Dress Shopping Nightmare

Want to hear something very frustrating?

I bought my wedding dress at this place called CLASSIC BRIDAL. (Classic bridal, classic bridal, classic bridal. I'm hoping if I say it enough, when they search for it, they'll find this page. Classic Bridal.) And actually had an excellent experience. It was fun. My consultant was nice and friendly and helped me find the perfect dress.

BUT THEN, I took my bridesmaids in and that was a task in its own. Do you know how hard it is to get 5 people who have jobs, live out of town, and/or are pregnant together at one time? Pretty difficult. Before I went in, I called and made an appointment with the same consultant that took care of me. She told me THREE days prior that she would pull all of the dresses I liked and they'd be ready for when we came in.

Well, they weren't. The girl even forgot that she had a appointment and seemed very surprised by that fact. But that was ok because we were the ONLY customers. As we started pulling dresses off the rack, a bride walked in wanting to shop for (not buy) a wedding dress. My consultant then left me and my five bridesmaids on our own. I had to go find her and ask her for a dressing room. She gave us one and then disappeared again.

We picked one of the bridesmaids to be the Barbie Doll. We dressed her up instead of having everyone try on different dresses. So there we were, trying to figure out all the crazy lacing by ourselves all the while, my consultant is busy helping the bride. We had to go searching for different dresses to pull and the store is huge. I picked up a dress that I liked another consultant that was just sitting in a chair watching the bride try on dresses said, "Um, that's discontinued." I put it back and picked another one. "That one, too." So I turned to her and said, "Can you please tell me which ones AREN'T discontinued?" She pointed to a rack and then went back to ignoring me.

When we FINALLY found a dress that we could all agree upon...I went and found "my" consultant again. She then proceeded to tell me that (and I quote) "It is too early for you to buy your bridesmaids dresses. Please come back in the fall."

WTF.

And to top it off, because I bought my dress at CLASSIC BRIDAL, my bridesmaids would have gotten a 20% discount on their dresses. Needless to say though, we won't be going back there. I actually suggested we try again next month and they all refuse to go back there. Can't say that I blame them.

Thanks for listening!

What a weekend!

Friday

• Had all the bridesmaids over
• Ate too much pizza
• Had margaritas that were way too strong
• Picked out shoes and jewelry for the girls
• Decided on which bridesmaids dresses we like
• Tried to work with everyone's schedule to go shopping
• Still working on that
• Told my little sister that I wanted her to be my maid of honor

Saturday

• Woke up way too early
• Met up with my mom, Fiance's mom, BFF and little sis.
• Went dress shopping!
• Tried on 15 dresses and became discouraged
• Not because I didn't like them
• I liked them all
• Was ready to give up
• Store owner came over and told me to try on one more before I left
• Tried on the dress she picked out
• It was THE dress
• I cried
• Fought with the consultant because she made me take it off
• Made up with the consultant when she told me that since that dress fit me perfectly, I could buy the sample dress at get a discount
• Put a down payment on the dress
• Happy Danced
• Invited Fiance's Mom up for dinner
• Went to meet with a hair stylist that is going to do our hair and makeup for an awesome price
• Went home and took a nap
• Woke up and waited for Fiance and his mom
• Ate dinner
• Drove the 2 miles to the Waterfall Inn to show off our venue
• Everyone loved it!

Sunday

• Woke up to Fiance making strawberry and whipped cream pancakes
• Met Dad at venue
• Signed contract
• Watched Dad write out a deposit check
• Did another Happy Dance
• Made it official that we will marry on May 12, 2012.

It was a great weekend.