Picking the Dress

I am very happy to say that the dress has been picked!! I am not going to give it all away that easily though…

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As many brides before me I have become obsessed with tuning into TLC each Friday night to watch Say Yes to The Dress and have been prepping myself for this moment for some time.

I have always had a specific image in mind when I imagined what my wedding gown would look like. I wanted strapless, a sweetheart neckline, lace with a little bit of sparkle and something that screamed timeless beauty.

Unfortunately, in my initial search at David’s Bridal (in July 2009) I didn’t have much luck finding anything that fit that description. There was one dress that came close, but it didn’t give me that feeling I needed to know it was “the one”. In fact, I can’t even recall what other dresses I tried that day because I was so disappointed with the whole experience.




So my search continued and I scoured the web for inspirations and designers that I liked. Of course I came across some of the most gorgeous Jim Hjelm gowns and fell in love with the pictures I saw. Here was one of the favorites that I found, but never sought her out to try on (I knew I could never afford one of these beauties.)
And then I found Maggie Sottero’s gowns and had a feeling that I would be able to walk down the aisle in one of her gowns. The designs are stunning and they offered many that would appeal to my criteria and the kicker was that they are very affordable for the look and quality you receive. In my initial searches I fell hard for these two gowns.


At the time I had yet to see either in person so I made plans to visit a bridal shop in my hometown that sold Maggie gowns. Unfortunately, when I called to ask about the two gowns they didn’t have either. They did however have something in-between both and assured me it was worth the trip. I figured it couldn’t hurt to try what they had out and on the Monday before Thanksgiving that is what I did.

It was the third dress I tried on and Mom began to cry and I got that giddy feeling thinking it might be the one!

Now there is one thing you must know about me, I am a slightly very indecisive person and have reserves about every decision I make. This was one of those moments. I loved the dress, but I wasn’t 100% sure. Not because I didn’t think it was the one, but because I wanted to see it in its perfect fitting form on my body right then and there! I wanted the satisfaction of knowing exactly how this dress would fit each curve of my body and I didn’t want to wait 6 months to find out. And, after sitting on the thought for a day I could not shake the dress from my mind. So a day later I went with Mom and Dad (had to make sure Dad approved) and made my final decision.


And, because I have a sneaky groom , you will have to wait to find out what dress I have chosen. What I will say is that it is everything I could ever want in a wedding dress and that I can’t wait to walk down the aisle in it!

Did indecision get the better of you when you were trying on wedding dresses?