S/O If you could change anything...

erollis · June 2012

The dress I bought was exactly what I wanted. I refused to change out of it after the reception was over and went out to eat with it on. I guess I got lucky in that I don't regret my dress.

aragx6 · June 2012

I don't regret my dress, but it sure would've been nice if I had an extra grand laying around to buy the one I really fell in love with. Actually my regret is that I didn't look at the price tag before trying it on. The salon lady snuck it in!

[Deleted User] · June 2012

I wish it had been sooner so my mom could've been there.

I wish I'd made a different dress decision.

I wish I'd listened to my hair dresser about pinning back that one piece of hair in the front.

I wish I'd gotten the florist I really wanted.

Those are the main ones.

Snippylynn · June 2012

I am... satisfied with the dress that I had. It was the 4th dress I put on and the only store I made it to for dress shopping. I do kind of wish I had been to more stores, but that was as much time as I had.

I think my biggest regret would be just in not being able to spend a bit more. I would have increased the budget for photography and be able to have more guests.

[Deleted User] · June 2012

I wish it had been sooner so my mom could have been there.

I wish I'd made a different dress decision.

I wish I'd listened to my hairdresser about pinning back that one piece of hair in the front.

I wish I'd gotten the florist I really wanted.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · June 2012

Snippy your dress was very elegant. No way I could pull off a dress like that... maybe in the ass area, but not boobs area. Skank.

Snippylynn · June 2012

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[QUOTE]Snippy your dress was very elegant. No way I could pull off a dress like that... maybe in the ass area, but not boobs area. Skank.
Posted by AllAboutTheBenjamin[/QUOTE]
I got lot's of extra ass if you need to pad out the boobs. The skank part is making me laugh really hard.

Habs2Hart · June 2012

ya, I think you need some curves to pull off that dress for sure. I tried on a dress that hugged my whole body, and I looked like a boy... with long hair... I would have had to pad the snot out of my boobs and ass.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · June 2012

Oh I don't need to pad out any boobage, lol. I think I have too much boobage.

Cortney1982 · June 2012

I'm getting married in 5 days and wished I had just eloped with FI.

I'm really dissapointed in my sister, she is my MOH. 5 days to go and she hasn't figured out how and when or even IF she is getting here (she lives 6 hours away) The family has offered to go and get her, I have offered to send travel money, her husband didn't even take Friday off work to assure they would arrive on time and she is still humming and hawing over what she is going to do!

If she doesn't come I will be super pissed in the fact the $600 has basically went down the toilet. I purchased her and her two girls dresses and shoes and ordered their bouquets and such and including wasting 4 plated meals from the caterer and unused table/chair linens that I purchased.

She has had 6 months to plan for the travel arrangements. Part of me thinks she is doing this out of jealousy because she just went to the court house and only told family a week later.

Other than that, I would never have picked out a dress at the local boutique. It is still not ready after they had to take the entire thing apart and kinda looks cheap. Thank goodness I purchased another one elsewhere.

The Mel and Todd Show · June 2012

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[QUOTE]I wish it had been sooner so my mom could have been there. I wish I'd made a different dress decision. I wish I'd listened to my hairdresser about pinning back that one piece of hair in the front. I wish I'd gotten the florist I really wanted.
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]

I might have fb stalked your wedding pictures a month or so ago. I wouldn't change anything about your wedding. It was stunning.

[Deleted User] · June 2012

Aww, thanks Mel! Swoon.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · June 2012

Daff you did have a GORGEOUS wedding. And your dress is very very lovely.

wadingmoose · June 2012

I would've eloped like I wanted to but that would've hurt MIL and since she's awesome it's still hard for me to imagine disappointing her.

So I would've gotten a much different dress.

And maybe relented and invited more of Mr. Moose's family to have more of a real wedding instead of super tiny. Athough I liked super tiny, I think I offended a lot of my in-laws.

[Deleted User] · June 2012

Thanks AATB. It just didn't sit right up top, and the back didn't come out how I envisioned. The shape wasn't quite right and I wish there was more lace on it. In the end it definitely wasn't worth the effort I went through to get it customized, and I think I would've been happier with one of another 2 of my options.

SB1512 · June 2012

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[QUOTE]I regretted my dress too. Oh and I would have made sure that people actually ate the wedding cake. We got it for a super cheap price, but it still annoys me we threw away 99% of the cake.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

This is why we are doing cupcakes. At 99% of all weddings I've gone to cake gets put out at tables while everyone is dancing and then you see waitstaff taking it away to be thrown out. I'm hoping that by having the cupcakes self serve style we'll avoid having them thrown out and we can take the extras home and leave our boxes for any guests that want to take some home as well.

maratea · June 2012

I would have told MIL to get off her high horse and STFU a lot sooner than I did. She made our engagement one of the most difficult times but I was trying to be a good person and be nice to her.

And maybe my dress. I liked it just fine, but I wish it had a train.

StefffiC · June 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O If you could change anything... : Yeah... I had a bad experience at my first bridal salon -- the woman made comments about me being "plus-size" and how their samples wouldn't fit me. So I just went to DB and figured...at least they had samples that fit me and I wouldn't be spending an arm and a leg. But I had dress regret immediately, and although it fit perfectly and (at least I think) it looked good the day of, I do wish I'd really loved it instead of just thinking "well, this is fine."
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]

I just bought my dress and ended up buying at DB, but the consultant at the Pineville location was so rude about my weight (5'4, 166lbs) and refused to pull anything other than plus size dresses. We ended up buying a dress through that location and consultant because MIL was paying and I found the dress there, but I was really pissed at her for her statements about me being 'obviously plus sized' and 'my hips wouldn't fit in regular sizes'. The women's dresses fell off of me, and she finally agreed to bring in some misses dresses for me to try and I fit into their 12s and 14's easily.

