Dress Shopping part deaux

So Saturday we went dress shopping. I woke up a little later than i wanted, but I showered and got ready and we were still there on time @ David's Bridal for my appt. The first thing they did was give me a catalog and told me to pick out 3 dresses I liked. I did and we (my mom and cousin Angie) looked around some while we waited for my "consultant". She asked me my size and gave me a bra corset type thing and a crinoline skirt and I changed while she got some dresses. I ended up trying on 5 total. Like i said, I fell in love with 3 of them. the other 2...one was way too informal for me and one made me look 2times the size i am...which i pretty hbard to do since I'm a big girl anyway.

And it's amazing how much a veil makes a difference in your wedding attire. I mean, i put some dresses on and they were okay...but when the veil came on it was GORGEOUS! I did learn however, that I think I prefer a different style veil than I originally wanted (the mantilla) I tried the mantilla on and it looked nice, but the poofy double tiered elbow length veil was a thousand times better.

I say i fell in love with 3 of the dresses...and I did...but ultimately it was down 2 two contenders. A strapless red accented ivory number I tried on first and a champagne coloured strapless with a lace coat with long sleeves. The red one was about perfect..but the lacey one reminded me so much of my grandmother's dress! And it had the sleeves which i loved cuz my arms are big and poofy fat sausages lol. But surprisingly my arms didn't look as bad in the strapless as I thought they would. And it looked so good on me. We took pics of all of them. I must admit i didn't photograph nearly as well as I thought I would in the champagne lace one.

While I was there checking myself out in one of the dresses, one of the other consultants came over and asked if I would mind staying out in the mirror area. She had a bride that was self conscious about how she looked and thought if i was there it would help. I didn't mind..altho looking back on it i suppose I should have been a little insulted (j/k) I'm a big girl...and all the other women inthere saturday were about a size 2...so I understand about being self conscious. Hell I was crying about it the night before. I was certain I wouldn't find anything that looked good on me.

Instead of making a decision right then i told them I would come back later. I made an appt. for 6pm and we 3 left to go to Mexican town in search of a lazzo for the wedding. Joe's gonna sponsor it (since Martin seems to have fallen off the face of the earth) We went to one place and they had corded lazzo...which is fine i guess but they're pretty ugly if you ask me and they all had pearls on them. So we went a little further down the street and as we were turning around we saw this tiny little religious shop. So we stopped in for the hell of it. They had EXACTLY what I was picturing! A simple crystal rosary lazzo. So Angie bought it (for Joe) ... We also bought some other stuff...they had a whole bunch of Virgen de Guadalupe stuff ... and while I'm not Catholic, I'm a sucker for anything Virgen de Guadalupe. So my mom got me a Virgen necklace and a rose scented candle and little roasries that were made in Mexican coloured beads (red, white and green) and Angie got us all St. Christopher medallions.

When we left there, we dropped Angie off @ her car cuz she had stuff to do and my mom and I went to grab something small to eat (I was famished...altho I don't recommend eating or drinking when dress shopping) @ a mexican restaurant...talked about wedding stuff...she seemed to be a bit more excited about the whole thing which made me happy. She hasn't seemed too into it since we announced we were getting married. Maybe finally seeing me in wedding dresses made it a bit more real.

We checked out another shop in Dearborn, but i only saw one I liked. It was the same price as the lacey one @ David's and not nearly as pretty, but it was flattering to my figure...and strapless again! I can't believe I liked myself in strapless! I wasn't pleased with the service however. They pretty much left me alone to try and put on and take of the dresses myself...vs. David's Bridal where the "consultant" helped me get them on and off each time...each dress change took me roughly only about 2-3 minutes.

After that dress shop I was exhausted and she had to go get ready for a date, so I called and reschduled david's bridal for monday. She brought me home and I uploaded the pics here...sent them to a few close friends to get opinions...most of them chose the same dress. I had two who chose dresses no one else did.

SO, after mulling it over and spending seriously about 2 or 3 hours looking at the piccies of me again and again in my dress I chose one. We went to the shop today and originally I was going to try the top 2 contenders again to see which one I liked most but when I got there @ 1pm they weren't ready for me. So i resch. for 5:30pm and when i got there I had pretty much decided which one for sure. I was already looking at accessories to match this particular dress. I even found a purse that matches it. And a veil which goes perfectly HOWEVER the veil was 70$....plus another $20 for the blusher. HELL NO! I can make my own damn veil lol.

So Kevin went in with me and we put the down payment on the dress!!! It was $480 total with the dress (on sale) and the slip. I still need a corset type strapless bra thingy and shoes before I get alterations fdone...but I have until the middle of March to do that. I'm so excited! And don't worry...Kevin didn't see the dress.
In case you saw the selection of dresses...I chose the red one. In case you didn't and want to see them...email me magikjaz@gmail.com and I'll send them to you.
*hugs*