Weddingbee Blog

This past weekend, Mama Elephant and I set out on a couple vendor meetings (ceremony music and one last meeting with DJ/lighting company) and then decided to make an appointment for me to try on a couple of dresses.

Before you get you hopes up, there were no pictures allowed in the bridal boutique, so I don’t have any new pictures of me in dresses to share with you…at least not yet.

Our dress-shopping outing began with a quick trip to Ross, where I followed Mrs. Scissors’ advice on getting some proper undergarments to wear to try on dresses. Using the trusty GPS, we found our way to the bridal boutique and got there before it even opened…oops! Our appointment was at 1:30, so we waited till about five minutes after the store opened, hoping that maybe we could get started early.

Our salesperson/dresser Marcy was so sweet! She prepared my dressing room while Mama Elephant and I started picking out some samples to try on. After Marcy saw the style we were going for, she began picking some out as well. We quickly accumulated quite a stack, so we stopped and headed for the dressing room. Mama Elephant sat out by the stand/mirror while I headed to the back and tried on the first dress.

I walked out and could tell that my mom was having a moment…the first time she saw her only daughter in a wedding dress. It was so sweet! We both agreed that we really liked the first one (chiffon, not lace like I thought I would want), and continued on through several more dresses.

Throughout the course of our-hour appointment, I think I tried on about 10 or so dresses and definitely confirmed that I am not the satin-ballgown-wearing bride (major props to those brides out there who are—that dress was sooooo heavy!) and that a chiffon dress with ruching was very figure flattering for my body type. I was so happy to have a waist, which I didn’t really have with the dress I tried on at David’s Bridal.

This is a beautiful dress but just wasn’t me.

We listed our top three contenders with Marcy and will be heading back there during the Bridesmaids’ Dallas Summit so my four bridesmaids can see me try on some dresses.

They didn’t give us the names of the designers/dress models, so I had to search high and low (based on my memory) to find the image of my favorite…I want to call it “the one,” but I agree with Mama Elephant that I need to try on a couple more just to make sure. I’m going to be a tease and keep you in suspense for pictures of the dress until later on.

Did you check out more dresses after finding a favorite?