I just bought my dress and there was never any tears, not even a "THIS IS MY DRESS" it was just a decision I made somewhere inside. The next morning I woke up and thought I had made a mistake, but now I'm back to thinking the dress is just what i need, it's so "me".
I was wrestling for so long between two dresses, one was so different and unique and nothing I had ever seen before..the other was the kind of dress I had seen in magazines and the one I had gone into the store to try and and it was exactly what I had always pictured myself in. I wanted to be different and unique and not like any other bride, but every time I tried the unique dress I just felt like it wasn't quite right....like I was trying really hard to love it.
But every time I put on the other dress I just felt like it was so very me, exactly what I had always pictured....I kept trying and trying other dresses because I wanted to be the kind of bride that had a statement dress, something everyone would be talking about.....but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't make myself want the other dresses. In the end,
I went back to the first store and tried on the dress that looks just like everyone else's dress and it fit beautifully, and made me feel so pretty and I knew my groom would look at it and see me only more beautiful....and that's when it hit me. I didn't want to look like a super stylish version of me walking down the aisle in a dress I would never normally wear with all the bells and whistles....I want my groom to see me on our wedding day. And if that's a bride in a dress that everyone else is wearing, I don't care, because to my fiance I am the most unique and special person in the world.
I wanted to share my story so that other brides can know that you don't always have the OMG reaction, sometimes it's all the wrong dresses that make you find the right one.