Say yes to the dress!

Today is the day, or at least I think it will be. My daughter, my only daughter, will decide on her wedding dress! Things can change, it won't be the first time and it won't be the last time and if they do it won't be the end of the world!

This has been an exciting, fun, frustrating process. Having a low maintenance daughter has made dress shopping not a high priority. I know of one engage girl who had her church, reception site and wedding dress the Monday after getting engage on Saturday and this was a few days before Christmas! Really? This is not the case with my bride-to-be. It's not that she does not care, but she has the perspective of it's not about the dress or the wedding but about the marriage.

Our shopping has been hit or miss and going on 3 months and visits to four different bridal stores. She has went from plain and simple to lace and embellishments and has landed some where inbetween. The styles have changed along with way too. We've found out what does not look good on her small frame and what makes her look fabulous! And we've learned what bridal stores we won't go back to (if all your floor models of dresses are in size 10 and you don't allow photos to be taken don't expect us to be back with our size 0 bride). There is no way you can envision how a dress will look when it is 10 sizes too big and clipped down the back to keep it on the bride.

Our fall has been crazy busy and my daughter pretty much has decided on the dress she tried on back in August at different store, but we've had no time to go have her try on, get measured and order her dress. Except....there is one problem. Regardless of measuring and ordering her dress will still need alterations. This can get pricey. And the store where we found the perfect dress does not have anyone on staff to do alterations. So that would be another thing we'd have to run for. So we put our heads together, found out the bridal store nearby does have someone who can do alterations and has and can order "the dress"! Yes!! So we will go and try the dress on once more and see if she says "yes to the dress"! I'm excited and happy for this but a tad sad as this is my only daughter and this is the first and last for me. But that's okay. It does just seem like yesterday we were prom dress shopping!

So after today we will hopefully have a dress ordered and on to the next thing on our list! And then, if my son's want me to help, I can go with each of them to help pick out their tuxedo for their wedding!!! LOL! After all isn't that the equivalent of wedding dress shopping?!  : )

Positive thought of the day: Enjoy all that is happening around you. It is all memories that will be go and past way too quickly.