When Something is Meant to Be . . .
I feel that I need to share this part of the story very soon after sharing about the Bridal Dress Day.
I picked a dress. An Alfred Angelo dress. As many of you know, an Alfred Angelo dress doesn't have the kindest impact on your wedding budget. I came home from the Bridal Day all hyped and excited. Now, I should have mentioned before that we got engaged in December, but Kelvin was refusing to talk about dates
at all until February! I was already to start the ball rolling on everything and I couldn't get him to even talk about it. There were personal reasons for this that are kind of hard to explain without a page long explanation. We had the Bridal Day on February 1st, so I came home ready to talk dates and dress budget and all of that good stuff.
I walked in the door and Kelvin had a spreadsheet to show me. It had all the numbers of how much we could save for the wedding over what amount of time and how picking the date affected that. I started to see my dress slipping away.
Then we got a phone call from his parents pretty much saying that they couldn't help with the wedding.
We started talking and I lost it.
Full out tears.
It was heart breaking. I thought I had a plan and it all had slipped through my fingers.
Well after having my emotional episode, I decided that I can get what I want within our budget. I just have to get creative.
I started researching used wedding dresses. No it isn't ideal. My MOH thinks it's bad juju, my mom thinks that if you can get a good price it's worth it, Kelvin was fully supportive of saving some money. With all the in mind, I googled.
I found
preownedweddingdress.com. I had a style and color of dress I wanted and started looking. In not too long I found it!
My dress, in my color, in my size. I didn't want to get too excited. Maybe I was reading something wrong, so I emailed the seller. The response: "Yes it is the color you are looking for and the dress has never been worn. Oh and yes, you will save $1000 getting this dress." Okay she didn't actually say that, but it was implied by the list price. Why was it never worn? "I bought out a bridal shop that was going out of business in 2011 and I'm selling off the dresses.
Sign me up!
I paid for the dress, and only a few days later I got it in the mail.
It's perfect! Of course, I'm short so I have to go find an awesome seamstress to alter the length, but we'll figure that one out later. For now, I have the dress and even got it way under budget.
I know sites like preownedweddingdresses.com won't necessarily get the same results for everyone, but if you aren't against the idea, I would recommend at least seeing what is out there!