More Dresses

Today I learned that, if and when the time comes, I will not be able to settle on my wedding dress. At least not without making it super obvious that I settled. Please tell me a price before I even look at a single gown.

Mommy and I went shopping today because we're going to a wedding on Friday. I needed a dress for the wedding, and also thought I could reuse it for semi-formal. Mom said I'd buy this one and she will get me a dress for Christmas or New Years as well. Tried on a whole bunch of dresses at Macy's. So pricey! But I had fun! I actually enjoyed trying on dresses and they looked half decent on me. I was excited. And there was a lovely wine colored dress that I liked (and my mom really liked).

Then I tried on this amazing red dress. Seriously, I own like three red dresses already and this one wasn't even all that but OH MY GOODNESS I tried it on and fell in love. The others were nice, too. Much more simple and I wouldn't have to wear a cardigan or anything if I wanted to take it to church. But this dress. Something about the idea of wearing this red dress on my birthday made me so so so happy. But ooh that price tag.

So we put the red dress and the wine dress on hold and we walk across the mall to a store called Bliss (so pretty). Found a lovely red dress. And it was really elegant. It was a nice high low with beautiful lace. And I felt good in it. My mom liked this one better than the one at Macy's, and the tag had a much lower price. But I had my heart set and I could feel it break. I was going to have to settle.

My mom could see how hard the decision was, so she suggested we double check the price at Macy's because many of the dresses were on sale. Turns out both Macy's dresses were cheaper than the one at Bliss. Mind you, my mom wasn't crazy about it because she preferred the last dress. BUT we saved money and I got my perfect red dress! And my mom does still like it, so I suppose it's a compromise on her end. I cannot begin to express how excited I am to wear this beautiful thing on my birthday. And the wedding of course but that's a separate matter.