Le Dress!
I finally have The Dress!
It's beautiful. It's everything I could have ever wanted. It's the dress I'm going to walk down the aisle in. It's the dress that will be forever immortalized in billions and billions of photographs.
It's my dress!
In February, I went with my parents, sister and fiance to David's Bridal. I tried on a lot of dresses, but I didn't fall in love with anything. With more than a year and a half to go until the wedding, we decided to wait and go back later this year to find something. Since then, I have been keeping an eye out for one of their famous $99 sales (going on now!) and checking out the Web site to find something I liked.
Unfortunately, I didn't find anything that seemed like the one. I know looking at a photo online and actually seeing it on you are two totally different things. But I couldn't find anything that was really my style that was reasonably priced.
So when I heard about a charity bridal show coming to Charleston, I hopped on it. Brides Against Breast Cancer is a traveling tour that sales bridal gowns and accessories at marked down prices. All of the proceeds go to grant the last wishes of stage 4 breast cancer patients. I have never been personally affected by breast cancer, but I know a lot of women are. I think it is important for women to be in charge of their own health and to not give up when they are diagnosed with something such as breast cancer. When I heard about this fundraiser on The Knot, I thought it was a great way to help someone who needs it and score a beautiful gown for myself.
The dresses were beautiful! I found several that I liked immediately, but they were the wrong sizes. Because the dresses are donated, there weren't many duplicates. So if it didn't fit, that meant I couldn't get it.
Luckily, the world's most perfect dress was in my size! When I saw it on the hanger, I knew I loved it immediately. I took it and two others back to the fitting room. The dress just looked so much better next to the other two. It had more pizazz and looked like something a younger bride would wear. It also screamed "fall outdoor wedding!"
I put that dress on first. It fit! Talk about relief!
I put on my brown Nina shoes and walked out of the fitting room. The volunteers guided me to a full-length mirror where I saw myself in the dress for the first time. I have to say, I looked hot! The dress just fit my body so well and everything about it just seemed so right. All the women were gushing, telling me how the color of the dress complimented my hair and skin tone. They even put a veil on just to see what it looked like. But that dress doesn't need a veil to be beautiful. It's so amazing on it's own that a veil would just overpower it. I didn't really want a veil, anyway, so we tried a headband instead. It was gold and had embellishments that matched the beading on the dress. Yep. That worked so much better.
After about five minutes of me standing in front of the mirror staring at myself, my mom talked me in to trying on another dress. She said I shouldn't buy the first one, and she's right. Another dress could have looked better. But every other dress failed in comparison.
I tried on another dress, but it didn't work at all. It was pretty, but it wasn't my style. I think if I had walked down the aisle in that dress, Chris would have asked, "What were you thinking, Whitney?"
So back to the original dress it was. I put it on again and stood in front of the mirror. I was so in love with it. Mom took several pictures of me and texted them to Dad, who couldn't come with us because he had to work. They talked on the phone for a few minutes and he finally agreed to let Mom buy it for me! I was so excited! I was finally the owner of a wedding dress!
When I got home, I called my mamaw, who came right over to see. I modeled it for her, and she absolutely loved it. Her opinion was important, because she's the only grandmother I have left. She's opinionated, so I knew I would find out exactly what she thought. Luckily, she thought it was as beautiful as I did.
Buying The Dress is one of the happiest, most exciting things a girl can do. When I woke up yesterday morning, I had no idea I would come home with a beautiful wedding dress.
Big thanks to Mom and Dad who went over budget buying me my dream dress! I love you both so much!
It's beautiful. It's everything I could have ever wanted. It's the dress I'm going to walk down the aisle in. It's the dress that will be forever immortalized in billions and billions of photographs.
It's my dress!
In February, I went with my parents, sister and fiance to David's Bridal. I tried on a lot of dresses, but I didn't fall in love with anything. With more than a year and a half to go until the wedding, we decided to wait and go back later this year to find something. Since then, I have been keeping an eye out for one of their famous $99 sales (going on now!) and checking out the Web site to find something I liked.
Unfortunately, I didn't find anything that seemed like the one. I know looking at a photo online and actually seeing it on you are two totally different things. But I couldn't find anything that was really my style that was reasonably priced.
So when I heard about a charity bridal show coming to Charleston, I hopped on it. Brides Against Breast Cancer is a traveling tour that sales bridal gowns and accessories at marked down prices. All of the proceeds go to grant the last wishes of stage 4 breast cancer patients. I have never been personally affected by breast cancer, but I know a lot of women are. I think it is important for women to be in charge of their own health and to not give up when they are diagnosed with something such as breast cancer. When I heard about this fundraiser on The Knot, I thought it was a great way to help someone who needs it and score a beautiful gown for myself.
The dresses were beautiful! I found several that I liked immediately, but they were the wrong sizes. Because the dresses are donated, there weren't many duplicates. So if it didn't fit, that meant I couldn't get it.
Luckily, the world's most perfect dress was in my size! When I saw it on the hanger, I knew I loved it immediately. I took it and two others back to the fitting room. The dress just looked so much better next to the other two. It had more pizazz and looked like something a younger bride would wear. It also screamed "fall outdoor wedding!"
I put that dress on first. It fit! Talk about relief!
I put on my brown Nina shoes and walked out of the fitting room. The volunteers guided me to a full-length mirror where I saw myself in the dress for the first time. I have to say, I looked hot! The dress just fit my body so well and everything about it just seemed so right. All the women were gushing, telling me how the color of the dress complimented my hair and skin tone. They even put a veil on just to see what it looked like. But that dress doesn't need a veil to be beautiful. It's so amazing on it's own that a veil would just overpower it. I didn't really want a veil, anyway, so we tried a headband instead. It was gold and had embellishments that matched the beading on the dress. Yep. That worked so much better.
After about five minutes of me standing in front of the mirror staring at myself, my mom talked me in to trying on another dress. She said I shouldn't buy the first one, and she's right. Another dress could have looked better. But every other dress failed in comparison.
I tried on another dress, but it didn't work at all. It was pretty, but it wasn't my style. I think if I had walked down the aisle in that dress, Chris would have asked, "What were you thinking, Whitney?"
So back to the original dress it was. I put it on again and stood in front of the mirror. I was so in love with it. Mom took several pictures of me and texted them to Dad, who couldn't come with us because he had to work. They talked on the phone for a few minutes and he finally agreed to let Mom buy it for me! I was so excited! I was finally the owner of a wedding dress!
When I got home, I called my mamaw, who came right over to see. I modeled it for her, and she absolutely loved it. Her opinion was important, because she's the only grandmother I have left. She's opinionated, so I knew I would find out exactly what she thought. Luckily, she thought it was as beautiful as I did.
Buying The Dress is one of the happiest, most exciting things a girl can do. When I woke up yesterday morning, I had no idea I would come home with a beautiful wedding dress.
Big thanks to Mom and Dad who went over budget buying me my dream dress! I love you both so much!
