Hey ladies & gents. The last two weeks have been amazing but so stressful at the same time. I guess I will give you the back story so you understand what’s going. I went home to visit my family and work on some wedding details with my family & bridal party. My bridal party and I decided since I hadn’t found a dress that I’d go looking little did I know that I was going to walk out with my dream dress.
After fighting with my MOH I tried on her pick and absolutely fell in love. It was everything I could have ever wanted or dreamed of and in budget. After some discussion with my better half I was still struggling with the decision to buy it. I felt like one part of the experience was missing and I knew just what it was. Due to a recent chemo treatment and the side effects my mom wasn’t feeling up to coming. As my maid of honor and one of my bridesmaid snapped all these pictures I felt over emotional unable to purchases my dress until my mom and I shared the moment. I called her and explained to her that I had found my gown but, was unable to buy it with out her seeing the dress. My mom agreed to come up to the bridal shop and see the dress even though my dad was against it completely. My bridal consultant put the dress on hold since it was the only one there since it had been discontinued. We drove back to the shop and I tried on the dress and my mom was just as much in love with the dress as I was.
When it came time to buy the dress I had a few concerns most of which were cleared up rather quick one of which haunted me. I am a full figure bride and I am aware I will never be a size 0. I am a size 14 but, I have a tiny waist with a larger top and bottom. The issue is the dress was a 16 and was loose on me. It’s a corseted top and even laced up as tight as it could be it was still loose and the panels were touching which hid most of the lacing. The alteration expert said I shouldn’t worry about it that they could take it in 2 dress sizes and make it look perfect. The biggest issue is I am wanting to loose some weight so I can look beautiful for the big day. I am unsure how much weight I will loose. I was caught up in the moment and bought my dress and I was smiling from ear to ear.
I went home and the reality soon set it. A few days later I had a horrible dream that I was walking down the aisle and my dress slid right off of me and that my mom, aunt and grandmother were sewing me into my dress as I walked. I woke up and was absolutely crushed thinking it was going to happen. I was looking at all the pictures of me in the phone rang. It was a Toledo number I answered it and it was my bridal consultant from when I bought my dress. She explained that another stores has the dress in the size that I would need and that she could get it as long as I could bring my dress and receipt in by the end of the month. I then reminded her that I am no longer living in that town that I was only there to visit but, I wanted to exchange my dress for the proper size. I told her that I would talk to my fiancé to see what we could do. I called my fiancé and talked to him and explained that if we exchanged the dress for the proper size it would save us about a hundred dollars in alterations. He agreed and said he’d go on his next day off to exchange the dress. I called back and talked to the salon manager and explain that I would come in Monday and exchange the dress.
The next week was interesting because I had to have a tooth pulled and due to that I had to only eat soft sugar free nutritious food and drink lots of water which cause me to lose about 5 lbs. Monday came and I put on my dress and they laced it up. It was sliding off of me. The alterations expert pinned the dress and determined that my current dress would have to be taken in two and half inches in the bust and three inches in the waist and that the fourteen would fit me better and that even if I wanted to loose weight it would still fit. This was explained to the salon manager and she exchanged the dress which is something that is not normally done. Honestly I was so stressed out about my dress but, it worked out in the end and I can’t be any happier.