I'm getting married next April and have already been engage for about a year. My fiance and I are just now getting around to wedding planning. My granmother died shortly after our engagement and now I finally feel ready to plan.
Well, I know that one of the first things to do is find your dress and I'm excited about it. But here's my dilemma...
I live in Maryland and my mother lives in Maine. She's an innkeeper and her business is typically busy from about May through October. I'm ready to start dress shopping but my mom insists on going the first time I look for a dress. However, she won't be able to visit me until November - five months before the wedding.
I'm worried that five months is not nearly enough time and that waiting so long would stress me out. I don't want to buy a dress without my mother seeing it first, but I would at least like to get an idea of what kind of dress I like.
Any suggestions on how to handle my mother?