Holy crap, girls! I visited a consignment store today, and guess what I found? A $3,000 Judd Waddell dress that fits me perfectly for ... drumroll if you please ... $555! Here are some pics - they don't do it justice!
I'm ... soooo ... happy ... !
Okay here's me in the dress - Please excuse the terribly doofy look on my face and the "No Parking Except for Bob" sign ... they were taken by me seamstress, not my photographer ! Whomever wore it before me was slightly shorter waisted than me, so the waist won't crease like this after it's fixed .
-- Edited by LMonet at 18:00, 2005-09-01
-- Edited by LMonet at 18:02, 2005-09-01
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It's beautiful! Was this an impulse thing? I thought you were getting the one with the olive sash? This one is equally breathtaking, though (and probably easier to accessorize ). What a deal, too!
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It was totally an impulse thing - I'd been hemming and hawing about the watters one w/ the olive sash, not positive and worried about ordering online and finding a seamstress to deal with the alterations. I walked into this very upscale consignment place (ladies, we are talking Chloe, Balenciaga, Badgley Mischka, etc) not even knowing that they had wedding dresses. I saw this on the rack and snapped it up - I couldn't even see the size or the price - and when I put it on it was just .... an 'Aha!' kind of moment.
I am looking forward to accessorizing this one - the olive sash, though cool and different, was a thorn in my side for accessorizing!
Gruiz - I am afraid of second thoughts, especially since we still have 10 months to go! I am banning myself from looking at any more dresses! Though I did spend alllllll night thinking about it (in a good way ) so I got maybe 1-2 hours of sleep.
Bex - FH would kill me! I will feel much less guilty about my $120 shoes now though!
I will post pics of me in the dress on Thursday - I'm going to a consultation with my seamstress and I'll have her take some pics since FH refuses to!
-- Edited by LMonet at 14:03, 2005-08-30
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