this was my third dress shopping outing, and the boutique of choice was Priscilla of Boston in buckhead…very nice and i was very excited. i booked my appointment earlier in the week and when i arrived, there were no time restrictions (which made me totally late for “the not wedding” :-/). there were also no limitations on the number of dresses i could try on. i swear i tried on 10-15 gowns. megan, my consultant was very nice and patient. as usual i was accompanied by mommy, the MIL to be, and my two sisters. a TOUGH crowd. lol, but loves their opinions.
our usual process is to try on a bunch of gowns, if we love one, we place it in the keep pile, if we hate one, we toss it. we try to narrow down to a top 3, then try those on with veils. the very first dress i put on was a crowd fav across the board. we all loved it, but i had 14 more dresses to try. oh, and let’s not forget my reception number too! we add the fav to the keep pile, and revisit it and the other favs later. Sooooooo for me, i’m thinking price will definitely be weighing into the fav selection…lol….and when we finally get the $$$$....i just laugh….it was waaaay out of budget. i mean unimaginable. my immediate thoughts were: do i love it THAT much? can i find something similar elsewhere?
so my consultant goes to work: she can take this off; oh, and she has a coupon for this and then you get this; and i can do this for your reception dress. PRESSURE. lol, whew! now, don’t get me wrong, if the dress were a wittle bit less, i coulda stepped away that day with it, but I wasn’t trying to commit like tht; i have what, 15 months left?? lol, not to mention i’ve been telling myself that i must visit a certain number of shops before i even think about making a purchase . this just totally threw me for a loop! all i was thinking was: ma’am, go ahead and put me in the system and mark my selections so we don’t forget. measurements today? no need. i was ret-to-go. i knew i had a pending trunk show appointment this upcoming sunday for a designer whom i loved, so i just wasn’t ready. the MIL was down like 4 flat tires though...lol…i can’t with her sometimes. i just needed more time!!! it was too soon! sooooo much!!!
::sigh:: i digress….in the end, we walked away, saying i needed to sleep on it, and with the promise to call the next day. long story short, we got a extension from the VP of the company to hold our discounts for a week :) and i’m going to go dress overload for the remainder of this week….
the net is this folks, what’s too much for a wedding gown? that special gown you marry your one true love in; that gown you’ll truly only wear once; is there such thing as too much?? or is it silly to place a limit on such a special once in a lifetime dress :) Gimme some feedback loves!
Toodles!
p.s. the food at “the not wedding” was short of AMAZING…and i’m hoping one of the caterers can furnish the food for our engagement party this summer. yummmmm. also, here’s a pic of a flower arrangement featured in one of the vignettes. dendrobium orchids, hope to see you 6.11.11.
