Don't really know where to start with this one! Sorry in advance for this being long, I am still in a bit of a hyper state ?
As a lot of you will know, I had my first dress shopping appointment yesterday and had no idea of what I was looking for apart from that I didn't really want a strapless dress, or a big one, or anything too 'princessy' and that I wanted something a bit different, understated, but definitely with a 'wow' factor. Also I wanted to try loads of different styles on to find out what suits me!
Well I found a pic of one I really liked online and took it in as I wanted to see if they had anything similar as I knew they stocked that designer. The lady in the shop found one, amongst a few others that she just picked for me, and then pointed to another one which I said no to straight away. Then she pulled it off the rail and spread it out and I agreed to just try it on as it was a bit different and really pretty, but nothing like I had in mind (and in my head, would look hideous on me!)
I then started trying them all on, the first one was quite plain, a silk A-line with crystals encrusted around the neckline but with an in-built corset to make it much more fitted. It looked really nice and did wonders for my figure but it was just that - nice. Wasn't really a wow factor at all and just too plain in my opinion. Then I tried 2 others, as well as the one similar to the pic I'd brought in - did nothing to excite me and actually didn't suit me at all!
Then we came to the one I called 'Wildcard' which I'd said no to originally, and put it on. Unbelievably, I walked out to the full length mirror and just simply had that "it's The One" moment! Me and my mum just looked at eachother grinning innanely and I could not believe it, I was really not looking forward to dress shopping as I thought it would take ages to find one and that I'd hate them all, but one look at this and I just sort of knew - sounds ridiculous I know as it was only the fourth dress I'd tried on, but I genuinely didn't care about trying any others!
<fluff alert> There was this moment too that I will never forget - three or four girls came in to the shop to look at bridesmaid dresses and they caught sight of me in the other room wearing the dress, and one of them actually gasped and said "wow!" I really blushed but I felt so amazing in it, it actually felt like something out of a film! I don't think I've ever felt so beautiful!
I did end up trying a couple more on but they really did pale in comparison so mum and I decided we really needed to go over the road for a drink and a talk! To cut a long story short (well fairly short anyway ?) we got the vino in, we talked and talked about it and even though my head was saying I should go to a few other shops first, my heart was saying there really is no need! I just knew that I would compare every dress to that one and I would be looking at others just for the sake of it. Plus one really important thing for me was that I really could get married in it tomorrow - it wasn't like "Oh it's nice and will look great once I've lost the rest of the weight" I actually felt beautiful in it already even though I am a bit heavier than I'd like to be!
Sorry for the essay, it's just I can't quite believe it all happened so quickly! Plus I have ended up with a dress I really really wouldn't have imagined myself in - it's strapless, it's princessy, but it's beautiful and just looks amazing and it's still not 'too big' which is definitely something I didn't want. Plus so many people have said to me they did the same. I do have a picture of me in the sample but it's on my phone and when I get home I will try to work out how to upload it without T seeing!
Have a web pic of it though if anyone wants to see it??
