Follow up to Rehearsal Dress search

I did a little shopping on the White House/Black Market website last night and came up with these two options...they were only $29.99 each so I had to try them (right?!?).


I'm still on the hunt...but maybe one of these will be perfect. We shall see. :)

Update: Now that I see again, I don't really like the 2nd one. *Sigh* I guess that's what seeing $29.99 when I'm really tired and delirious does to me. I wonder if I can change my order?

Update again: I just bought this one off eBay...love. love. love. It fulfills my obsession with black and white print dresses.

Wedding Wednesday: Trying to choose a Rehearsal Dress

Oy...this is turning into a bigger endeavor than I originally planned. My first plan was to find a dress to go with these shoes. Couldn't find anything I loved. Then, I found this dress and was planning on wearing it with my purple heels. Great plan, right?? Wrong. The dress looks ridiculous on me...partially because it's too big and partially because the straps are way too wide for my shoulders.

So I'm back to the drawing board. Thankfully, I have 2 months to figure this out! After a quick browse of Nordstrom's website, here's what I've come up with. Opinions? I'd be wearing my purple heels.




And, just because I love them, the purple shoes. :)

Fun Day Friday - Wedding Dress Edition

So I have my first dress fitting this afternoon. Kind of excited. Kind of nervous. What if I gained weight and I can't get the dress on? Having to stuff myself into my wedding dress is not going to help the self-esteem. Jut sayin'...

I don't want my dress to look like this on my wedding day:


P.S. That's not my dress...nor is it me. Just a picture that came up in a Google search...

First come shoes, then comes the dress...right?

As I'm sure you all know, I caved and had my SIL go back to buy the shoes at DSW. Well, that just meant I needed to find a new dress too, right? I'm planning on wearing them for my rehearsal...can't wait!

I can't decide if I want to wear black or dark brown...any input? I'm leaning towards brown since it's one of my wedding colors, but maybe I'm putting too much emphasis on that rather than thinking of long term wear? (And yes, Mom, I know Mr. doesn't like brown, but he'll get over it...haha!)

Here are a few J. Crew dresses that have peaked my interest. Choosing one is the hard part!

P.S. The 1st and 2nd are the same style...just different colors. :)

To wrap or not to wrap - that is the question

My latest wedding-related dilemma is related to the fact that my wedding is in November. In Michigan. It's going to be cold...no matter how hard I wish for nice weather. So that leaves me trying to figure out what to wear to keep warm for the outdoor pictures I am determined to have. Is a faux fur wrap too "winter" for a November wedding? Some of the options I've found:

FINALLY - My Shoes :)

After almost 2 months of searching, I've finally found my shoes. They are perfect with my dress (they are more gold in real life). And with some trusty Foot Petals, they will be perfect for my feet. Ahhh...one more item to check off my list. Yay!

Dress Drama

Partially due to my bad mood on Saturday and partially due to my newly acquired bad memory (there's so much wedding stuff to think about...I'm bound to forget something, right?), I completely forgot to take my Spanx with me to try on dresses. Big mistake. When I tried on my dress the first time, I wasn't able to zip it because of the super padded bra David's Bridal puts on you (not sure why I had it on since I definitely don't plan on wearing one!). This happened to be when the alterations lady came over to check what size I would need. Needless to say, she thought I needed to size up 2 sizes (ouch!). After trying on a few more dresses, I went back to "my" dress and tried it without the ginormous bra...and it fit (I wasn't really surprised to be honest). Anyway, the sales associate somehow convinced me to still order the size recommended by alterations. At that point, I just wanted to LEAVE so I agreed with her.

Over the next few days (once I was back to Happy Taryn vs. Cranky Taryn), I realized there was no way I needed to size up 2 sizes in the dress. I wouldn't have been able to zip it if it was 2 sizes too small. Plus, I hadn't tried it on with my Spanx...and all girls know they make a big difference!! So armed with my trusty Spanx (gotta love 'em!), I headed off to the David's Bridal by my work to try on the dress again. Unfortunately, they didn't have the same one, but I tried on one very similar in the same size and it was perfect. This was all it took to convince me to go back to the original store to change the size I ordered. While I was there, I put on "my" dress again and proved to the alterations lady that I'm not as fat as she apparently thought I was. Haha!

I'm MUCH happier now that I have the right size ordered. Wedding day, here I come!! :)

LONG day, but I found my dress!!

I sit here at (almost 8pm) completely exhausted...I'm ready for bed!! Who knew trying on dresses would wear me out so much?! My lovey is working all weekend so mom, sister-in-law, MOH, and I decided today was a perfect day for dress shopping. :) SIL picked me up at 9:30am and we headed up to Frankenmuth to check out what the bridal shop there had to offer. My eye was bothering me so I was pretty cranky while we were there (the poor sale associate!). After deciding against the gowns they had in the shop, the girls and I piled into our respective cars and headed down to David's Bridal. Obviously the selection is much bigger there and I found my dress! It was the 5th (I think?) dress I tried on and, though I wasn't sure the first time I tried it, I realized it was the perfect dress the second time put it on. :) I hope Mr. Jones loves it as much as I do.

I also found the bridesmaid dresses...woo hoo! The dress has a bit of ruching and a nice drape across the front. This will work well to cover any imperfections...who could ask for more? The dress comes with a silver brooch on the side; however, it doesn't work well with my dress so I'm going to have the girls wear a champagne sash instead. I tried on the dress with the sash and LOVED it! I know my girls will all look gorgeous!