There are 21
weeks until I walk down the aisle! It seems a long way away however it is
already March and Christmas wasn't that long ago to me so I’m thinking it’s
going to come around really quickly! Already I have had a Bridezilla moment.
Yes, that’s right, I’m not afraid to admit it. I was also hormonal and had a
massive headache that didn't go away for three days but it has already
happened. I don’t think it will happen again (but you never know!).
So, here is
what happened… Bridesmaid dresses. Now everyone was thinking that I would take
a really long time to pick my Wedding Dress – nope, that was easy. It has been
the Bridesmaid dresses that has really taken it out of me. I am only having two
Bridesmaids so it sounds simple enough however it really wasn't! Like I had mentioned
last time, I had tried buying dresses online. The first ones I bought were
beautiful dresses however I thought they were a bit too much for what I wanted
(and they didn't fit). The second dresses I bought online were not good at all.
They were a terrible colour for my girls and just didn't fit properly. Two
internet shopping tries and zero results. I thought that I would have to try
the shops here again….
This time,
they were really nice inside (too busy last time so just ignored us) and very
helpful. I actually had my hubby to be tag along with me seeing both of my
girls were out of town. Don’t worry, they had fishing magazines there so it
must happen all the time! Apart from the old ladies in the shop telling my
future hubby how gorgeous he is (and him trying to act embarrassed but was
secretly loving it), I was a bit overwhelmed by this stage.
In the lead
up to all of this I had been looking online (again) for a dress that both girls
would like and look amazing in and that I would like as well. It hadn't been
going very well. Either one didn't like it, both didn't like it or I didn't like it. I was really starting to stress out because every shop owner was
telling me that I had to order ASAP as I was running out of time to order them.
They all said that it takes 3-4 months to get Bridesmaids dresses in store and
if I didn't order soon, I wouldn't have any! What?! Nobody tells you that it
takes that long to get dresses! I was under the impression that you walk into a
shop, say ‘I like that one’ and either walk out with it or wait a week or so
until they could get one sent up. Not once did I think I needed 4 months to get
two dresses! So at this stage I was really starting to stress out when I walked
into the shop where the shop assistants were busy asking my hubby to be how old
he was and how beautiful his name is.
This time,
they actually let me try some dresses on (last time I was in there I was only
allowed to look at a book) which just started stressing me out more because the
one I had got everyone to agree on showed a little too much cleavage for me to
pass as a Bridesmaids dress. So I felt like I was back at square one. I started
rattling off things that the girls wanted in the dresses and had a little melt
down. Yep, starting crying in the shop. Only slightly, not bawling, just a few
tears but I felt like a right goose. And then something wonderful happened… The
shop owner told me to calm down, stop stressing out about something as silly as
a dress and just pick one (yes, she is very straightforward and said it just
like that). She reminded me that it was my dress that had to be perfect and
exactly what I wanted. She asked me again what I wanted the dresses to be like,
walked over to one of the books I had searched through, turned to a page and
said here it is. It was perfect! It had the features the girls wanted as well
as what I wanted. I took photos, sent them to the girls and they love them as
well!
Success! Bridezilla moment over, happy days are here again!
Now the only
issue is that there wasn't a picture of the back of the dress….
so many dresses to choose from...
Until next time,
Kym and Kristy x
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