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wish me luck- follow up-HELP

Hey ladies. Thanks for all your advice on finding the best wedding dress. The advice for bringing boy shorts was perfect!! I was glad I had them. Well- I thought I found the perfect dress! It was the first dress that I tried on and after trying on about 10 others we went back to that dress. We didnt buy it that day- because the lady was rushing us because she had another bride and we were starving and wanted to go talk about it over lunch. We ended up not going back that day- not for any specific reason but we had every intention of going back to buy that dress!! The problem now is that I was just watching bridezilla and one of the "bitchy" brides is wearing my dress!! This might sound crazy or superficial- but I am afraid that it has changed my mind on the perfect dress!! I feel like maybe I should keep looking now. Is this crazy?? and TODAY is exactly 6 months until our wedding day- maybe I am just starting to freak out a little- HELP!! any advice on my situation would be appreciated....

Re: wish me luck- follow up-HELP

  • MrsCanes511MrsCanes511 member
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    edited December 2011
    which dress is it?! can we see pics!? if you dont have a pic we can just google the dress, Id love to see!
  • edited December 2011
    I am not sure how to post pictures- but it is Davids Bridal style number E9351
  • MrsCanes511MrsCanes511 member
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    edited December 2011
    Its very pretty, its unfortunate that you saw another bride in it (especially on bridezillas!) but if you love it, and you think it may be the one then dont let that sway you. I saw my dress in a pic of another bride (and I'll be honest, it did not look good on her AT ALL) so that kind of made me think oh no! does it look that bad on me!! However I already bought it, and I just tried to remember how great I felt in it, and how flattering it was on me. So just remmber what you personally love about that dress.
  • edited December 2011
    Mrs.canes- Where did you get your dress? and do you mind me asking- how much did you spend? what was the average price of dresses that you looked at?I don't want to spend tons on money on a dress that I am going to only wear once... that is why I am a little hesitant on looking at any of the specialty bridal shops.. I am afraid that I will fall in love with a dress that is out of my price range!I was planning on trying to stay under $800 and this dress was only $599.
  • MrsCanes511MrsCanes511 member
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    edited December 2011
    Well I went to CC's boutique in St. Pete. I have gotten prom dresses before from there so I knew it was a great place. My budget was under 500 however this dress was 900 =( but def worth it. I went to the Tampa Davids Bridal but had a HORRIBLE experience, I didnt even ever want to try another dress on let alone consider going to a bridal shop. But then when I went to CC's and tried on that first dress, everything about it made it the one. I know its silly! lol. Oh, btw its Maggie Sottero "Ireland", theres a pic of it in my planning bio above my pic, under attire.
  • edited December 2011
    WOW... what happened at Davids?? I wouldn't say I had a great experience, but it wasn't awful either.
  • MrsCanes511MrsCanes511 member
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    edited December 2011
    Well haha, get comfy cause the list is long. To start of with, my appt was first thing when they opened during a week day, but there were already like fifteen other groups of people hanging around for the doors to open, which is fine...I understand they are busy, this didnt bother me whatsoever. But then they like herded us in like cattle and when I went to sign in my name, the woman at the desk kept treating me like I was a bridesmaid. She shoved some paperwork at me for bridesmaids, while I kept trying to correct her, and she pointed towards the bridesmaid section. Finally my gramma who was the only person with me says "SHES the bride!" and the lady looks me up and down, and makes a comment about how young I look. Okay I thought....just a rough start, but its going to be okay. So we go sit down with the lady who will be helping me shop, and I show her all the pictures I have brought. I told her NOTHING big and poofy, Ill be more than happy to try them on however I know I wont like them. So she brings me like five dresses....all of which are SUPER poofy, and also have an extra crinoline (or whatever those things are called, that poof it out even more) but I didnt want to cause a scene, so I just tried them all on, and looked rediculous. To top it off, I wear a size 4-6 in dresses, and she kept bringing me 16s to try on! I told her what size I wear, and asked her if I could just try on a bit of a smaller size, because I was swimming in everything. She yelled at me and told me that we have to try on bigger sizes and just clip it in the back (which we did) but like it was still hanging, I mean to the point where my entire bra was showing....there was no way you could even tell what it was supposed to look like on me. SOOO my gramma and I just went out on the floor to look at dresses, and the lady then came out and yelled at me for looking myself! So I handed her the pics again of what I brought and asked her if she had anything closer to these? She came back with more dresses exactly like I had already tried on...I proceeded to try one one more, and came out in front of the mirrors to show my gramma, and the lady was walking behind me at a pretty brisk pace to go to a bride next to me, and as shes walking by she sticks (really hard!) a veil clip thingie in the back of my head, jabbing me! as she walks by. My gramma just stood up, helped me in the dressing room to take off the dress, and we just left. I wanted to cry! I never wanted to try on another dress. It was still only like noon that day and we were free the entire day so we thought ah what the heck, were out....lets go to St. Pete and make an appt at CC's and maybe theyll let us walk around and just check it out a bit (you need at appt there). So we went in, and the lady tells us that even though we dont have an appt she would be more than happy to show us around the showroom. She proceeded to take us to this back building full of dresses, and it was just her me and my gramma! I showed her my pics, and she said she had the perfect dress for me, she didnt even let me look at it yet until I went to try them all on, so I picked some of my own choices and took them in. I tried on the one she picked out first, and it was almost exactly like my favorite picture! I ended up being in it for like thirty mins, trying on diff veils and shoes and just looking at it lol, then I realized I still had like five others to try on! But no other dresses that I tried on were anything like that first one, thats how I knew it was the one for me =) Sorry about the novel! I just get so upset thinking about that day at Davids, but it really ended up working out for me. Im not the kind of person that is like bridezilla or anything, in fact Im sort of the opposite, I dont want the attention on me, but when I was picking out my wedding dress, I didnt want to feel like crap! lol. Im so glad it worked out though~ I hope it works out for you and you find the perfect one!
  • edited December 2011
    THAT was an experience! You would think they would be a little nicer if they want you to spend money! THANKS for the info and advice... I might look at a few more dresses just to make sure.
  • jennifer80808jennifer80808 member
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    edited December 2011
    If you don't feel like you're sure, definitely look at a few others. I would suggest Alfred Angelo. They have really great prices, and they are really helpful! I wasn't planning on buying, but I fell in love with the first dress that I tried on. They have been great to work with!
    Photobucket Kennedy Aleise 2/19/11 Life As We Know It
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