Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Struggles...

Well, if you had told me that measuring for a dress (and getting it right) was going to take 2 weeks, I would have said you're crazy! But that's where I sit... nearly.

Last week I ordered and paid for my wedding dress. When my bust, waist and hip sizes did not match any of the standard sizes on the sizing chart things started to get complicated. The company that makes the dresses asked for a whole lot of measurements that I had never done before and didn't have a clue about (like measuring from your shoulders to you waist, etc.). After three emails back and forth being asked to double check the sizing, I threw in the towel.

By throwing in the towel, I mean I asked if I could just go to the shop and have them do the measurements. As long as it's on a weekday, they'll do measurements for free. So, I called the shop... they wanted to wait until the 14th (that would have been almost 2 weeks from when I ordered the dress!) to fit me in. With a bit of cajoling, I managed to get an appointment for Thursday. Only during that phone call did the sales lady ask if I'd been doing the measurements in the proper undergarments that would go with the dress.

ACK! No! I was in my regular bra... since I haven't bought the proper undergarments yet! If I'd known all that, maybe this whole process could have gone a bit smoother. Or maybe I would have called the shop earlier to ask them to measure me.

Either way... I should be able to have the dress in May at the latest. *sigh of relief*

Thursday, February 03, 2011

A dress...

So... I have officially chosen a dress! Yay! One MAJOR thing down and many others left to go... haha.

I'm not going to put it up, because who knows whether out of a whim Shimon would check this blog. If you're interested in seeing a picture, drop me a mail and I'll send you a pic.

The next dilemma is shoes. I still need to fax measurements to the dress folks. And in the list of measurements they want to know the height of heel that I'll be wearing. I'm going back and forth between a kitten heel (3-5cm) or flats. I don't wear heels that often and Shimon is not that much taller than I am. Plus, the wedding is going to be outside and I want to be completely comfortable. If I wore heels a lot, I'd be less reluctant to go with heels, but I don't.

Any advice for wedding shoes?? I'm just curious what other people have done or are thinking about this mini-dilemma.

Hope everyone is staying warm! Especially folks who are in areas that are being battered with snow!!!