website:
[Source] Priscilla of Boston Style 4119
Was anyone else as crazy (or lucky, maybe) as I was to buy the first dress you tried on?
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Yep! I did! My whole dress shopping experience was very similiar to yours actually!
Stunning!! P.O.B. is great! And the first pic is perfect - you can see more than one angle.
My dress was the 5th or 6th I tried on (out of 7 total) - but it was my first and last dress shopping trip. We went to Kleinfelds for my birthday because they had all the designers I wanted to see in one place lol
I just love it Miss Cloud! I am a sucker for the sweetheart neckline, and yours is especially gorgeous! (I bought the third dress I tried on 
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Yup! Like you, the best dress came first. After that, the girls and I kept saying, “…it’s not as good as the first one…” And you’re right, sometimes you secondguess yourself in that case becuase you will forever be the girl who bought the first dress she tried on. What can you say? We have good intuition and style
You look fantastic! Although you were nervous to buy the first dress, you obviously made an excellent choice!!!
Oh and by the way, I absolutely love your dress! It is stunning!
It wasn’t the first dress, but my first time! I found my dream dress at my first apt at the shop. I did create my dream custom dress based on it though.
It’s beautiful!
I also bought the first dress I tried on! Dora by Melissa Sweet…loved her.
Really, really pretty and so flattering. Love it!
And I tried on MANY a dress before I found the one…but I think that helped me know I’d found the one when I slipped it on
She IS a beauty! You look perfect. Congrats on finding your “one”.
So beautiful!!!!
I had a similar experience; I was super stressed out the first time I tried my dress on, and the sales clerks were really rude and extremely mean. Because of those factors, I wasn’t sure about the dress. When I tried it on a month later (at a different salon where they were respectful and nice), I knew it was the one! It is so easy to become overwhelmed initially during the dress search!
Love your dress! You look great. While I didn’t buy the first dress I tried on, I did get my dress from the First store I went to (after going to several others I kept comming back to the “one”).
biased or not… you’re right!! She is a beauty! Seriously girl, you look stunning in that dress!!
You look amazing in that dress! I just love sweetheart necklines. I bought my dress on my first shopping trip, at the first salon I went to. When you know, you know!
OMG I did the same thing went to Priscilla of Boston and bought the first dress =) Yours is beautiful!!!
you look gorgeous on that dress! congratulations on finding it 
Gorgeous!!! After seeing my dress online (and after purchasing the first dress months before) I knew she was the one! I tried her on and it was confirmed!
That dress does look stunning on you. LOVE the detail! So beautiful. Woohoo for finding the perfect dress!
that dress looks great!
and i just love the ladies at Bella Rosa… i’m glad i found my dress there too because i love rewarding great customer service!
alterations (besides the price) have been a great experience there too!
The dress looks amazing on you! I did not get lucky and find my dress with the first one I tried on. Like you, I was having a hard time feeling like I was going to find THE one. My dress, which I loved, was the 8th and last dress I tried on.
Gorgeous! I was pretty lucky to find my dress - it wasn’t one that I had seen before! & I bought it on my first day of dress shopping, so I’d say it was pretty darn easy!
@Mrs. Quiche: I also found my dress on my first day of dress shopping. I didn’t get it that day though.
I had two that I really liked, in the end it came down to an e-mail with pictures of the two sent to all my close friends. There was definitely a winner, so a few weeks later I got the dress. Now looking at the two dresses, I am so much more in love with the dress I bought (good choice friends!)
Oh my…so glad you got a shot of the back of the dress this time - it is beautiful! I love the way that its asymmetrical!
Your dress is beautiful! And, yes, I was crazy and bought the first dress I tried on too.
You look fantastic! I’m obsessed with that dress. The style compliments you really well!
I think that dress looks more stunning on you than on the model!
I love it! The drop waist and sweetheart neckline are so flattering on you.
I LOVE her dresses.
But no. I didn’t have any luck like that. I tried on about 100 dresses, each made me more miserable than the last.
Then I tried on a dress I HATED on the hangar that my FSIL made me try on.
And wham! That was it.
It found my waist!
gorgeous! That cut and style with the sweetheart neckline and asymmetry is perfect on you!! I too bought the first dress I tried, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t try a million. 
Your dress is gorgeous! I’m so glad you went back for it.
I had a similar experience; I thought I wanted an A-line dress with side ruching, and I tried on two like that at the first shop I went to and felt rather underwhelmed. Then I spotted another dress and went, “oh, that’s kinda pretty, but it isn’t what I want. Let’s just try it on anyway”. Binmpteen different stores and try on loads more at that first one to confirm that!
WOW! Stunning! It is GORGEOUS, you are GORGEOUS!!
The dress is GORGEOUS!
I did the same thing. Bought the first dress that I tried on, even though I went back to try it on again because I told myself that I was nuts for buying the first one that I tried on! And it was the same dress that I had been “stalking” for months, pulling every ad for it out of all of my bridal magazines…it was truly the dress of my dreams!
gorgeous! love it, and i think it really flatters you.
i very nearly bought the first & only dress i tried at alfred angelo, but a drastic venue change meant byebye ballgown style.
love yours!
Your dress is freaking beautiful and looks incredible on you! The first dress I tried on is the one I bought as well. All it took was trying on a few other dresses and then slipping it on again and I knew. Only went dress shopping once too.
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Mrs. Cloud, Richmond
Age and Occupation: 25, Sales Rep
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Customer Service Manager/DJ
Engagement Date: February 14, 2008
Wedding Date: November 2009
Venue: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart & The Jefferson Hotel
About Me: Mr. Cloud and I are Yankees planning a Southern wedding to show our families from Boston and New York our fabulous city. We are complete opposites, resulting in a wedding to include bridesmaids in pearls and groomsmen in Adidas shell toes. I’m a sorority girl at heart with strong addictions to my blackberry, cherry Chapstick, Coach purses, the Boston Red Sox and our fur baby, Bella. I can’t wait to the throw the party of our lives and of course, marry my best friend!
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