Mom and I had gone to Monique's Bridal up near Pottstown a few weeks ago... and I'd tried on several, finding one that I did indeed like... but I wasn't entirely convinced.
Reason being, I had seen a dress online in early August, which is what inspired me to start shopping in the first place. I called around, and there were only a few bridal shops around that carried that particular.
Arielle Bridal, in Ambler, happened to not only carry my designer, but they had the actual dress of interest in store for me to try on! So, before committing to something that I wasn't crazy about at the first bridal salon, I decided to hold off until we could get an appointment at Arielle, so I could at least try the original dress that set my wedding dress wheels in motion.
Well, lo and behold, we arrived at Arielle at 12:35, and by 12:45 I had pretty much made my mind up. Although the store model of the dress was not the right length or color, it didn't matter to me. This was my dress. I didn't want to take it off. It just felt right. While very very very different from the one I'd admired two weeks prior at Monique's... this was it. I just envisioning everything, with me and Dave smack dab in the middle, and me wearing this dress. And it's what I wanted.
YAY!!!! What an exciting, exhilarating feeling. To have the dress in which you are going to marry your love. Wow.
Now comes the hard part, however. The dress will not come in until January or February. And it is my goal to get my lazy fat ass in shape before then... so I'm shooting to be 20 lbs lighter by the time I get that phone call telling me my dress has come in. (or for some strange reason, if it comes in sooner, then my goal is to lose it by February 9th!)
But I am SO HAPPY! I got my wedding dress. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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