Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Say 'Maybe' to the Dress

I am not a fan of wedding dress shopping.  At most, I've been able to find dresses that were ok.  They were serviceable.  They would do.  And I was sort of fine with that.  After all, I've come to grips (mostly) with the fact that no matter what dress I get, I will still look like me.  And I probably won't find exactly what I want.  I'm not even sure I know exactly what I want.  So I am perfectly willing to settle for adequate. 

Except that even these "adequate" dresses are priced at upwards of $500.  And that's not counting alterations, which could be another $400 or even more.  So now we're talking about paying nearly $1000 for a dress I don't even like that much.  And I just . . . can't do it.

So instead, I bought a white cotton dress off Ebay for $50 (it's a style I already own and love in electric blue).  I'll use that as an emergency backup dress and keep prowling the department stores for something more affordable.

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