Wedding Blog

When I first started my gown search, I did as any bride-to-be would – decimated my wedding magazines, ripping out pictures of any and every gown that I was even mildly interested in. Seven magazines, 50 pictures and one ginormous black-and-white cookie later, I evaluated my pics and noticed a few common themes:

1. Fluffly
I know. That is not a word. But Fluffly is how I best describe “Look 1” of my first group of pictures – ruffles fluttering in the wind, light fabrics, perhaps a dramatic look back at the groom (or someone else, apparently!). You know, Fluffly.

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2. Lots o’ lace
I surprised myself with the preponderance of lace in my selections. I’m generally not a lacy, frilly type of gal. But there you had it – if it had lace, it was ripped out of my magazines.

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3. Romantical
I know – that’s also not a word. Isn’t it so much more fun to say than “romantic,” though? This theme went hand-in-hand with the previous too. Where there were Fluffles and Lots o’ lace, there was Romantical.

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Or maybe I just liked the look-over-your-shoulder look. I don’t know.

Armed with these themes and my pictures in my hot little hands, I made my first dress appointments. The results were, to put it mildly, less than stellar. To preserve the dignity of these poor dresses, I won’t post full pics here, but I think my reactions say it all:

1. Fluffly

2. Lots o’ lace

3. Romantical

And to prove that I’m capable of making happy faces, please see Exhibit A below – my expression when holding a White Castle milkshake and a Crave Case.

My goal? To find a gown that would yield the CCF (Crave Case Face).

And the search continued…

Did you wind up with a completely different gown from what you originally pictured?