THE dress

Today I (or really, my dad!) purchased the most important dress I will ever buy--my wedding dress!  My maid of honor and I went dress shopping this past weekend while she was in town, and fell in love with the very first dress I tried on.  We went to two different boutiques, and had an AMAZING experience at the first store, and an okay one at the second.  The girl that helped us at the first store did such a great job of sitting down with us for 15-20 minutes when we first got there, and talking to me about my style, the wedding plans we have already made, my vision for the wedding, my likes and dislikes, and more.  She was so friendly and fun, and wonderful to work with.  All of the dresses she picked out for me to try on matched my descriptions of my likes and dislikes, and she just knocked it out of the park with the first one.  Every dress I tried on after that, I compared to the first.  The second store that we went to just didn't do as good of a job listening to me.  The girl only took a minute or two to ask about what I liked and didn't like, and then almost all the dresses she brought didn't fit in with my likes and dislikes, and once again, every single dress I put on I thought "well, this part of it is really pretty, but the dress yesterday was PERFECT."  So this afternoon I went back to the first store with my parents, and they approved, so we purchased the dress and the veil!  I am SO excited and can't wait to wear it!!!