Friday, March 11, 2011

Wedding Dress Obsession


Amidst all this wedding planning, I think my favorite part, by far, has been finding the wedding dress. I had done a lot of wedding things before I even got engaged! (Looked at rings, thought of colors, looked at ceremony sites, etc.) But, the one thing I didn't do, was go wedding dress shopping. When my other friends were looking for their dresses, I would of course casually browse, but I didn't try anything on.

Well, when it was finally my turn, I took my mom, my sister, and two of my best friends with me to a local bridal shop that had a wide selection of things for me to try. It was so fun. I went in knowing that so many people end up with something totally different than they thought, so I wanted to try on all the different silhouettes to see which was most flattering to my body type.

As I started trying on the dresses I thought- my mom is brutally honest- she will tell me what looks good and what maybe doesn't look as good. Well, every dress I tried on, my mom wiped a tear away and told me I look beautiful. Which is definitely nice to hear, but how do you make a decision based on that??

I came to the conclusion that wedding dresses were made to be the most flattering thing you could ever wear. All sorts of body types look great in wedding dresses. I have curves, and I looked pretty damn good.

I made my decision based on a very strange factor. What dress made me want to look at myself in the mirror. I hate looking at myself in the mirror ordinarily, but the minute I put on THE DRESS, I couldn't get over how good I felt and looked in it! I know that sounds conceited, but if you have found THE DRESS- you know what I'm talking about.

Now, I'm obsessed with my dress. It is being altered for my June wedding, and I just want to pick it up now, and try it on everyday. It makes me sad to know I only get to wear it one time in my life. I look it up online - just to look at it again. I'm just so so excited to wear it...

Does anyone else feel this way about their own wedding dress?? Am I just weird??

(No, none of those dresses are MY DRESS... but I can't risk my fiance seeing it!)