I went to browse wedding dresses once this week with Justin's mommy. We had a 5PM appointment at La Belle Elaine's in Fisher Plaza. Even their website is pretentious, but I have to admit I was excited at the prospect of nearly 10,000 feet of space and a runway with custom lights and music.Monday night turned out to be a great time to visit because we were practically the only ones in the store. I think the staff wasn't thrilled that they were unlikely to get a commission off of my visit, so they left Sarah and I alone almost the whole time. Another plus-- we had run of the place to do whatever we wanted. I must have tried on 15 dresses, and found three that I very much liked. I'd link to photos of them here but I don't want to do that because Justin would be too tempted to look at them. I'd like him to have no clue which dress I may get. I also think that the dresses looked better on me than the photo models-- one of the models looks 15, the other looks like a nun, and the third looks like a cocaine addict. Guh.
I will say that the dress I liked best is by Paloma Blanca and costs about twice what I want to spend. That being said, the cost isn't *entirely* outrageous. The dress is also relatively simple and I could easily have it made for less money, which I just might.
Tomorrow I have an appointment at La Belle Elaine's to show off these dresses to my mom and Amy. We're also headed down to Cicada, a Seattle-based wedding dress company that I've heard good things about. They seem more relaxed and less pretentious. This time I'll remember to bring the digital camera to take some photos for posterity.
I feel like I've got nonstop wedding chatter in my brain. I almost wish that were doing it this summer so that I could put some of this plan to action! The funny thing is, the main reason we were avoiding scheduling a 2007 wedding is that there was already a huge family wedding in the books for this July. They called it off last month. Now, of course, it's too late for us to really plan for even a ceremony in September and expect that there will be enough lodging available in Glacier National Park for all the guests and the wedding party. From talking through the guest list, it seems like we'll be inviting about 150 people, give or take, though I don't expect them all to make it. However, the park has limited lodging in the area I'd like to stage the ceremony, so we have to be careful to plan ahead. (The Many Glacier Lodge was also damaged by flooding this past winter and repairs probably won't be completed until late this season.)
I'm expecting Katalin, the wedding planner, to send me rates and service information for working with her and her crew sometime early next week. Then we can really get the ball rolling on setting a date. We're looking at mid to late August or possibly the first weekend in September (after Labor Day when things are quieter).
The big thing right now is budget. We just need parental commitment. Then things will get a lot simpler. That's all we can do for the moment!
Postscript: I'm quite amused that AdSense can only seem to generate ads about recipes and diets (at least for me) so far. I've barely had 4 posts on the subject! I'm not sure if it's limited to content on the front page of the blog, but even so, those posts aren't up any more. I wonder when it'll pick something else to advertise. Check out the ads on some of the archive pages... they're equally odd.
Posted on April 21, 2007 @ 2:25 PM | 6 comments
Comments:
Eiiieee I miss nonstop wedding brain. I want to have another wedding! :-)
All of the dresses you liked were so pretty... I can't wait to see the one you pick.
By 
LazyLightning, at
5:33 PM, April 21, 2007
Love the new layout.
Wish I could go dress shopping with you! Sounds like fun!
By 
Allie, at
6:16 PM, April 21, 2007
I like the new look. Isn't it all kind of exciting? I wish I could do it again, because it was fun...but at the same time, I'm glad to have all the stress off my mind. Be warned, I found that many bridal shops really frown on photo taking. We had to be sly and take them in the dressing room sometimes.
By sometrouble, at
8:24 PM, April 21, 2007
My adsense was giving diets and recipes at first, but now it's changed to cars and cat stuff -- like the stuff on my front page. I wonder if Google needs to crawl your site again? I read something about it taking a bit to get them personalized if they need to do that.
I like your new banner. I redid my site this weekend too. d
By lazylightning, at
6:40 AM, April 22, 2007
Oooo lovely new banner!
Yay for dresses.
.....Welp... you could totally plan a wedding for September. Esp b/c you have a wedding planner helping you out. It wouldn't be impossible. :D
By Rachel, at
7:46 AM, April 22, 2007
Ay yah! No wedding in September, I'll be in Cuba!!! I wanna be there!
And you should send me pix of your dresses!!!
By Titania, at
4:31 PM, April 26, 2007
