Wow, was this a hard decision. And truth be known, I took all of your advice and chose gown #2!! I had to make the decision today because the store is going out of business. They did tell me today that they will be open for another 4 days afterall, but there wouldn't have been a guarantee that the dress would still be there of course.
The price tag on it was a little over $1000 and I got it for.... $425!! I am psyched that I got such a good deal on a designer gown. Made all the anxiety worth it! However I did have to buy it off the rack and now I will have to have just a little of the material "put back in" since I can barely breathe in it! LOL I would have chosen to order one size up from the one I bought. But hey....gives me more reason to join the YMCA which I was planning on doing anyway.
I tried on both #1 and #2 again today before I made my decision and decided that it was the COLOR of gown #1 that I liked and not necessarily the rest of it (although I did love the top too!). Thanks everyone for your comments and your reasoning behind it. That one comment about how it showed off my figure was particularly eye opening, I hadn't thought about that!!
In case any of you live in the Orlando area and are looking for a gown, this place still has a TON of dresses in stock, all at 50% off or more!
Thanks again everyone, you've been a bigger help than you know!