With the help of my 5 bridesmaids, mother, and future mother in law I found my wedding dress yesterday!! I originally had my heart set on this one maggie sottera dress, and actually scheduled the appointment at the salon because they carried it 2 months ago. I was then highly discurranged when i found out earlier this week they no longer carried it. Surprisingly enough "the dress" I selected ended up only being the 4th one i tried on, followed by many other awful contenders. It also wasn't a maggie which really surprised me. Following my appointment we started the search for bridesmaids dresses and I quickly became overwhelmed. I originally said I wanted to stick to a strick budget for my girls (in my opinion there is no reason for them to spend $$$ on a dress they may only wear for 8 hours and that could potentially not even be something they would traditionally pick for themselves). I also said I wanted a light purple chiffon dress and wasn't interested in satin or dark purples. well don't you know after trying on what seemes like 20 different chiffon light purple dresses, it was quickly obvious that the fabric and color were not going to suit everyone, and mixing wasn't going to work either. Well guess what we eneded with?... short satin plum dresses!! I can't help but feel a little discourgaed because it completely changes my whole vision of the day, but I think i need to keep reminding myself that it wasn't meant to be. The chiffon light purple were more than a $100 more and the satin ones everyone kept raving how comfy they are and how they loved the pockets. Am I wrong to keep 2nd guessing myself, or was it simply the right decision for the group of girls in my party? PS!!!! I also thought I was going to fall on the floor when the woman at the bridal salon told me my dress size. mind you I am 5'4'' and 112 pounds and XS or size 0 generally and keep on a strict exercise routine and only eat junkie for 1-2 meals on weekends and immediately after measuring me she was like "ok sounds good a size 6 should do it then" waaaaaaa i made her show me the size chart to ensure they were not trying to size me up too much to drive up the cost of alterations and low and behold she was pretty close, I was even borderlining on an 8!!! super despressed bride..need some reinforcement please.