Perfect Wedding Dress

The journey to finding my perfect wedding dress began in my living room, where surrounded by nine bridal magazines, a pair of scissors and my wedding planning book, I began my collection. I cut out 32 dresses before I realized I liked every wedding dress regardless of style. I had no solid direction. This was a serious problem–I was addicted to every wedding dress created! What direction should I go towards? A ballgown to embrace my inner princess? A mermaid gown to go with the trends? A trumpet style to show off my curves? What did I want?? I sat staring at the pictures, and decided my next step was to hit a bridal store.

I took along my mother and sister (my best friends and most honest audience) and we embarked on the dress-buying-adventure. The clerk at the store was amazing and friendly, and most importantly patient. I told her my ideas were all over the place and she started pulling dresses for me. The first dress was awful and huge and comical. Strike 1. The second dress was pretty, but a bit boring for my taste. Strike 2. (At this point I was certain I would never find a dress I loved.) Then I put the third dress on and it was love at first sight. I shimmied my body and ran my hands over the ivory silk. This was it. I was in love. I looked around the store, tried on two more dresses, put the first back on, and paid for it the following week.

That was five months ago. Since then, I have committed the ultimate sin of continuing to look at wedding dresses online and in magazines. I know it’s bad. I almost convinced myself that my dress was ugly and awful and that I should eat my deposit and begin my search again. The two dresses above made me re-think my decision daily. I found myself upset and frustrated.

When I got the call last week that my dress had arrived at the bridal shop, I was terrified that I would hate it. My mom and I made the drive to the boutique two days ago. We sat in our private dressing room and I nervously put my dress back on. I turned around, looked at myself in the mirror, and smiled at my mom. I LOVE IT! I am still in awe of such a perfect dress. It’s classic, elegant, simple and lovely. I won’t post a picture because I want my fiancé to be surprised, but I can tell you it’s an Allure Bridal dress and it’s lovely. I have my first fitting in December, and I can’t wait.