Wedding Dress Shopping
I had my first bridal appointment yesterday. My maid of honor and one of my bridesmaids went with me. We went to a small boutique here in town. To say I was nervous might have been a small understatement, we've gone back and forth between buying my gown and having it custom made by a friend of mine. The experience at the salon was nice, the consultant was waiting at the door when we walked in. She was very receptive to what I wanted, which I was honestly, not sure what that was. I was willing to try on anything that might fit with our western royalty theme. I love that she didn't balk at the theme, she just listened and then went straight to the racks to see what she could find. We tried two ball gowns, an A-line, a modified A-line, and a mermaid. I was not a fan of the mermaid style dress, it hugged my body in all the wrong places and I could barely walk without tripping on the skirt. I don't have the body for a mermaid and I'm ok with that. I have come to accept tha...