True Dress Debacle

Ha, so I guess I spoke too soon with that last blog! I thought there were issues with my bridesmaids dresses before... now I'm told that Jim Hjelm can't do the colors I chose from their swatch book. One of the associates at MB Bride called me this morning to apologize... if only they would've discovered this a month ago when they told me the colors would be fine! After I spent hours upon hours in that store debating on colors and after most of my bridesmaids put money down, got measured, etc. Wouldn't it have made sense to check if the color combo was alright BEFORE you told me "YES, WE CAN THAT!" You guys are supposed to know more about these dresses then I do! Grrrrr.

So yet AGAIN back to the drawing board. We are most likely just going to swap the colors for my Plan B scheme. But this whole thing is so not cool!

Tonight Nikki, Rachel, and I are going in and I'm telling them what's up!

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Dear MB Bride & Special Occasions,
With the exception of one really nice associate who works there (Linda), I think your service stinks! If people hadn't already paid I would go elsewhere for my bridesmaids dresses. Oh and your lighting makes even beautiful people look gross.
Sincerely,
A Very Disgruntled Bride

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Plan B and final color combo... Pewter / Black / Black

Dress Debacle

So on Saturday morning Tara and I went into MB Bride so she could get fitted for her bridesmaid dress for my wedding. I just found out the orders need be in for all 5 of my bridesmaids by next week, yikes! Good news is that the girls only have to put half down to order them, bad news is that they can't order any of them til all 5 girls come in, get measured, and put half down.

It would've been great if they would have told me the last time I went in that they needed ordered by like now!

So please ladies, get to MB Bride as soon as you can so they can measure you! I'm so sorry for the rush and for this expense coming during the Christmas season.

Store hours: Open 7 days a week
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 11:00am to 8:30pm
Tuesdays and Fridays: 11:00am to 5:00pm
Saturdays: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Sundays: (Jan - April) 11:00pm to 4:00pm; (May - Dec) 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Bride Avatars

Ok so theknot.com has way to many features that keep my occupied for far too long. On this specific section you can create your own bride avatar. I obviously took this a bit farther than necessary once I got photoshop involved... these are friends / family / currently engaged / recently married... I'm such a dork.

http://weddings.theknot.com/MyInnerBride/

{ my bridal party - no one is allowed to say theirs doesn't look like them, I mean there are only so many options! }

D R E S S E S

Last night Tara and I went to MB Bride. They seemed to have a larger selection of bridesmaids dresses then most. She tried on most of the same dresses I had Carly try on a few weeks ago... I still have no idea which ones I like best. I am extremely picky and want their dresses to have similarities to mine and be made from a similar fabric. (Not an easy task!)

After she had tried on a dozen or so dresses I found myself wondering over in the bridal gown area. Even though I have a gown picked out from another store. This could have turned out tragic in the event that I found a new dress. Thankfully trying on about 5 or 6 more dresses just made me like mine even more. :)

Control Freak

Ok so perhaps I've been told once or twice that I clearly need to be in control of any given situation. That may or may not be true. The groom-to-be has called me "bossy" on more than one occasion. Although I promise it's only because when no one is in charge and chaos starts then I take over... ;)

As a bride-to-be I know there will be bumps along the way to planning our wedding. Currently my emotions are wrapped around the fact that I am not involved in my bridal shower. I am perfectly aware that I am not supposed to be planning my shower. My bridesmaids are great and I do trust them. It's just hard to surrender things like this to someone else completely.

I worry about how much they are spending because I don't want anyone spending too much on this party for me. I want my bridesmaids to enjoy it and feel a sense of pride in the end for what they will accomplish, not feel like they are just writing a check to someone for an absurd amount and that's it.