We went to my first bridal gown appointment that night at a place called Bel Fiore. It was a smaller boutique, but the dresses and atmosphere were really nice. The sales lady assigned to me was great too. You could only choose 5 dresses at a time to try on, so after those 5 are up, they had a robe and flip flops (that both said "bride") to wear so the bride didn't have to get re-dressed before selecting more dresses.
After trying on 14 dresses there, I had it narrowed down to one dress:
http://www.essensedesigns.com/dress-D1170
The next day we went to Bridals by Lori which is the bridal salon that the TLC show Say Yes To The Dress is filmed. Although they weren't filming that day, I did get to meet Lori and I was star struck.
I probably tried on 20 dresses here... my sales lady had to leave at one point because her next appointment arrived. Upon leaving I had it narrowed down to one dress there:
http://watters.com/Product/WattersBrides/7073B/
The next place we went was called Bride Beautiful. It was the least-nice of all the places we went. I actually ended up falling in love with a dress there. There is no link to this dress because, of course, it's bad luck to see the bride in her dress before the big day! There was a slight snafu when I tried to actually purchase the dress... something about the designer didn't have any in stock, so they would have to contact the factory to see if one could be made and shipped in time. Turns out it's all good. Or so they say. It should be in at the end of April.
Since I purchased a gown at Bride Beautiful I was able to cancel our fourth appointment for the following morning.
Ryan made us family dinner that night. We kicked Grant out of the house so that my mom and Leslie could each have a bedroom, but we invited him to come back for dinner.
great blog and good for Ryan to be part of the excitement. Family is all important and making him part of that is the best.
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