So, after hemming and hawing about the price, I finally decided to go to a dress shop and order that pretty blue dress I mentioned earlier in my PJ--- you know, the one that looks like what Cinderella would wear if she were frolicking in a valley with some deer and some blue jays? My grammy told me she would buy it for me as a birthday present! (My birthday isn't until September 22, but we're a think-ahead kind of family.)
I ordered the dress today, but the people there were MEAN to me!!!!
First, I wandered around the store just looking at pretty bridal things (I'm a sucker for shiny objects, what can I say?) but no one said a SINGLE thing to me--- not even a "hi!" So, I went up to the counter, and told them I was a bride, but I wanted to buy a bridesmaid dress. Well, this did not seem to compute and I had to remind them I was not a bridesmaid about three times.
When someone finally decided to help me, the FIRST thing she said to me was "Oh, good, Alfred Angelo doesn't charge extra for bigger sizes." I knew that, and it's nice, to know, but I definitely think she could have been a bit nicer about it, ykwim? And then she said to me, in a rather... judgmental? tone I would say, "Did you have ANY luck with ANY sizes?" Like I am a hippopotamus or something and nothing could possibly EVER fit! And then she measured me and she told me I would need a size bigger than the one I tried on in MA when I went dress shopping with my girls--- and that one was HUGE on me!!! I ended up ordering the MA size, but I know it's going to be too big; but she kind of scared me into thinking nothing is ever going to fit me ever again.
And THEN she told me the dress was going to cost $185. Now, I'm kind of... quiet and I don't stand up for myself, but I am also CHEAP, and I told her flat out that Alfred Angelo charges $145 for the dress. I talked her down by about $20 with that, and I ended up paying $157 with tax.
I don't know, maybe I'm just sensitive, but I left the store feeling pretty crappy about myself, and now she made me paranoid that my wedding dress isn't going to fit when it comes in!!!
The one I tried on when I bought the dress was a size smaller than the one I ordered, and that one fit (it was tight, but it fit) so I really shouldn't worry, but she was just MEAN! Okay. Rant over, somewhat.
Speaking of wedding dresses, mine is in! They're going to ship it to me in a few days, and so now I have to store it in my teeny tiny apartment for a few months. Any suggestions? My plan is to keep it underneath the bed in a fabric storage container and completely block it off from that darling dog of mine. Does that sound good?
I also found a PERFECT dress for my bridal shower... but it's $80. But let me find a picture...
It's actually SUPER-flattering and I stood in the fitting room and twirled for about 5 minutes. What are your thoughts?
I also think I want to buy these to change into during the dessert party and probably wear out a few times to dinner during the honeymoon. Do you think they're worth $30 though? (On sale from $45--- from Aldo)
Okay, that's it. Sorry for the rant, I just needed to get that out!!!
i got him a perry the platypus shirt as a joke and he wears it everywhere. boys are so silly. i like the dresses you got
very pretty! you should def add photography to the dessert party. everyone that didn't always puts that in the "wish i did" section. so you should go for it!!
Hooray! that's so exciting. I love the atmosphere over at the Beach/Yacht Club. And how awesome is it that you've already racked up 15 room nights! I bet that's a relief!
I am SO excited for the lazy river, ohmigosh.
That would be wonderful!! Cant wait to read more! Enjoy your day on wedding cloud 9! 
Good luck with everything! 
I'll drop kick her for you...You are just perfect and you have nothing to worry about. 
