20/07/2026
The first dress I tried on and I think I fell in love!
This is absolutely crazy, but I went to a bridal sample sale today and think I found the dress of my dreams!!
I went to the sample sale on a whim, just to check out what was available out there and maybe try on some different silhouettes to see how they looked on my body. I thought it might be lower-key than a full bridal appointment where everyone was staring at me for my reaction 😅 This was actually the first dress that I picked off the rack and the first one that I tried on 😂 I had read about brides doing this before and thought, "psh, no way that will ever be me" and that I would need to visit a billion shops to decide. But I tried on a bunch after this one, and kept wanting to put this one back on. When I finally did about 10 dresses later, I still loved it and didn't want to take it off.
I thought about waiting and trying to find this model online later if I still thought about it, but then found out that it was basically impossible to find online, and that it was a dress sent by the designer for the sample sale, so I probably would not be able to find it anywhere else unless I was really lucky.
Not to mention!!! It was a $2500 dress that was priced at $499 🤯 I am definitely a sucker for a good sale, but I realized that even if it was full price, I wanted to buy it. I also had to hand it to an employee for a bit to go move my car, and was nervous the whole time that it would accidentally be put back on the rack and taken by someone else. The employee told me that was a good sign haha 😄
Soooo I bought it!!! And will likely still try some bridal shops for the full experience with my loved ones (I was by myself at the sample sale, unfortunately), but I had to have this one just in case 💖 and now it is sitting in my closet and I want to go put it on every hour 🤪 all this to say, try things you wouldn't think you want and have an open mind!!! Maybe the right dress is just waiting to come to you 👗
