This Saturday I went on a wedding gown shopping excursion. I brought my dear pals Allison and Jamie, and my mother. It was an interesting experience. We went to 3 shops, and we found one that just might be it. I need a bit more time to ponder. I learned a lot about wedding dresses this weekend. Some new knowledge for me:
1. I wear a size in wedding dresses that is a couple of sizes larger than I usually wear. I know this is traditional sizing, but geez. I didn't enjoy this part at all.
2. Wedding dress boutique owners/consultants are painfully honest. For example a direct quote, "You have a nice body, but girl, you do have some HIPS." Thanks, lady.
3. Wedding dresses have tags. Lots of them. There were paper tags, satin tags, tags in my armpits, along my waist, and against my back. I had to practice yoga breathing and go to my happy place in my head. I felt that a tag-induced anxiety attack might be a bit embarrassing.
4. Wedding dresses take a long time to arrive once they are ordered. This means that I really need to move on this decision soon, and I am not the best decision maker.
5. All of the other women trying on wedding gowns have heinous taste. Ha ha! This is a huge overgeneralization, but at least the women who were with me at one boutique fit into this category. It was BAD. BAD. We're talking more beading than JonBenet Ramsay and all of the Li'l Miss Texas pageant contestants combined.
I didn't want to post any of the gowns, but this was the most comfortable thing that I tried on all day.
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