Dress Shopping Part II

Two of my trusty bridesmaids joined my mom and I on the search for a dress the other weekend.  We ventured to two dress shops, refueled with salty Mexican foods, and then made a final dress shop stop.  About ten total dresses were tried on, zero were purchased. Finding a dress is getting to be a difficult task.  There's so many options and I'm having a tough time figuring out exactly what I want. People make it seem like you'll just know when you try the right one on and tears of joy will flow freely.  I'm not convinced.  I've already tried on four dresses that very well could be "the one" and not a tear (of mine) was shed. 

Typical to this summer the weekend of the dress search was, yet again, another rainy weekend.  As we dodged rain bullets, we made our way into Winnie Couture for dress shop #1.  Winnie's is all pink everything, the store is sprayed with extra flowery scents, and champagne is served. They really go all out to give that special feel to make dress shopping a memorable time.  We had our own semiprivate area with a full length mirror and couch.  For someone reason step one of dress shopping (being handed a glass of champagne immediately) was bypassed at first.  But, Kat quickly corrected that situation and we were all soon enjoying a fine glass of bubbly. I knew I asked that girl to be in the wedding for a reason - way to step up to your BM duties!  I tried on one dress in particular that I really loved.  It was an ivory gown, similar to the dress from the very first day of dress shopping.  A strapless, lace top and satin bottom with a lace trim.  The only issue, it was waaay out of budget.  As in, waaaaaaaay out.  Alas, with fineries such as wall-to-wall pink and sparkling refreshments on tap, this is to be expected.  After lackluster haggling with the bridal consultant, we hastily made our way to the next stop.

Dress stop #2 can be described as the-complete-opposite-of-the-first-store.  Where the bridal consultant at Winnie's was attentive and knowledgeable, this was not the case.  The dress selection was also lacking.  This store was so lacking in wedding fun, we might as well skip ahead...

After a pit stop at a local Mexican joint and to dry off from the rain, we finally made our way to Alfred Angelo's.  This place happens to be right around the corner from home and a place I have casually cruised by many times; only noticing it after freshly being engaged.  Funny how adding a ring to the finger opens your eyes to everything around you, or at least wedding related things.  This shop had a wide selection of affordable gowns.  There were two dresses in particular I couldn't make up my mind about.  The first one wasn't strapless, but had a mesh-type front and a "V" style back and flowed out to a long lacy train.  Very unique.  The second dress was a more creamier color and had a halter top with a large ballgown, complete with pockets.  Two very different looks, both unique.  Decisions. Decisions.  Luckily, my mom and I have two more shops to visit this weekend with even more dresses to try on and fawn over.  This dress trying stuff is pretty fun.