OMG The Dress!

I bought my wedding dress today!! I went to Bridal Garden in Manhattan, which is a non profit that has samples donated by designers, a few once worn dresses from brides, and a few new dresses from stores/designers. All proceeds from the dresses go to inner city schools.

A few thoughts before I talk about my dress:

1. I had read that one shouldn't stress too much about the size, because it differs by style and designer. And holy crap was that true. Normally I'm a 4 or 6 depending on how much pizza I've eaten that week. I was trying on 6 and 8 mostly, but imagine my stress when a 10 wouldn't go past my butt. The dress I eventually bought was a 14!
2. Poofy dresses are HEAVY. I felt like they added another 10 pounds. There was no way I would have fun in one of those.
3. The dress I got is so not what I thought I would get. I picked it up on a whim after getting really frustrated and just wanting to try on one more thing.
   

And now, about my dress. Behind the cut.



I couldn't find the exact design of the gown, which bummed me out because I couldn't figure out how much of a discount, if any, I got. It kind of looks like this:



But better. My dress comes in two pieces, where the lace piece can be completely detached and underneath is a very simple strapless dress. The lace piece has a really long train, I forget what it's called... cathedral maybe? It's one of the few new dresses that came into the store, since most of the dresses were samples.

It was the VERY LAST dress I tried on, and I was feeling pretty bad because I had tried on about 12 and I was getting very frustrated. I was iffy about it until I stepped on the platform and both my maid of honor and bridesmaid gasped and said "awww..."

I do have pics but you'll have to email me to get them for fear of Dude seeing it.

Since it's a 14, it's way too big in the bust area and the lace piece is too big and long, but I can work with that. My friends have some very good seamstresses.