The DB in Winston had already measured me and I measured out a size 12 or 14 through the hips.

SB1512 · June 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O If you could change anything... : I wonder if it depends on the area. All the dresses I tried on were 12's or 14's. Only one salon I went to had samples in 6 & 8's.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

Agreed. Not a single sample I tried on was smaller than a size 12. I wear a 00 in normal clothes so I was absolutely swimming in all the dresses I tried on. Thankfully, the bridal shop where I found my dress was excellent at using the clips so I got a really good idea of what my dress would look like once it's sized and altered to fit me.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · June 2012

Yeah mara, the reason I picked my dress and not the mermaid dress I was considering was because of the train. The train was just massive. It had presence. It was like BRIIIIIIIIIIIIDE. Lol, obviously all wedding dresses are for brides but yeah. I didn't really care when I was shopping if there was a massive train, but once I saw one on me... bam. Had to have it.

Febechick · June 2012

This really isn't possible, but I wish I could have controlled the weather, which caused most of my "I wish" moments. It tropical stormed on our wedding day, so we had to move everything inside. I really wanted pictures outside, and of course we weren't able to. The rain caused my MUA and hair lady to be late, which cut into our time for pictures before and after the ceremony, and so we don't really have too many of just my H and I (and the ones of me and my girls are all in a bathroom where we got ready).

I wish I would have double checked with my venue coordinator that she would stay through the entire event, or at least have met the person who did end up staying. The venue coordinator was amazing, but ducked out after about an hour, and I guess there was some confusion at the end of the night (but I was already gone so my parents had to handle it).

I wish I would have eaten a piece of my cake - the bite from the "cake cutting" was delicious, and then I guess time got away from me!

maratea · June 2012

Well, I had picked my dress without a train because I thought we were going to get married outside and I didn't want it dragging on the ground. But MIL bitched and bitched until we changed our wedding date and at that point it was too cold to get married outside. So basically... MIL is the root of all evil.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · June 2012

Your MIL is the grandmother of all hoes.

LDYGTR13 · June 2012

Omg I would have done so much differently, like, I don't know...planned shiiiit. We didn't do speeches and I wish we had at least a few hilarious ones from awesome people. I also would have had a locking card box (or a card box at all...) and I would have remembered to have people clean up so my friends/family didn't have to do it. Oof.

Daff, I agree with Mel. Your wedding was fantasmic.

ETA: And I would have gotten a better photographer and made a "Must Take Pictures" list. I don't like my pics =(

wadingmoose · June 2012

The only good thing about my pictures is the location and time of day. The scenery was stunning. The composition and pictures taken? Not so much.

I should've taken Mandy's suggestion of using her photographer. I probably would've been much happier.

ahhhitsshannyn · June 2012

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[QUOTE]I would have had a different DJ. He sucked. It's too bad though because the company gets rave reviews. We just had a dud guy on an off day. Posted by Natrasha[/QUOTE]

MY GOD I AM SO LATE but did you have All Night Long? We had Lance and he was great. A little awkward and not the typical DJ look, but he knew what to play.

I would have gotten a photographer and videographer.

I would have gotten sleeves I think. I loved my dress but I didn't like my armpit fat showing all night, which I swear it is there all the time, not only when I wear strapless.

I would have called MILs bluff on not coming if we didn't invite the extended family. Everyone that we "had to invite" left RIGHT after we ate to go gamble. Fuuuuck those people.

Natrasha · June 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: S/O If you could change anything... : MY GOD I AM SO LATE but did you have All Night Long? We had Lance and he was great. A little awkward and not the typical DJ look, but he knew what to play. I would have gotten a photographer and videographer. I would have gotten sleeves I think. I loved my dress but I didn't like my armpit fat showing all night, which I swear it is there all the time, not only when I wear strapless. I would have called MILs bluff on not coming if we didn't invite the extended family. Everyone that we "had to invite" left RIGHT after we ate to go gamble. Fuuuuck those people.
Posted by ahhhitsshannyn[/QUOTE]

Lucky you I'm lurking in old posts! LOL Yes we had All Night Long. Everyone raves about Lance but we had Noah and he was lame. H is particularly pissy about him because he's such a music nerd. He had one good moment- when people started jumping in the pool he played Splish Splash. But other than that he hovered between sucky and mediocre.

baystateapple · June 2012

Awww, you guys are sweet. I just got home and read back. Thanks for the compliments on my dress.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · June 2012

I would have hired a different shuttle.

I would have been more firm when asking the DJ if he had the right song for our first dance, but I wasn't sure how to say it other than, "No, it's supposed to be 2:27. So that's weird that the one you have is longer. There are lots of versions of this song."

I might have changed my colors and used purple.

I would have invited a few more friends from a group of people. I regretted not inviting them, while I invited other people they knew.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · June 2012

I actually didn't love my train. I wanted something chapel length, but my dress was a semi-cathedral length. It was a PITA. I bustled it for pictures because I didn't want it to get dirty underneath, which meant it just got dirty on the satin part, where the folds in the bustle still touched the ground.

I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and the bride had basically no train and didn't need a bustle, and I told her what a great idea that was. It looked so comfortable.

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