Shopping For Discount Bridal Gowns
February 24th, 2007 | by info |Many young girls dream about their wedding day and they all want the fairytale to come true for them. Me, what I did was cut out pictures of things that I would like to have someday. I remember being 11 years old when my 20-year old sister was planning her wedding. I would cut out pictures of bridal gowns and flowers, cakes and decorations that I wanted to keep in case I ever got married.
Now, I’m planning my own wedding at the age of 22. I pulled out that old shoebox of pictures I’d kept from my sister’s wedding and smiled at all of them. Some of them were definitely out of style, but others gave me some wonderful ideas. Suddenly, I found myself looking through bridal magazines looking to plan my own fairytale wedding. My first task was to go shopping for the perfect gown. But to save some money, I’ve decided to look for discount bridal gowns. Until this point, I had no idea that there were so many bridal gowns in existence. I guess I’d never really given much thought to the pages and pages of gowns in all of those wedding magazines.
I walked into my state’s largest and most popular bridal store and almost walked right back out. There were bridal gowns in every corner of that store and made me feel very intimidated. My mother dragged me to the first corner and suggested that I start just browsing, seeing if anything jumps out to grab my attention. Nothing did. For the first hour, I was still too overwhelmed by all of the bridal gowns to narrow anything down. The salespeople kept making suggestions for me but I wanted to find something on my own. They finally got the hint and left me alone with my own fantasies and thoughts.
After another hour, I’d chosen four discount bridal gowns that I felt were elegant enough to try on. With the help of a very nice saleslady and my mother, I tried them on. The final gown that I put on was stunning. I looked in the mirror and gasped. I knew just by glancing in the mirror that it was meant to be my wedding gown. My mother’s eyes met mine and she nodded. The funny thing was that the picture of the perfect dress that I’d been holding since I was young, looked very similar to this one. Maybe at the age of 11, I already knew what I wanted.