Dress.. Check - Finally!

my mother dear went and ordered my dress yesterday! YAY!!! =) from the get go looking in magazines and online.. i had my heart set on THE one. i went to The Brides in Appleton, and tried it on, and was sure i wanted it. i liked the girl that helped me out.. but my mom and sisters thought she was too fake and pushy- overly nice for the sale. so we went to another store the the next day so i could be sure i wanted the dress.. i tried the dress on again with 5 others. loved the first one and another one which my mom picked out and fell in love with. but my mom and sister agreed that the one i liked was very "me" ... i thought so too.. but i really loved the dress that my mom picked out. it made me feel fancy. since i didnt choose that dress- i suppose i can show you a picture of it!
anyways- Linda at The Bridal Event in Appleton ( http://www.thebridalevent.net/ ) is getting my sale. she was so friendly- and offered ideas for us to save money on the dress and what other brides have done and so on and so forth. so i thought about which dress i liked most for a few days. i looked at them online a bunch.. but stumbled across another one i wanted to try on.. so a couple days ago- i set up an appointment at a shop here in milwaukee near miller park. i couldnt find anyone to go with me.. so i went by myself. dan drove me though =) haha. well- i hated that dress. or maybe the woman at the dress shop just really freaked me out. so- dont go dress shoping at The Bridal Sweet located at 9000 Greenfield Ave. in West Allis. it was the least accomodating shop i've been to. it only has one woman working at a time.. they dont have strapless bras for you to use.. (not like i would have changed into one there anyways.. i was so uncomfortable around her that i left my shirt on! that didnt seem to be weird to her. i guess many girls dont take off their shirts when she works. but she did find it stupid of me to leave my jeans on.. i am like- hello.. it is a dress.. it is poofy. i've left pants on at every other store i've gone to...) she also didnt help me into the dress.. didnt clip the back tighter so it appeared to fit.. didnt answer any questions or make small talk.. then when i told her i was done- after like 30 seconds of being in the dress.. (i wanted the hell outta there!)- she just kinda looked at me like i was some kind of diesase. i had to get out of the dress on my own as well. the only thing she did for me was give me a hand held mirror. yeah. thanks? so.. i immediately called my mom and had her order dress number one. =) i'm happy. plus, i think dan will like it =)

in other news.. we got a call back from the invitation shop. they're ready for us to pick up =) that ended up being really fast. we ordered them on my birthday.. and it is exactly two weeks since then. great job Ace Printing!! ( http://weddingcentre-wi.com/ace_printing.htm )