My Wedding Dress Is IN!!!!!!!!

I got a call on Thursday that my wedding dress is in!!! It was not suppose to be in until next August but the place I bought my dress made a mistake when they were ordering.  They did not look at the year of my wedding therefore they ordered it and it is HERE!!! :) My mom and a few bridesmaids are going to see it next Wednesday. I am not doing a fitting until this time next year but I want to go see it and put it on because the store is going to be holding it for a year.  I began my shoe hunt and every pair of shoes I have fallen in love with are quite pricey. If price wasn't a worry (because Will and I are saving to buy a house) then I would buy these Benjamin Adams shoes.

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My moms MOB dress is also in so we are going to pick it up this weekend! 

On another exciting note Will and I have made our first appointments to meet two photographers.  We are meeting them on July 30th and I can't wait :) 

Day #3 of Dress Shopping!

Third time = the lucky charm! We found the dress today at Hitched! My mom, Joey, and I first went to a place in Old Town Alexandra and found a few fancy (as our dear friend Drew would say) dresses but despite having an appointment we were very rushed by the bridal consultant and we ended up leaving empty handed. Since we had plenty of time until our next appointment, we stopped for lunch at a little Greek restaurant for a few laughs and to feel like we were eating at the restaurant from the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".  Then we went in to Georgetown/D.C. and had an AMAZING appointment at Hitched.  Everyone that worked there was so helpful and friendly. I had found a dress that I liked online and we went to Hitched because they were the only place that had the designer that I was looking for.  It also ended up that the designer was having a trunk show so I got to try on dresses right off the runway!!! Man are those models skinny!! I was able to put on the dresses but they were snug.  However, I ended up loving the original dress that I had gone in there to see.  Of course I knew it was the dress after crying :) I must have tried on about 50 dresses over this past week and this dress was the only one that brought tears to my eyes...that or they were tears of shock over the price.  I was told it was "the Mercedes of wedding gown fabric" by the Amsale representative LOL! I put my down payment down and the dress is being ordered!!! It is an Amsale dress...which is a little ironic because the first movie Will and I ever saw together was the movie "The Hangover" and in the movie the bride is wearing an Amsale dress. Must be meant to be ;)  I can't wait to wear the dress on the big day!

Photo of the day: Joey being inventive with veils

Overall, one very successful day!! 

Day #2 of Dress Shopping

Today was defiantly not like Monday! First we went to Ann's Boutique right near my house.  It was such a let down...never go there to buy ANYTHING! They are sooo rude and know nothing about dresses. I wanted to add a beaded belt to a plain dress but she didn't know what a belt was and she only brought me sashes. Also, a high schooler was in the dressing room with me to "assist" me while putting on the dresses but really all she did was take the dresses off the hangers instead of helping me zip them up.  It was very unprofessional as this high schooler also had large black X's on her hands from her wild night out the night before.  Also, their selection of dresses was sad.  Overall, it was a let down.  However, for laughs I had my mom try on this dress and she looks like Cruella De Vil (minus the black and white hair).

Thanks Mom for being a good sport and entertaining me :)

After that we went to a small boutique and found a dress for a very reasonable price. My mom loved it but I am still liking the dress from Janette's more.  We shall see... 

On Friday we are venturing out to Olde town Alexandria and Georgetown to look at dresses with Joey!!! I am looking forward to Joey coming with us because we are sure to have some good laughs whenever he is around :) More to follow...

Day #1 of Dress Shopping

Today my mom and I went to Jeanette's Bridal and we were there for 3 hours! I tried on about 15 dresses and I found 2 dresses that I really liked but I am not 100% sure if one of them is "the one."  We shall see after the week is over and I have tried on about 100 dresses.  ;)

However, on a more exciting note my mom found her Mother of the Bride dress after trying on her second dress.  It is BEAUTIFUL on her and she looks stunning! It is so classy and we picked a cute little quarter length sleeve jacket to go with it.  I am so excited for her.  We also found a very cute bridesmaid dress that we both really liked.  I can't wait to have some of my future bridesmaids try it on soon. 

Our next dress adventure is on Wednesday so stay tuned!