11: Final dress fitting!

11 days to go!

This past Saturday (it was a busy day for me) I went to my final dress fitting. You may remember that I bought my dress almost a year ago ... then I lost 20lbs and my dress ended up being 4 sizes too big! In January I took my dress into a local dress shop for my first fitting and the seamstress seemed very confident that she would be able to fix my dress and make it fit again. Fast forward to 6 weeks later and my final dress fitting. I walked into the shop, stepped into the dressing room, slipped on my dress and had the seamstress tie me up AND low and behold my dress fit again! You can't even tell it was ever altered! And its just the perfect length - you can see my totally awesome red shoes!!! I absolutely love my dress and it was a pretty awesome feeling to have it fit perfectly! I can't wait to wear it on our wedding day! 11 days to go!!! In two more days I'll be able to start watching the weather report to see what our wedding day weather will be!!!

54: I was fit to be tied

54 days to go!

On Saturday I met up with my mom (who drove down from Oroville) at a local bridal shop to get my dress fitted for alterations. You may remember that my dress is four sizes too big. The fitting went really well and the seamstress is not worried about how big my dress is on me, she's confident she can fix it AND it cost less than I thought it was going to! My next fitting is not until two weeks before the wedding because I told her that I was hoping and planning to lose some more weight before the wedding. With that in mind she left some room in the back where the corset can be tied up tighter just in case I lose a lot more (I'm hoping I do - but you know how things go).

Here is a photo my mom took of me - she had me do this silly pose so she could get all my wedding day jewelry in the shot. You'll notice my something old and my something new and even my something borrowed - which I'll be posting about soon!

73: Preparing for my 1st fitting

73 days to go!

My 1st dress fitting is coming up in a couple of weeks and I knew I needed to determine what type of undergarments I would need to be wearing under it ... so last night my best friend Linsey came over and helped me try on my dress!

AND my suspicions were confirmed ... its way too big :(

My dress is a corset-type dress that laces up the back ... and even though Linz laced it as tight as she could get it ... it's still too big! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my seamstress can work some magic!

Here's a sneek peek at my at-home fitting last night

And just incase I haven't mentioned it before ... I effin' love my shoes!!!

95: Three sizes too big!

95 days to go!

We're closing in on the 3 month mark so I've spent the last few days searching for a bridal shop to do the alterations on my now 3 sizes too big wedding dress. Thanks to some recommendations from fellow Knotties, I called a local store and have secured a date for my first dress fitting. Now, I've just got to get all those unmentionables together to take to the fitting with me. At least I already have the shoes :)

Dress shopping!!!

I went dress shopping yesterday at David's Bridal in Roseville with my mom, my maid of honor/cousin Farina and one of my bridesmaids, Linsey. David's Bridal was a crazy mad house. It was like the running of the bulls when they opened their doors at 12 noon. There were sooo many people there. After we checked in for our appointment, we started browsing through the dresses and after a while we started collecting dresses for me to try on. By the time we were assigned a consultant we had like 10 dresses collected for trying in. We carried all the dresses to the smallest dressing room ever. My consultant was not very attentive ... but, I knew not to expect excellent customer service from this particular bridal chain warehouse. I must have tried on a dozen dresses ... well, I don't know if it was really that many but it sure seemed like a lot. And, OMG, those dresses way a ton! The dress that I had fallen in love with online was not available in my size, or even a size I could of attempted to try on (it was only available in a size 0) ... so that was a little disappointing. I was able to try on a few other dresses that I had looked at online - including "THE" dress! It was the last dress I tried on AND even though it's nothing like what I thought I would want to try on or even like ... I absolutely L-O-V-E it!!! I'm not going to post any pictures because I haven't decided if I am going to show Jon a picture of the dress (the online photo from David's Bridal) yet or not ... but, if you want to see it you can email me and I'll send you a picture (one where I am wearing the dress)!!! I'm so excited! And, it was a great price - right in the range I was looking to spend! Woohoo!!! Now, I just need that tax rebate check to hurry up and arrive so I can pay the dress off :)