i finally mustered enough courage to ask two of my girl friends if they can accompany me to this premium outlet for maggie sotteros....... i'm not being uber dramatic, ok? when i say mustered i mean it..... i am one for not being comfortable asking favors, i just don't want to be a bother and before you jump to conclusion, no, that's not two way, in fact i'm flattered when friends asks for favors, that means they trust me.... but in my case i'm just shy to ask favors..... so anyway, finally i did.......
i changed my mind about choosing a gown from our top 5 finalist..... the top 5 that the h2b chose...... we got yelled at by friends and family that we shouldn't be doing what we're doing..... that it's bad luck if the groom sees the bride's dress before the wedding...... i really don't believe too much on superstitions but i do like the idea of surprising my h2b......the h2b on the other hand got a teeny bit paranoid that he's now encouraging me to ask some girl friends to help me out on choosing gowns....... so last thursday (i can do it on a saturday, but i figured weekend is something that everyone looks forward to and i don't want to steal my friend's weekend) J and J and i went to feasterville so i could try on new wedding gowns and i could show them our finalists.....
two of the finalists were kicked out.... one looks old fashioned and the other one looks like i have a buoy under my belly on certain angles.... but there's one finalist that made it though.... and then there's this one gown that's on sale that my friends think look absolutely gorgeous on me...... unfortunately, i didnt share their excitement about that dress because i somehow managed to have gown myopia, lol...... i like the other finalist better......
so i went home and watched all the videos my friend took of me wearing different gowns, specially the "final" finalists ............. i also looked at all the pictures of the two gowns on all angles....... that's when i had a gown epiphany, lol........... there's one gown that i look nice on every angle..... on every single angle...... i knew then that that's the gown i'll be wearing for my civil wedding by the beach.....
to give you a clue i only have a few criterias when looking for a beach wedding gown.......... (1) flowy, (2) it has to be a "certain" neckline, (4) ruched/corset, (5) my bilbil isnt showing on whatever angle (front view, side view, sitting down, etc) ....... the gown i chose exactly has all those......
and the nicest part? i can wear a maggie sottero without breaking the bank.........i will be wearing a maggie sottero gown with a divisoria tag price! how awesome is that! that's because that gown's design is 2 years old and have been phased out so it's on sale plus i got 20% off...... oh, and did i mention the h2b hasn't seen that gown yet? so it's like 4, not 2, but 4 birds in one stone! -- it's cheap, has all the elements i want in a gown, the h2b hasn't seen it and it's a maggie sottero...... so very glad i asked for J and J to come with me because i almost dismissed that gown (it looked too simple for my taste when i first saw it, lol)........
i went to the shop yesterday and bought the gown........ i just have some changes on the gown so i could put my "stamp" on it and had to adjust some other stuff........... so excited to see the finished product! my first fitting is going to be on march next year, 2 months before the civil wedding..........
next stop would be a pronovias trunk show at paoli......... that is for the church wedding gown hunting..... the h2b and i went there a week ago and we love their gowns.......... i have enough money for the church wedding gown now that i bought my beach wedding gown cheap so i think i can afford a pronovias gown without hurting my budget..... plus on trunk shows, you get a discount if you buy your gown from those kind of events so i'm crossing my fingers!
p.s.
no, that gown on the photo is not the gown i'll be wearing...
that's a vera wang gown from davids bridal
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