A close friend who is dear to my heart has finally found her groom. On Yahoo Personals of all places. Same place I met mine. :)
Today I completed the first of my bridesmaid's duties by helping her find a dress. This is my first serious experience as a bridesmaid and I'm kind of getting excited about it.
I spent the better part of the day in David's Bridal Salon lacing her into layers and layers of silk, tulle, taffeta, and chiffon. I still don't feel confident I have the lacing job down pat. You wouldn't think it's so hard getting the ribbons to lie flat. After a day of working at it, I would only give myself a solid "B-". Either she hires Holly, her David's consultant, to come lace her up on the big day or I have to put in a bit more practice.
Holly suggested we initially bring 3 dresses into the room with us. Dress number two was a serious contender but the store only stocked it in white. Kathy wanted off-white.
Then as she stepped out of the dressing room in dress number three her eyes popped and her mouth fell open on spying a fellow bride on pedastal in "her" dress. She knew right away. She couldn't take her eyes off that dress. Even to the point she was ignoring her own reflection.
Bridezilla took major offense when Kathy commented that she wanted to try her dress on. "You can have "MY" dress when I'm done wearing it!!" She didn't even have the same size that Kathy would need. Soon after the other bride was gone (without making a purchase) and Kathy stepped into her own dream dress.
It didn't even matter that the dress happened to be marked down because it was discontinued. She would have taken it at the full price.
Sticker shock didn't set in until she realized she would be paying the same price for the headpiece and veil that she paid for the dress! How is it they get $200 for a couple feet of tulle? I'm in the wrong business.
After taking a break to have a bite to eat and talk things over at Clementine's, we returned to David's once again where she put down a non-refundable deposit on all three pieces.
I came home exhausted to a feverish 12 year old Jacob. :(
How did you spend your MLK day?
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