Wedding Dress Shopping
Maggie says...
Since getting engaged last February, I had only looked online and through magazines for wedding dresses. I finally had the time to go wedding dress shopping for the first time this Saturday and ended up buying my dress!
To get more physically fit, Jenning and I started boxing on Friday, so I was feeling super sore and not able to carry all the dresses, but I was lucky to have my sister (Jean) come along to help out. Jean who is in my bridal party, picked out a really beautiful dress for me.
I think I tried approximately 10 dresses and there was a tie between two dresses, luckily Jean, my friends (Haidee & Viloletta) were also there to help make the decision super easy. I went in thinking that since it was my first attempt shopping for a dress, I would only be trying dresses out to get a better idea of what looks good & fits well, so I really shocked myself by being able to make a decision so quickly. Jean said "Maggie, take the dress! If you regret it, I'll take it". It was a unique design that looked good, a great deal considering the original cost of the dress, so I didn't want to not take it and regret it later on.
I learned that Bridal boutiques tend to not provide the names of designers/dress models or allow customers to take pictures of dresses when you are trying them out to prevent/deter potential customers from buying the same dress elsewhere. The sales assistant who was helping us was nice and let us take pictures of dresses I tried, but I think this was only because I was set on buying the dress. The pictures weren't the best because of the lighting and some of the ones I took were shaky due to my sore hands. Since I was in a little bit of a shock, I realized after purchasing the dress, that I forgot to ask the sales assistant for the name/dress model (so that I could search the internet for the original price to see if I got a really good deal). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to coordinate to have my mom come along for this trip because of transportation, so I wanted to email her and the rest of my sisters/best friend a picture and dress info asap. Bridal store websites usually provide pictures of the dress, but they don't always include the name of the dress or the price, you usually have to call or provide info to get a quote. I spent almost 3 hours doing a search and was able to find the designer, dress name and pictures. Surprisingly, I also learned that there's sort of an online club of brides who have the same dress and was able to get info on the original price. I was super happy to find out that my dress was a deal.
Now the hard part for me is to keep this dress as a surprise for Jenning. I was so tempted to put it on and just strut around the condo yesterday. I actually can't put the dress on by myself, so this is good because it prevents me from ruining the surprise. Jean told Jenning to stop me if I am ever tempted to show him the dress. We had to go to Jenning's parents today to get stamps from Costco before the price goes up by 2 cents on Jan. 17, so I took the dress and asked his mom if I could store it in her house to further prevent me from 'accidentally' showing him the dress.
347 days until Jenning gets to see me in the dress...
Since getting engaged last February, I had only looked online and through magazines for wedding dresses. I finally had the time to go wedding dress shopping for the first time this Saturday and ended up buying my dress!
To get more physically fit, Jenning and I started boxing on Friday, so I was feeling super sore and not able to carry all the dresses, but I was lucky to have my sister (Jean) come along to help out. Jean who is in my bridal party, picked out a really beautiful dress for me.
I think I tried approximately 10 dresses and there was a tie between two dresses, luckily Jean, my friends (Haidee & Viloletta) were also there to help make the decision super easy. I went in thinking that since it was my first attempt shopping for a dress, I would only be trying dresses out to get a better idea of what looks good & fits well, so I really shocked myself by being able to make a decision so quickly. Jean said "Maggie, take the dress! If you regret it, I'll take it". It was a unique design that looked good, a great deal considering the original cost of the dress, so I didn't want to not take it and regret it later on.
I learned that Bridal boutiques tend to not provide the names of designers/dress models or allow customers to take pictures of dresses when you are trying them out to prevent/deter potential customers from buying the same dress elsewhere. The sales assistant who was helping us was nice and let us take pictures of dresses I tried, but I think this was only because I was set on buying the dress. The pictures weren't the best because of the lighting and some of the ones I took were shaky due to my sore hands. Since I was in a little bit of a shock, I realized after purchasing the dress, that I forgot to ask the sales assistant for the name/dress model (so that I could search the internet for the original price to see if I got a really good deal). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to coordinate to have my mom come along for this trip because of transportation, so I wanted to email her and the rest of my sisters/best friend a picture and dress info asap. Bridal store websites usually provide pictures of the dress, but they don't always include the name of the dress or the price, you usually have to call or provide info to get a quote. I spent almost 3 hours doing a search and was able to find the designer, dress name and pictures. Surprisingly, I also learned that there's sort of an online club of brides who have the same dress and was able to get info on the original price. I was super happy to find out that my dress was a deal.
Now the hard part for me is to keep this dress as a surprise for Jenning. I was so tempted to put it on and just strut around the condo yesterday. I actually can't put the dress on by myself, so this is good because it prevents me from ruining the surprise. Jean told Jenning to stop me if I am ever tempted to show him the dress. We had to go to Jenning's parents today to get stamps from Costco before the price goes up by 2 cents on Jan. 17, so I took the dress and asked his mom if I could store it in her house to further prevent me from 'accidentally' showing him the dress.
347 days until Jenning gets to see me in the dress...
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