Sunday, February 13, 2011

I Said Yes...to the Dress!

So after trying on a billion beautiful wedding gowns and getting down to the wire, I was feeling the pressure to find a dress! I made a couple more appointments for a Saturday, and we started bright and early at Francesca's Bridal Salon. I had kind of given up on finding THE ONE (which sounds so silly now...but I was frustrated!) so I wasn't really expecting anything.

We walked in and started looking through the racks, pulling dresses that we thought might fit my expanding criteria (I wanted rouching, a little bit of bling, and not too plain of a back). It started looking promising! There was more than one dress that might actually be it, which was definitely not the case in other salons where we had shopped previously.

When I put on the Blue by Enzoani Brooklyn, I had finally found a dress that left nothing to be desired. I didn't have "the moment" that you always hear about on Say Yes to the Dress...but as my little, Kristi, said, I had kind of a "mini moment" where I knew I had made my decision. I only wanted to alter the beading on the front of the dress a tad, and Peggy, my consultant, assured me there would be no problem doing so. :)

As I said, the model pictures of dresses are horrendous. So here are the model pictures and some random pictures I found of the dress online!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_prod/photos/0aea3b09901cb93ecf6b03946f45543b_s http://s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_prod/photos/4c19df2e67c52c7165309bc29f9a6582_s

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http://s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_prod/photos/8946f424c90c0c803618ed3abc91092d_s

http://s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_prod/photos/456482ca74ceac6005c5db251c4f5fea_s
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And here I am in the store sample of the dress. I can't wait put MY dress, the actual dress that I'll wear to marry Brian. It should hopefully be here in April!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_prod/photos/e5825cff553ea50a0ead6548762fada8_m



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http://s3.amazonaws.com/wedding_prod/photos/380c7cd4f4fe0c81898301570b26be84_m

I think what really solidified that I had picked my dress when they turned off the lights and put a spotlight on me, and I could see how the "bling" sparkled from every angle. It was so pretty! :)


 Even though I was pretty sure that this was THE DRESS, I decided to take some time to think on it. I called Brian's mom and she met me, my mom, my sister Jennifer, and my "sister" Kristi at Basta Pasta for lunch. After a delicious meal, we returned to the salon and I got into the dress again.

It was, most definitely, IT. We put a deposit down right there!



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