I found my dress!

Re: I found my dress!

• mumidi

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  Ultimately it's your wedding and it's important to have one you love.  Your wedding day is very important.  If you can afford to pay for it, go for it.  It sounds like you've defiantly cut back in other areas.  Weddings are all about spending the money you have on the things you think are important for a wedding.  Everyone is different, some want special flowers, others want to spend extra on the photographer or videographer.  It depends on you and what you want your special day to be.And congratulations on finding the perfect dress!

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• megk8oz member

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  Honestly, if you and the FI are paying for everything, do what you want.Besides, $800 for silk ... and for The One, is kinda hard to argue with.Then again, I may be a bad judge because while I've managed to stay under my budget on everything else, my original dress budget was $500-600 ...and I totally wound up getting a $900 dress. But it was The One, and I've made peace with my overage.

  
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• lmparlett member

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  My dress is going to cost me $800, and to be honest I was very happy.  A lot of ones I had seen were wayyyy more than that.  Yes, you could probably find cheaper ones out there but $800 is totally not what I would call "ridiculous."  And like PP said, spend the money on what YOU want most.  Especially if it's your money you are spending.  Remember, its your day, and it's kinda a once in a lifetime thing.  Wear what you want.

  

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• Kim84m member

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  Thank you girls. It is just my fiance and I paying for the whole thing. And I called him to make sure he didn't think it was too much money, and he told me to go ahead, and I know that's all that SHOULD matter. When I told him my dad upset me he was very confused saying that I haven't cared what anyone else thought so far, why would I start caring now. I guess I'm just stressed out that we are having so many problems with our house hunting, and have gone through 3 realtors, and just lost money on a townhouse we thought we loved until it went through inspection. My dad just had a bone replaced in his neck on Tuesday and it was a really scary surgery. I really wasn't expecting him to tell me that he was so disappointed in me, over a stupid dress he doesn't have to pay for.

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• myspacelove238 member

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  You are really going through it.  It's unfortunate all the things that have happened to you recently.  You know how insensitive parents can be....I've been dealing with parents issues since day one of our engagement. Anyway, $800 is not expensive.  I paid $1,080 for mine.  Most of my friends paid between $550-$1500 on theirs, but I've heard of people paying like $4,000 for certain desingers...watch the movie Sex and the City..ha ha.  Anyway, I didn't want to spend that much on mine, but all the cheaper dresses I tried on, I didn't like.  I told myself that I wanted to love the dress, not the price...because I could have got a discontinued floor model for $300. So, I went with the $1,080 and told myself I was being reasonable.  I think you did the right thing.  Hang in there.

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• Kim84m member

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  thank you rachel. my brothers girlfriend just found my dress online. someone is selling it for $1600 and they bought if for $2250. I feel much better now.

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• njgal26

  

  August 2009 edited December 2011

  If it's the dress you want and you can afford it, I say go for it b/c you you know it's the one for you and you don't want to regret settling for something else that you may just "like"

  

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