My Wedding Dress - Davinci #8220

I received my wedding dress today!! I ordered it in October or November from eBay seller priyantogunardi. He custom ordered it for me and had it delivered to my doorstep! Being that it was special ordered, it took a little over 3 months, which is standard and I'm so pleased with my purchase and also pleased that I saved over $300 on the purchase price from local retailers.

My wedding dress is Da Vinci style #8220 and I got it in white/white.

Disappointed with David's Bridal :(

<---This picture says it all. (well, I'm kind of smirking a bit because I knew the picture was going to be taken and I did really love the veil, but I really was exhausted and annoyed.)

David's Bridal exhausted me. None of the bridal gowns jumped out at me, and neither did any of the bridesmaids dresses. Now I'm thinking about checking out Raylia Designs for the bridesmaids dresses. There are some shops around here that offer that designer and the turquoise or sky blue looks really pretty. Plus they seem to have a lot more different styles of dresses that I like.

Looking on the bright side...I found the size/style of veil that I like! I want a white, layered elbow length veil. I've seen some on eBay with butterfly satin embellishments on them for like $15. That'd be perfect! No need to spend $69 on a veil from David's. (In my opinion)

As far as my bridal gown goes, I'm sticking with DaVinci #8220. I love that dress! It has the sweetheart neckline that I love, it's fitted on top, full on the bottom and embellished, just the kind of dress I wanted. :) And did I mention it's also the cheapest one I've tried on? Gotta love that!

Wedding Dress Shopping - with Bridesmaids!

Tomorrow I have an appointment scheduled at David's Bridal so that my bridesmaids and myself can try on dresses! I went a couple of weeks ago to look at bridal dresses and I found one that I really like. But...after getting advice from my bridesmaids, I will not be making the purchase until after we go to David's - just in case I find something I like better there. Plus I think if I get my dress there, my bridesmaids would get a discount and that would rock. =)

I'm 97% sure that I want to get their dresses in the Cornflower blue color shown on the pic from David's on the left. I'm letting my maids choose their own style, but I do want them all to be wearing the same shade and probably the same hem length too.

I'll be sure to post pictures!

I found THE wedding dress!

I found my dress this past weekend!

I ventured into The Hope Chest Bridal on Saturday morning where I had previously sent them 2 dress styles via e-mail and then they picked some other dresses based on the styles of the ones I sent them. Needless to say, the only 2 I tried on were the ones I picked out. I'm glad it was so easy for me to decide! What's really nice is that they had all of the dresses in a room for me, waiting until I got there.

The dress I have chosen is DaVinci style #8220. The one I'm wearing in the picture is ivory, but I will be getting the dress in white. (see pic below) I haven't ordered it yet but I will be very soon!!

Engaged! ...for about 6 months now! :)

Roger and I have been engaged for a little over 6 months (or about 18 months if you want to get technical :) and it's all FINALLY starting to set in for me. I have just started this blog to keep all of my ideas, thoughts, photos, venues, vendors in one place.

I haven't tried on dresses yet, but I plan to very, very soon. Here are the ones that I like so far: (All would be in white, regardless of what color is shown)



The first one is David's Bridal #T8946R. The other 2 are DaVinci #8228, 8246 & 8220 (In order)

I'm not sure that I'll like the way strapless dresses fit, but I do know that my boobs won't be so heavy that they'll push my dress down. I do really like the halter neck styles.