Say "Yes" To The Dress?? What about "Maybe"

According to the shows I watch it seems like every bride is supposed to have some kind of epiphany or emotional reaction when she finds "THE DRESS." The few that don't are either too picky and don't really find the dress and settle or too nonchalant and are only going through this process because it is just apart of getting married.
They say that not EVERY woman has that reaction and "you just might be that type of girl." My response to that is... I AM THAT TYPE OF GIRL! I want to put on a beautiful dress twirl around in front of the mirror look back at my friends and mother and just know that this gown was made for me. I want to get so emotionally choked up that I have to stop that one tear from falling down my face with the delicate touch of an heirloom hanky. I want to to be able to put MY dress on and never want to take it of. In the words of Veruca Salt "I want it NOW!"


 
Knowing that this would be an event, I enlisted the help of my ever so present Maid of Honor-Shauntae, Andrew's Aunt Patrice, Matron of Honor-Tamara and a few of my Bridesmaids-Allyson, Candace & Charmaine to help me in the great dress search. Over the course of 4 months, 5 bridal salons and multiple visits we were able to narrow down my choices and figure out my "wedding style." I also learned a few things as well.

1.) I'm still just as much as a Momma's girl today as I was when I was a kid. It was difficult to not have my Mother's opinion and input as I tried on those dresses.
2.) Never take more than 2 ppl with you when you try on dresses. Although to my bridesmaids defense they worked together pretty easily when it came time to pick out their dresses.
3.) I guess I'm really just not that type of girl. :o(

I found that once we decided my "wedding style" all of the subsequent dresses were either okay or like-worthy. None of them made me swoon and get all teary eyed. It is possible however that I might not have given the dresses their fair chance. You see apparently designers only think of models when they design their gowns and bridal salons very rarely carry a dress in a size larger than a sample size 6. Some have as high up as a size10 or 12, but that still does me no good. You see I am a street size 12-14 making me a size 14-16 in bridal. In the wedding would that makes me a plus sized bride. That means that I have less variety to choose from and even less to try on that I can fit. So in all fairness, had each one of those dresses fit me the way it was supposed to I'm sure my opinion would have been a little different.

There was one dress that I did like that definitely caught me off guard. It was nothing like I thought I wanted but yet it was the only one that made me feel a little fuzzy inside. If I were normal and smart I would have stopped looking then and been happy with that choice. But I wasn't. The dress looked pretty on the hanger, beautiful when I held it up in from of my body and like a pillow case when I tried to put it on. Keyword: Tried. The consultant wasn't looking at sizes and gave me a size 10 (street size 6-8.) Man that gown barely made it past my shoulders. Lol.

Anywho, I liked the dress as I saw it, but was not and am still not sure I'm comfortable purchasing a dress I haven't tried on. I mean Brides do it all the time Dressilyme makes recreations of other designer's gowns and ship them to you at a fraction of the price.You just don't get to see it until it arrives at your doorstep. But that is just not for me. So I continued my search...



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While there have been several close calls, I think I am finally ready to put my foot down and pull the trigger. I mean no I didn't get emotional and have some humongous reaction from my crowd companions (only 2 ppl have actually seen me in the dress,) I think I have made my decision. However, I will tell you that I think that I am an excellent candidate for dress regret but only time will tell.

Have you every been so excited to make a purchase and end up with some sort of buyers remorse? Tell me about it.