Ok, I need help. I've gone dress shopping 4 times and have put on well over 20 dresses. A lot of them look very pretty, but nothing that makes me feel particularly pretty. I really think I just found the cut that is flattering to me and so most of the dresses in that cut are "pretty". When I started looking, I wanted to spend under $1,000 on a dress. I have pretty bad sticker shock from this whole wedding thing, and my fiance and I both have expensive taste. We have worked out a reasonable amount to save each month that will easily pay for the wedding, but I don't like to spend a boatload of money and would much rather pay less if I can.
I fell in love with an Amelia Sposa dress... Which is a designer in Italy who only sells in Italy.
http://ameliasposa.it/catalog/item-52/ Literally every dress I try on I pick at because it doesn't have the everything this dress has. It is all of the things I want. I contacted the company and I could buy it, try it on and return it. I think in the end I would be out return shipping, which insured and to Italy isn't exactly small potatoes. It's really hindering any ability to find something local though because I just keep comparing to this dress. IF I were to get it, it's over $1,000 but not as much as I would have expected based on the design/style - yet I know I'll need to factor in alterations too.
My fiance wants me to order it. He's been pushing me to try on dresses over my ideal budget anyways because I always come home unhappy from shopping. I feel like, if I'm going to go over then I'm getting this. He wants me to order it so at the very least I can put it on and get the dream of it out of my head. I'm tempted. It's not ideal price-wise but it's not impossible either.
Anyways... I guess I need someone to either validate my crazy or tell me my crazy is crazy. This is causing me WAY more stress than a
dress really should... because at the end of the day it is just a dress.