Finding THE dress

Ever tried shopping for a wedding dress? It can be the greatest yet most stressful day of your life. You need to be super careful about who you decide to take with you because the people you choose are going to help you make one of the biggest decisions surrounding your wedding day. When I went shopping for my dress I decided to take my MOH, my sister (also a bridesmaid), my best friend who is co-writing this blog (bridesmaid) and my Mom. This was a pretty good group because it was enough different opinions but not too many. I thought that it would be difficult for everyone to agree on a dress but it turned out it wasn't.

Before I went dress shopping I thought I knew exactly what I wanted! I had found a picture of a dress on the Internet that I was OBSESSED with. And I thought this dress was the be all end all of dresses. I called dress stores across the maritimes but nobody had it in stock.

The "original" dress:

 

Because I could not find the dress in any local stores I came to the conclusion that I should try on other dresses and see what happened. I convinced myself the dress I was looking for was a sweetheart neckline with pickups on the skirt so at first I just tried on dresses that were similar to that. Here is the first one :)

This dress was gorgeous and everyone loved it but I didn't have THAT moment. The moment where you just know the dress is perfect. I decided to keep on trying more. The sales lady picked out another dress after this one but it didn't have enough sparkle for me :)!

As it turns out the dress kind of chose me ;). There was this dress I REALLY wanted to try on but it was a little too small. I wanted to try it on so badly that I squeezed into it! When I tried it on I think I knew right away, I felt like a princess. I went out to show my entourage and when I looked in the full-length mirror I started crying. Even though the dress was nothing like what I "thought" I wanted, it was perfect. I can't post a picture because I know my fiancé is going to spy on the blog but I will post one after the wedding!

Here is a picture of me ringing the bell that signifies that I found my wedding dress :). Definitely one of the most exciting adventures I have been on!

More to come!

xoxo

Khrysty

Ringing the bell!