A couple weeks ago, I sat on a blanket next next to the wives of my brothers friends. He and his buddies were playing in an intramural football game at BYU and me and the wives were cheering the men on.  The “wives section” is a common site at BYU because many students get married while still in school.  When …

About 12 hours after the redhead proposed, a good friend of mine suggested (cough cough *insisted* cough) that I check the website of a local wedding dress shop, as a Monique Lhuillier trunk show was supposed to be happening there within a few weeks.  At that point, Kristen was also a bride-to-be and had already selected her wedding dress but …

I need to make a shout-out to all my homies at Priscilla of Boston. This is just a preliminary kudos, because the FINAL dress/veil/accessory pickup transaction has yet to occur, but let me just share this story with you:

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… (okay, maybe like, last year) a certain mother-of-the-bride …

Even though I’m too superstitious to show you my actual dress (well, I guess I couldn’t even if I wanted to – I don’t have a picture of it!), I couldn’t not talk about that part of the wedding planning process – it’s one of the best parts!  The pictures I’m including here are from my first trip – there …

Let me preface this by saying I am a researcher by nature and by profession….please don’t think I am crazy.

Back in March – just two months after I got engaged – I had already been to 7 bridal salons and tried on over 50 gowns. By April, my number had reached 100 but at that point I had also FOUND …

Recently I went dress shopping with a friend of mine who is also getting married in 2010. The owner of the store just happened to be there, and she said to us, “You girls spend HOURS on the Internet looking for the perfect dress and come in with all sorts of pictures you’ve found. And what good does it do? …

By the time I visited Nicole Miller, I had already memorized all of the dresses on the website. I could have told you if something was new or removed, same goes for the J.Crew Weddings site. Some might say this is obsessed or crazy, but I just like to think I’m thorough in my research. :)

I finally got to try …

Last time we left off I was trying on dresses in the $2k-4k range. After that day, I promised myself–no more trying on dresses over $2k. Under $1k? Even better!

[Yes. That is me. Checking the price tag.]

My favorite dress during that trip was Silaba by Manuel Mota–barely under the 2k mark. But at least I was making progress! :)

It took me about six months to buy a wedding dress, and in those six months I visited five different salons and probably tried on about forty dresses. Can you imagine? FORTY DRESSES. I remember going to my first appointment and asking “what’s a sweetheart neckline?” and by the end of round 2 of dress shopping I was a pro …

If there is one “pretty thing” I love more than paper, it would have to be fashion, hands down.  So of course, the hunt for the perfect dress and the perfect wedding day style began as soon as I said “I will.”  While I had a general idea of what I wanted (well, more what I didn’t want: no beads, …