chelseamb11

catarntina

I just wanted to say that I *LOVEEEE* your dress in your siggy pic

It's gorgeous!

chelseamb11

Aw thanks!  I am so in love with it and it has a fun story so I must now share.
My mom and Godmother were both in town one weekend (mind you this is ROUGHLY a year before the wedding), so we figured we'd just go LOOK at dresses and get an idea of what looked good on me.  I always loved the idea of a princess ballgown but I wanted to see what else worked.
Lo and behold, we are looking on the "damaged" rack and we find this dress.  We inspected it for a solid 20 minutes and found nothing off other than the last inch of the train, the middle seam is a LITTLE off (you can't even tell.. plus it's getting brought in a couple inches because it is too long).  It was a $1,200 dress for $600.  I couldn't pass it up! I tried on other dresses but nothing even compared (which sucks cuz this was the first one I tried on haha). 
THEN, my mom (bless her heart) tells me that she is buying the dress for me!  I was so shocked because she and my dad just divorced, she just started a whole new career, got her own place, etc.  Because my dad is kind of a jerk, he left ehr with a ton of debt so I was expecting absolutely no contribution from her for the wedding (which I was MORE than fine with.. her happiness is more tha enough for me!)
We looked like a bunch of weirdos hugging and crying in the store when she told me haha.
Then there was a tornado warning.  She had taken my dress home with her and she called me to let me know the sirens were going off and she ran out to the car to bring my dress in the basement with her!
I love my mom