Dress Shopping

Yesterday the ladies and I went dress shopping for most of the day. We started out in Rochester at Andreas, moved on to Victoria Reeds and ended in Concord at A Time to Remember. I tried on tons of dresses at Andreas and they were so very helpful. There were 2 dresses that I did like but nothing that I fell in love with. The first dress was a "typical" wedding gown and the second one was a bright blue prom gown that can be ordered in white. They were very friendly and helpful, but I probably will not go back since I wasn't in love with anything. Also my girls tried a few dresses on that were cute, but I think we'll have an easy time finding dresses for them especially when we go to David's Bridal next month. Kelly's niece MacKenzie came with us and was in love with the purple mermaid tissue paper dress that was in the window and was adamant that I try it on...SO before we left they took it out of the window for me to try!! She was super excited and thinks that I'll be wearing this down the aisle...







After Andreas we headed off to Papa Ginos for a hearty lunch before going to Victoria Reeds. Right when we walked in I got super excited because of the large selection they had. Everyone started pulling dresses off the rack for me to try and within minutes I had about 8 dresses in the fitting room. I did not like any of them at all....Bummer!!! The girls tried on a few dresses here as well, but nothing we were in love with...MacKenzie was starting to get bored so Kelly started trying flower girl dresses on her and letting her pose. She was loving that. The owner was pretty impressed with this and asked MacKenzie if she could take a picture of her and put her on the store's website. She is so adorable!!


Once we left there we figured we'd call it a day...As we got into the car I started talking about a dress I had tried on in Concord back in November that I really loved. It was a bridesmaids dress that I really liked it and could spruce it up with some crystals. Someone (I dont remember who) suggested we go check it out again. So we headed into Concord I was all excited to try the dress on and then fell totally out of love with it...I guess I never loved it in the first place so i'm glad we went back to try it on! The girls reminded me that it was totally different from the style I had been trying on all day. As I was finishing up a girl came out of her dressing room with a prom dress on that I loved. I asked if I could try it on when she was done. The women (who are snobby) were not too keen on my trying it on then they realized that it comes in the wedding line (for $200 more of course) so they said I could try it. I LOVED IT!!! The only issue being that it was teal...so I don't know if I'll like it as much in white?! I am now on the search to find somebody who has it in stock in white so I can try it on!!!

Oh ya, we got a cake maker!! :) Audrey will be making the cake for our wedding the only rule she made is NO SQUARE cake!!! She was in the process of making a square cake (15 cake mixes) to feed about 250 people when she made that rule for me. I guess the corners are really hard to get to look square with the frosting so I told her fine then I want a rectangular cake!! HA! So we now have a cakemaker!!! I have a few cake ideas in mind and I know Audrey will do an awesome job!

Today I found the cutest flower girl baskets and bought them for Sydney and Skylar!! They are actually called flower purses!! I also got some heart shaped scoopers for our candy buffet!! I think things are slowly falling into place!

Josh has picked his 5 groomsmen, though hasn't asked all of them yet!! Since he has chosen 5, that means I get to ask my 5th girl (I've been waiting forever for him to make this decision so I can ask her)!!! YAY!!!! Be on the lookout for my posting about bridesmaid #5 and all the groomsmen's names!!!

We're off to Florida at the end of this week for 8 days and when we get back we'll be on the search for my wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses...I'll keep you all updated!!!