As I mentioned in my last post, I'm a total daddy's girl. Well guess what? I'm 100% mama's girl too! I don't want to try on dresses without her there. I'd kick myself if I found "the one" and she wasn't there to share in that quintessential that mother/daughter bonding experience. When I put on my prom dress for the first time, she cried. Come on, crying at a PROM dress??! I'm counting on big ole` alligator tears when I find my wedding gown! haha! ;-)
Unfortunately Mom lives 500 miles away.
This is why, I spend WAY too much time looking at dresses online. It quenches my wedding gown obsession, at least temporarily.
In line with my affinity for bargain shopping, I think I've decided to purchase a used gown. You can get so much more gown for your money by buying a sample or one that a bride has only worn one time.
So the plan is... find dresses I like online. Then find them in the store. Try them on with mom. Blubber and cry. Leave the store. Order the dress online. Save lots of money.
At first I thought this was waaaaayyyyy too risky, but times are a changing. Especially with so many reputable companies out there. As I was poking around the internet a few weeks ago, I found an A-MAZING site http://www.yourdreamdress.com/.
Check out this STUNNER! It's Anne Barge La Fleur Collection. It's simple and elegant and perfect.
AND it's listed for $650!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me?!? $650!?!? It was originally $3070! If we were a little farther in our wedding planning I'd snatch this bad boy up so fast, they wouldn't know what hit them! Check out http://www.yourdreamdress.com/ for oodles of stunning designer gowns at dirt cheap prices!
I understand this feeling... I live 950 miles from my Mama and my bridesmaids. We have been doing a LOT of online window-shopping and emailing, but we are planning weekends in the fall when I can come to town and we can all go look together.
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