The Dress

I found it! Yes... I have officially purchased my wedding dress (well actually my parents did! Thanks Mom and Dad!). It is beautiful! It wasn't at all what I had in mind for myself but in my opinion it is even better. As soon as Micheal proposed I began planning the day I would pick out my dress. I knew I wanted to have my mom and Meg there for sure. Well Mom called me last week and told me david's Bridal was having a sale and it ended on Saturday. It was really short notice so Meg didn't get to be there for the trying on of the dresses because her kids had a birthday party to go to.

So Saturday Mom and I walk into David's Bridal and a store rep immediately asks us if we had an appointment. We told them we didn't know we needed one and the lady explained that usually you don't but they were booked solid for the entire day. I was a little disappointed but not too bad because in all honesty I didn't want to find my dress so early. I know it sounds weird but I wanted to prolong it as much as possible. So mom and I decided to browse in the store for a little while. We were in there for a few minutes when the manager approached us and said they had about an hour before their next appointment. They typically schedule an hour and a half for each appointment but we were just glad we were going to have any time at all! Well we ended up being in there for three hours! The other girls never showed up for their appointments which worked out in my favor! I tried on about six or seven dresses and I kept going back to 2 different ones. I loved them both sooo much! I told my mom that I thought it was supposed to be easier than this! I mean you aren't supposed to fall in love with two dresses you are supposed to only love one! LOL! The funny thing was that both dresses were completely different! One was what I had in my head that I would wear and the other was much more traditional and princessy (if thats a word! Ha Ha!) Mom and I were having so much trouble because we needed a third opinion to decide between the two. I mean I wouuld put one on and be 100% sure I wanted that one and then put the other one on and feel the same way! I was going crazy! Well at one point when I came out of the dressing room one of my good friends Kara was there! I was so happy to see her! She helped us mkae the final decision. (So much for not finding one that day!! ) It meant so much to me that she came by! :) The tradition at David's Bridal is that when you make your final decision you get to make a wish and ring a bell and everyone claps for you. I will try to remember to post pics of me ringing the bell after the wedding! I can't take a chance of Micheal getting a sneak peek at my dress! :)

As my mom was purchasing the dress Meg called and wanted to know if we were still at the store. I told her yeah but only for a little bit because I had already picked one out. She was shocked that I found one so quickly! She said she was on her way and I asked our consultant if I could put the dress on one more time to show my Matron of Honor. She said yes and so the day ended perfectly with me getting to show Meg my dress! I came out of the dressing room and we all cried and everyone was staring at us and saying oh how sweet! Ha Ha! That night when we got home I modeled my dress for Dad, De, Kamille, and Samantha. It was a fun day!

Yesterday during my quiet time I really tried to focus on praying for this time in mine and Micheal's lives. It is such a special and precious time and I truly want to enjoy it. I asked God to help me to slow down and enjoy the fun things that are going to happen while we are engaged without getting caught up in all of the details and the little things that don't matter in the long run. I pray that our engagement, wedding, and honeymoon will be imperfectly wonderful. That word imperfect kept coming to mind while I prayed because I truly don't want to get lost in a desire for a perfect wedding. Things happen and I know that and I don't want to allow myself to get upset over the little imperfections along the way because at the end of all of this the only thing that truly matters is that on October 22, 2011 I get to marry an amazing man! I am so grateful for such a wonderful fiancee, wonderful, friends, and a wonderful family! I am truly blessed!