What a week it was of planning. I flew up to Chicago a week ago Friday and meet up with one of the Bridesmaid, Dawn. My mom flew in and my future mother in law came in town as well. We had a great dinner out and prepared for the big day ahead of shopping.
Saturday my mom and I met up with Dawn and Cheryl at House of Brides. Dawn was our official model for trying on bridesmaid dresses. I think she had about 12 dresses to try on. She did the test run and then I then I tried on the dress so that way we could make sure the dress would look good on all the girls. We narrowed it down to one dress at House of Brides. Everyone agreed upon the dress looking the best. After all the dress looking and trying on it was time for a good lunch. Cheesecake Factory called out names!
Priscilla of Boston was our next stop. This was my favorite part of the day. I got to put my wedding dress on with the veil, jewelry and all and show my mom and future mother in law and Dawn. Everyone cried when they saw me in the dress. It was so neat to have that reaction from everyone. It makes me even more excited for the big day.
After the tears, it was time for bridesmaid dresses. They had a size for both myself and Dawn so we could see how it would fit on different sized bodies. The mothers liked the gray and us two liked the soft black. The final decision came to the soft black and brooches will be added so tie in the light blue color.
After we were done with dress shopping, it was time for the mothers to do a little dress shopping as well. We hit Lord N Taylor and Macy's but did not find anything that was just right. But it was sure fun.
Good bye Chicago...onto Wisconsin
Saturday my mom and I met up with Dawn and Cheryl at House of Brides. Dawn was our official model for trying on bridesmaid dresses. I think she had about 12 dresses to try on. She did the test run and then I then I tried on the dress so that way we could make sure the dress would look good on all the girls. We narrowed it down to one dress at House of Brides. Everyone agreed upon the dress looking the best. After all the dress looking and trying on it was time for a good lunch. Cheesecake Factory called out names!
Priscilla of Boston was our next stop. This was my favorite part of the day. I got to put my wedding dress on with the veil, jewelry and all and show my mom and future mother in law and Dawn. Everyone cried when they saw me in the dress. It was so neat to have that reaction from everyone. It makes me even more excited for the big day.
After the tears, it was time for bridesmaid dresses. They had a size for both myself and Dawn so we could see how it would fit on different sized bodies. The mothers liked the gray and us two liked the soft black. The final decision came to the soft black and brooches will be added so tie in the light blue color.
After we were done with dress shopping, it was time for the mothers to do a little dress shopping as well. We hit Lord N Taylor and Macy's but did not find anything that was just right. But it was sure fun.
Good bye Chicago...onto Wisconsin