THE dress

Last saturday commenced the search for THE wedding dress...both parents came along, which made the search quite interesting. The day started out going book shopping so that dad would have something to read while mom and i searched. we went to three stores and hit gold... or should i say lace at the third store.

I should add that the night before i offered up a small prayer to God that if He could, as silly as it may sound, have a dress picked out for me...a predestined dress if it could be called that. i knew this time was going to be stressful, i didn't want to become a bratty daughter on our search and i definetly didn't want to compromise any of my convictions regarding modesty. another interesting thing that happened was that night when jonathan and i prayed together, he (without me saying anything) also prayed that i would find a dress that was clearly made for me ...something preordained. Its things like that which make my heart so happy, knowing that jonathan and i share similar convictions and have similar thoughts and prayers that we offer to God. In the end our prayers were answered.

the first store was Whatchamacalit's and they had sooooo many dresses jam packed together. mom and i were literally working out as we pulled out dress after dress. by the time we were through we both had broken into a nice glisteny sweat. the dresses were nice and each one i tried on seemed to be "the one" according to the lady who was assisting us. we left with no luck, but i had some ideas.

after this first store i had worked up an appetite, so we all went to Jason's Deli. i got 1/2 a sandwich, soup, AND a salad...which completely destroyed my ability to suck in. but at least it made shopping easier on a full stomach.

our next stop was Mockingbird Bridals. This place was nice...seriously. We had to make an appointment and i had my own personal attendant. mom and i looked through dresses and found a few nice ones. I tried on one that i thought was "the one", but it ended up not being so. I was a bit devastated to the point of tears as we left the store. the dress was beautiful but a bit immodest, and to make it modest (which was possible) would have cost us wayy over budget. Hence, we decided to search elsewhere. its actually cool that this dress didn't work because when i showed my daddy he wasn't too impressed, but when he saw me in the dress that we ended up getting his first words were "whoa"...the response i was looking for.

The lady who was helping me at Mockingbird Bridals referred us to a place called Anonymously Yours. Its a second hand store that also sells wedding dresses. We go in and start looking. mom is eagerly trying to find something and im being pouty with tears slowly running down my cheeks, still..i start looking. this dress...no, this dress...no, this dress...no, this dress...no, maybe. ill try it on. i put the dress on, it fits so perfectly. its not revealing, its really different which definetly fits my style, but still gorgeous and sweet. i loved it so much that i didn't want to take it off. Turns out this dress hadn't been previously owned, but it was a designer gown that was discontinued so no one else will be wearing it. i walked to the front of the store so that daddy could see it...he walks in and says "whoa". I keep walking around in it, and the owner of the store starts talking to us. "I try to get brides to try on that dress all the time, and everyone thinks it looks too weird, but here you come and try it on and Its Perfect! Its like God made that dress for you or somethin'!" These were her exact words and as soon as she said them i was like "ok God i think this is the one".

we got the dress, took it home and i tried it on twice that night, and named it isabelle the day after. so thats my wedding dress story. praise be to God who is so faithful to answer prayer, even if its for THE wedding dress.


id post pictures, but this dress is classified as "TOP SECRET" until december 20th