Finding "The One" (A Dress That Is)

At the wedding expo one of the scavenger hunt questions was "How long before the wedding should you have your dress?"  The answer: 6 months.  Uhh, problem!  I only had four months TOTAL until the wedding and Josh's wedding app was ticking away.  I was sure I would never be able to find a dress in Central Oregon, let alone Oregon in general.  My mom was sure I would never be able to find a dress in the whole world.  (She happens to know I'm picky and had been planning this day since, oh, forever!).  Her plan was that we would make one.  First though, we headed to a local dress shop.

I tried on about 10 different dresses and narrowed it down to two.  By the time we left, they had one on hold for me.  They would hold it for a week.  Uh oh.  Another problem.  Ummm, I wanted to try on about 100 dresses, not just 10, and the girls and I were scheduled to go to the valley to look for bridesmaids dresses at David's Bridal in two weeks.  Should I buy the dress that looked like it was made for me, they had in the store so I could walk out with it (rather than having to rush order one), and was on sale, or should I wait and see what they had at the other store and risk having someone buy my dress from the local shop?

In the end we went back and bought the dress just a couple of days before the girls and I headed to the valley.  And let me just say that six women in a suburban driving for three hours, having lunch at Chipotle and dress shopping in a packed bridal shop on a Saturday was quite the trip...but that's another story.

The very first wedding dress I tried on.

Don't worry, I was enjoying myself.  I just had a very serious decision to make.

The runners up

Trial #2 involves walking, a veil, lots of mirrors and pictures of course!  The wonderful Kelly in the background.  Unfortunately she quit because of a family emergency before my actual wedding.  :(  The service wasn't the same without her!

It only took two people to get the underskirt on for the trial.  Just wait until the wedding day!



Erin practicing for the real thing.



And because every girl should have a reason to wear a tiara...

...and a veil.

 

This is it.  It's the one.  It's the one that Lauren said made me just look happy.  It's the one that made my mom cry.  It's the one that fit me perfectly.  It's the one!