Engagement Party/Pictures Dress

Almost done with this week! I have plenty “done” for our wedding and I recently have been searching on Pinterest for a nice pretty engagement party dress. I have found pretty ones, that are lace, ones that are just all white, and some with bling. The ones that I’ve been drawn to are, white with lace, no bling, no bows, no extras. I am just shocked, I am NOT a frilly girl, lace is just NO, and I honestly never thought I’d like it!

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I first saw one, on Pinterest but when clicking it lead to just a larger picture of the dress, bummer, so I searched google for a “White Lace Short Wedding Dress”. Now you may be wondering why I said “short” specifically, well this is a dress that I want to get multiple uses out of, Engagement Party, Engagement Pictures, Bachelorette Party, Rehearsal Dinner, and possibly my Bridal Shower (it’ll be a surprise so this is a maybe). Anyways, I just want this dress to get WORN, plenty of times, so it’s worth what I am spending on it, between $100-$200.

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The engagement Party is  May 24, 2015 which also happens to be Memorial Day weekend. It is going to be a brunch that is taken place on the water, which is perfect for a Photo Op! ;).  I already have the invitations and thank you cards already, which is one less thing I’ll have to get after the holidays. I am excited it’ll be from 12 noon – 3pm which is nice, short 3 hours for everyone to come, eat, mingle, the families get to me, well ALL the families will be together so that’s nice. My mum is being awesome and is hosting this party solo for CA and I, which we toats appreciate.

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So after all the inspiring outfits, I headed over to Lover.ly and scounted their site for some wedding stuff, I found some awesome dresses, including my OWN! I do want almost everyone surprised so I won’t be sharing which one is mine. I found it at a store in my area, I tried it on… 2 sizes TOO small, and it was quite tight on top (by the “girls”) so I went up 2 sizes just in case. ‘Cause ya know, I got hips, a boot-ay, and boobs, and none of those things have shrunk since losing 60lbs.  So even though the dress is arriving TONIGHT, like a week early I’ll try it on, and take note of where I have to “shrink” the most and take it from there. If I need to I have a cleaners that’ll take whatever I need in, and it’ll be perfect.

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I will say, the place I did try it on, it was EH, I don’t think I’d go there to get my wedding dresses, the girl walked away multiple times. Yes, I know it was only for a “party” dress, but still it would have been nice for her to be there just incase I needed anything. There selection was extremely limited also, they had only 3 dresses, one was my size, but it JUST didn’t look right at ALL, the second was a long silky dress… just say NO. The third, ahhhh even though it was 2 sizes too small, it really looked great, I loved that it was short short sleeves, not heavy material at all, no bling, and very simple. I tried to put it on layaway but since it was a certain style (?) they weren’t able to. So, I just went home and ordered it with a CC that I had hiding at home lol.

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