THE DRESS

Hello Everyone! I apologize for my hiatus.
I owe you a number of pictures and posts as I've done quite a few things in the last few weeks including getting THE Dress!!!
So our dress journey began after the 2010 bridal expo at Veterans Memorial.
It inspired my mom and sister and I to jump on the dress train and see where it would take us. We started out at David’s Bridal, and it was crawling with brides….so busy in fact that we were unable to try on any wedding dresses. My sister did how ever get to try on a few bridesmaid dresses, let’s just say they were not the look we are going for!
We then went across the street to Wendy’s bridal, where I absolutely fell in love with a dress. I made an appointment for the following Saturday and was so pumped.
Dress shopping was one of the tasks that I was most fearful of. I’m a full figured girl who is not afraid to flaunt it, and I was worried that I was not going to fit in any of the sample size dresses.
Our group (both moms and sisters) met at Wendy’s and were assigned a sales person. We were not given a tour, we were not shown where the normal size dresses are located, and we were not even asked a price point. Not to mention our sales person was an older woman whose personality totally conflicted with every single person that was with me.
Back to the dresses, I got to try on the DREAM dress and guess what, it made me look like a balloon. So my mom advised that I try on a dress that I normally wouldn’t. Five dresses and 2 hours later we had a style, mermaid. Who would have thought that someone with my figure would look stunning in a tight ass dress!!!
We did not end up buying one at Wendy’s for many reasons..
One: the salesperson aka grandma kept putting a freaking traditional veil on my head with EVERY dress I tried on, she didn’t ask me if I liked it or not. Finally I grabbed it from her and said NO I’m not going this rout..Birdcage veil please. Then she still tried putting it on with all the dresses to the point where my soon to be sister in-law had to hid it!
Two: All mermaid styles they carried were in an 8..im a 12 on a good day. Needless to say my hips didn’t even fit in them, her answer: oh we just don’t carry that size in that style, but we do have a plus size section of dresses. UMM NO
Three: due to the fact that it took 4 million years to put on each dress we were only able to try on 5. She did mention about the arthritis in her hands and the shoulder surgery she just had… like are you kidding
Four: the whole experience just left a stressful over whelming taste in my mouth.
So the following weekend we made an appointment at Bride and Formal in Cincinnati on a Friday afternoon. Once we arrived they showed us around and explained that they have the largest selection of sample wedding dresses I think in the US ..? They asked price point, and showed how the dresses were arranged and guess what most all the dresses were size 10-12 !!!!
We went crazy pulling 15 dresses in 20 min. for me to try on. Our sales person took us in the fitting room (which is one large room with other brides and family’s) and I started trying them on. One by one we singled out colors, styles, cuts, and fabrics. We were there for over 3 hours and then I put it on….I thought it was THE ONE....Turns out my sales person had one more she wanted me to try on before we finalized the decision! I put it on and that was that it made everyone get teary eyed and I knew that was my dress. I even got to wonder around the store in it and look at different accessories and even take photos in it!!!!! While I was purchasing my dress the sisters started trying on bridesmaid dresses, even thought we didn’t purchase a bridesmaid dresses down there it was nice they didn’t have to sit around and wait for me!!!
SO I said YES to a dress and I can’t wait to get it!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS- its going to make Joey CRY like a baby when he sees me in it