I wasn't expecting to be trying on dresses this soon because, well, I'm not getting married for over a year. But a particular dress caught my eye, and it happens to be a Spring 2013 dress, and when I called a few salons and no one had it I started to panic. Then I found a place in Burlingame (Paper & Petals) who said they could have it shipped to them, but I had no idea they meant they could get it so soon… So I found out last Monday that this place is holding my dream dress, and last Wednesday I went to see if it's the dress.
Honestly, the dress has been something that I have been stressing about since the day I got engaged. I figured finding a venue and setting a date would be fairly straight forward (and it was!), and then after that the rest would more or less fall into place. But, as I was browsing online for dresses, all I could think about was that I hate all of them. There are no real trends or styles out there right now that I like (well, that is to say, within a reasonable budget). I just fear that I will end up with something that looks dated and embarrassing, with puffy sleeves like Ginny Baker's dress in Sixteen Candles.
I don't want to say much about the appointment, except that I got to try on a few different dress shapes. Figuring out what shape I like and what looks best was the important part, I realize this, but some of the actual dresses were awful – one looked like Morticia Addams on the top and Moulin Rouge on the bottom; another looked like Cinderella's dress after her step-sisters have torn it to shreds.
The other problem is that I watch too many shows like Say Yes to the Dress. I am a very emotional person, but at no point during the appointment did I feel like I was going to burst into tears. Even in dresses I really liked, I felt no emotional attachment to them. Maybe normal people don't cry in bridal salons? Maybe it's just a TV thing? While does feel a bit anticlimactic that there were no tears shed, I'm not sure what I would have done if my mom and the bestie started shedding tears in public.
So, anyway, because Bear was out of town, and it was really important to me that my sister be there for part of this, we went back last night. I just want a few key people to love it and think it's perfect for me and then surprise everyone else with it on the big day!
Of course, I figure as long as I don't poop in a designer gown during the appointment, I've done something right…
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