Found it!

One of my biggest (okay, actually THE biggest) topic of anxiety for me has been finding a wedding dress. I'm not 100% comfortable at the size I am at now. I'm a size 14-16 petite. I didn't think that the bridal shops would have carry anything in my size. I thought they would all be size 6's. Plus all my friends were telling me how you have to go up a jazillion (okay, maybe not quite) sizes up from your typical size since they size wedding gowns smaller. But after a pep talk from some friends, I decided to go with mom to take a first peek at wedding dresses. I had the following criteria in mind:

(1) No strapless dresses
(2) No color aside from white or ivory
(3) Lace on the bodice

We hit up the cute bridal shop near my childhood home. I immediately inform the little old lay of my dress size fears. She instantly puts me at ease. Looks at me and guesses my regular everyday size perfectly and immediately leads me to the Alfred Angelo dresses. No more than 15 minutes later, I've got the below dress on.



How the heck did this happen? But I saw the dress, lost my breath for a second, and the next thing you know..I'm on that bridal pedestal in front of a 3-way mirror. I tried some other dresses on but this is THE ONE. I'm going to show it to my sister and future mother in law in a week or so when I order it.

Now that I've found the dress I really wanted (again, a surprise!), I'm even more excited about planning the wedding! I found a photographer, favors and am close to pickin invitations! So I hope to be posting more when I finalize these details!