About My Wedding Dress

After getting engaged, naturally I went to Target and bought every wedding magazine on the shelf & made 2 appointments to try on wedding dresses. When my fiance finally got the time, he sat down with me & we went through all the dress pictures in each magazine so that we could get a good feel of what he likes & what I like before my appointments. Overall, it went pretty well. I found about a hundred things I liked & wanted in a dress & Trev found ONE. One dress that he put his little sticky note on that said "Trev". 

As I get to my first appointment, (with 5 of my bridesmaids, my sister & my mother), I tried on just about every dress I liked, and every dress my mom/sister/bridal party liked - needless to say, it was so exciting & so much fun but I didn't end up with even an inclining of what to buy. We all went to lunch before my second appointment, which was at a fancy dress boutique that reminded me so much of the show Say Yes To The Dress. As we were choosing dresses to try on, I saw this absolutely gorgeous long dress that I really hoped was within my budget - of course, it wasn't. I brought it in the dressing room anyway & it was the last dress I tried on. Now, I've ALWAYS thought it was really cheesy when women say that the second they see themselves in the dress, they know it's THE ONE, & then they get all teary-eyed & so does everyone else & it's this big moment & blah blah blah. WELL - I see what they are talking about. I didn't get teary-eyed or start full on crying (although my mom did), but I did get goosebumps & butterflies thinking that this is definitely the dress I want to marry the love of my life in. So, I bought it. 

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the dress I got. It has every feature that I wanted & every piece of it looked GREAT on my body. But, after only going to 2 places, and buying the dress on the very first day of looking - I was starting to get that fright, that panic, that "omg why was I so impulsive, I had plenty of time to look" feeling. So my friend (& bridesmaid) came back to my house with me to help calm me down. When we got to my house & told Trev that I bought a dress he looked really surprised, which only added to the feelings I was having. But after telling him the feelings I was having about it, being the prince charming he is, comforted me by telling me "it's good that you got that out of the way! Now it's just one less thing to worry about". & he was right. Buying your wedding dress is a big decision, & I was happy to not have to decide on one when it came down to the wire. 

To take my mind off the anxiety, my friend & I pulled out the wedding magazines to tackle our next planning task. As I was looking through the many magazines with the many sticky notes, there it was; right there in the magazine. The dress I had bought that day, with a little pink sticky note in sloppy handwriting that said "Trev". I had unknowingly bought the exact & only dress Trev had loved.    

Valentine

As much as I love love, you can imagine that Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays. I'll pretty much take any opportunity to be & feel romantic so I put together a little Valentine gift list with a few sweet & small gestures to 'treat yo self' to for the occasion.    

1. Cat Rings
2. Roses Candle
3. Cristina Re Designer Tea Cups
4. Too Faced Makeup Brushes
5. Love Letter Necklace
6. Chanel Eau Tendre Perfume
7. Kate Spade New York Watch



Today I feel incredibly rewarded & so thankful that I have Trev as my partner. I am overwhelmed with the thought that I have someone to love each day, someone to laugh with, someone to cry with, someone who knows more about me than even I know sometimes & someone that I can rely on, be there for & learn more about every day for the rest of my life. I had never imagined my life being so fulfilling, so adventurous & so worthwhile as it has been since I've met & fell in love with him & I can't envision where I would be without him. 

I love you, my Valentine.