Weddingbee Blog

My fabulous MOH bought me the Offbeat Bride book, which I read feverishly on the train every morning. I really loved the book, even if it didn’t really apply to me. For instance, there is a chapter titled “Vanity, Fashion & Other Things We Shouldn’t Care About.” Anyone who knows me (or has seen my credit-card statement) knows that this chapter almost certainly doesn’t apply to me. Her chapter on wedding dresses titled “Clothes for Her: On Poufy Dresses and Barefootedness” ends with a story about a bride who got “white blindness” pretty quickly and eventually gave up “in disgust, convinced that every single dress looked exactly the same: hideous!”

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Now, I recognize that everyone is entitled to their opinion (even if it is wrong…hehehe, j/k), but this made my stomach turn. I L.O.V.E. WEDDING DRESSES! I had the hardest time finding a dress because I LOVED trying them on so much.

The first time I went to look at dresses I went with my MOH and learned three things: (1) I love looking at myself in wedding dresses, (2) I could try on wedding dresses forever, and (3) Did I mention that I look A-MAZING in wedding dresses? (This is actually not a sign of my vanity…I swear. I’ve just always been a fan of playing dress-up).

Five bridal salons and 30-some dresses later, these were my top two contenders:

I called the first one “Kate” and the second one “Anne.” (Ten points to anyone who can guess the reference!) I raced home and e-mailed my mother and sisters to ask them to weigh in. My sisters both loved Kate, so I was pretty much sold. Then my mother sent me an e-mail, which basically said, “You don’t have to settle. There is still plenty of time.”

Devastating, right? I was so defeated that I decided to stop looking for a while. A few months later I went home to visit my family back in Texas, and my sisters suggested we try again. The first store I went to, De Ma Fille, was an adorable little boutique, but with their limited selection I wasn’t really able to find anything I wanted to take home. Next I went to Bliss Bridal Salon, where I tried on 10 BEAUTIFUL dresses and finally FOUND MY DRESS!

I am not going to share my dress now, but I will once it comes in!

I am just SOOO excited. I can’t believe I actually bought it! It was all very surreal…It was gorgeous. It fit beautifully, and it wasn’t like any dress I had ever seen. (Considering how many blogs, TV shows, and bridal boutiques I’ve read/seen/been to, that was actually quite a surprise.) Even though I was head-over-heels in love with the dress, I wanted to make sure my mother loved (liked?) it. I took her back the next day, and she LOOOOVED it. Color me surprised!

It was amazing, and it was obvious that I had to just pull the trigger. There definitely were no tears when I tried it on, but I did definitely know almost immediately. Instead of squealing like I had with so many other dresses, I just stared. I was speechless…that was how I knew she was “the one.”

How did you find your dress? Were you surprised by the dress you ended up with? How important were other people’s opinions in the process?