elleinad16
Have you ever looked beyond today into the future?
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- May 2, 2010
I love the Cindy!!! It looks so fabulous on you! Congrats for getting your dress--can't wait to read about your Disney trip!
Okay, so I'm going to do a quick trip report of my Disney trip sometime soonish, I promise--- but I REALLY wanted to share with you all that I bought my dress!!!
When I landed in Florida on Monday (the 14th), my grandmother (henceforth known as Grammy) surprised me and told me that she had made an appointment for us to go dress shopping! I was a little surprised, to say the least! I told her I really wanted to try on the Disney dresses, and so she found an Alfred Angelo store close to the Orlando airport (the one in Altamonte Springs, in case you're wondering) that had some plus size samples! So off to the store we went--- and boy, was I stressed out!
We were about an hour and a half early to the salon, so we had lunch at Subway first, and then wandered around A.A. until it was 2:00 and time for our appointment, and I was mentally freaking out. I had also been up since 4:00am, hadn't showered that day, and was all in all out of it. (I really wish I had more pictures to make this story a little more exciting, but I was too tired to even process the concept of picture taking!)
When our time was up (I was really surprised that they were so busy at noon on a Monday!), I met with my consultant, Stacey, who was very nice. I was a little nervous about that--- I had heard horror stories of plus size girls whose consultants were snooty, but Stacey was very nice and helpful. She brought in the Cinderella dress, which was my top choice, as well as the Snow White and Sleeping Beauty dresses.
I tried on Cindy first, and it was love at first sight. (My grandfather has all of the initial pictures on his camera phone, and he has no idea how to put them on his computer, unfortunately!) It was EXACTLY what I had imagined it would be, and I didn't want to take it off--- but I did to try on the others. Snow White was pretty--- I loved the bottom of the dress, but I thought the flowers on top kind of made it look like eyes. And the Sleepy Beauty dress was just too feathery on the bottom and not to my taste--- I didn't even come out of the room. So then I decided to try the Cinderella dress on again...
...and then I decided to buy it! Here's a picture of me in the dress, making a weird face:
Anyway, I LOVE it so much!!!! That one doesn't have the glittery tulle, but I ordered my dress with it--- the size 4 (HA!) sample had it, and it's just perfect! I also ended up buying the veil in this picture, and a tiara, and a fuzzy shawl in case it gets cold at night during our dessert party. Alfred Angelo is going to ship the dress directly to me, so now I just need to find a seamstress!
I hope you guys love it as much as I do!!!!
Oh, you picked my favorite AA Disney dress! I just *love* the Cinderella, and it looks lovely on you! Congrats on finding your perfect dress!
I love the Cindy!!! It looks so fabulous on you! Congrats for getting your dress--can't wait to read about your Disney trip!
Love the dress on you! You look beautiful! I like it more with the sparkle also, it just adds something special. I felt the same way you did about the sleeping beauty dress, it was like to much was going on. I am sooooo happy that you had a good experience at the store. The dress is very slimming and looks great on you!
Beautiful dress!!! It looks great on you!!! And yay for the sparkle!!! Definately love more sparkle!!!
It's beautiful!!!
Just read your pj and LOVE your dress! I have to say, I think it looks better on your figure than it does on the model--it is so flattering!!! I always loved the design, but thought it looked unbalanced on the model...you make it look great, congrats!!!!
I love your dress!! It looks perfect on you!!! Did you buy the veil you have on also? Or are you waiting on that?? I found AA veil's to be out of my budget for a veil so I ended up jazzing up my own.
Love the start to your PS, I can't wait to schedule mine!!!
I just read through your entire PJ and can't believe that I had missed it until now!!!
I love the way you look in that Cinderella dress. It is so amazing and flattering. I also had so many woes when it came to dress shopping and I actually put it off until about 4 months from my wedding (I don't recommend that to anybody). With so many plus size brides why do wedding shops make it so difficult for us and make us feel like we are not worthy? OK, over my rant, .
You will love Sago Cay for your dessert party. It may look smallish during the day and undecorated but it has plenty of room for everybody to enjoy the festivities.
I am also in the addicted to the Dis weddings board group and I already had my wedding! Just so you know it doesn't end after the wedding, lol.
BTW, where in Connecticut are you from? I was born there but moved away to Florida when I was young because my dad was transferred through his job at GE. One good thing was we always traveled back every year and stayed the summer with family.
I can't wait to read more about your plans!
Everything is going to be lovely!!
How was the haunted mansion ride? I heard they had a new queue.
And Epcot looks so pretty with all of those flowers!!
"This is where it happens," he said. "Look, I know this is the most magical place in the world to you. But, to me, the most magical place in the world is wherever you are. And I hope we can keep coming here every year for the rest of our lives. Will you marry me?" And then he got down on one knee, and then I cried, and then he cried a little bit, and then people started shouting "Say yes!" and it was adorable.
That is SO CUTE!! What a great way to ask
HOLY MOLY!! That's the Cinderella dress!??! It is so gorgeous on you!! I love it!!
I'm going to Alfred's on Monday and i really wanted to try it on, but we're having a super simple wedding and i don't think it'll work.
the cinderella looks great on you!! congrats on finding your dress!!!
Congrats on the dress!!! Yay!!
So I just read all of your PJ! I'm loving your plans and everything! Your proposal story was really cute, and your ring looks similar to mine
Your dress is gorgeous, it looks so great on you. And I loved seeing the pictures of your venues. I decided to do an at-home wedding since we had a lot of people to invite, but it's seeing pictures like that which makes a small part of me wish for a Disney wedding!
Looking forward to reading more!
GORGEOUS DRESS! Cindy is my fav too! It looks great on you! So sorry to hear about your FMIL drama, a while back I/we were catching alot of crap about having a DFTW from his mom and finally he stood up to her and told her that its not about what she wants or thinks is right. This is OUR day and if she doesnt like it, cry a river build a bridge and get over it!!! --All this without me even knowing or giving him that idea!! Since then its been great!
One of my coworkers is having a REALLY hard time with her FMIL and it seems like nothing will fix it..nothing! She's actually getting married today and got a call on Wednesday from said FMIL that she may not make it to the wedding because she's in the hospital with a really bad disease..SHE WAS NOT! Annndddd she was the one who pushed them to have a big wedding. They wanted to go to a beach and get married but she convinced his family against it and offered to pay for the big wedding...and guess what, that witch hasnt paid near what she said she would! So now theyre having a big expensive wedding that they are paying a huge chunk for (that the mom forced them into) and she may not even go!! That is just tacky! --Obviously Ive got strong feelings about this.. I just hate it when people take advantage and dont treat you right!
I really hope things get better for you!