a little over a week ago was the maggie sottero trunk show that i was soooo excited about. normally when i get excited about things, everything that i was excited about falls through and i’m left completely disappointed. as a matter of fact, sometimes i find myself wondering if i just have terrible luck or hell, maybe i’m a little psychic?! it’s like i KNOW that the simple act of being excited makes things all go to crap. well, this was not one of those days. the day before the trunk show i got a call from the bridal shop telling me that the dresses for the trunk show had just arrived and not only was every single dress in my size, they had the exact dress i was hoping to try on, in the exact color i was hoping to see a sample of! we arrived and i went ahead and picked out a few others to try on, you know…because i was just waiting for this seemingly perfect chain of events to all fall apart. but, they absolutely didn’t! i put on the melanie gown and instantly KNEW it was to be MY wedding dress! even my mommy, who wasn’t a fan of the dress from the photo she’d seen, knew it was THE ONE! so, i present to you….THE ONE!
the ladies at the bridal shop were nice enough to let us take photos, but i’ll only post one here…
this is the “light gold” color that i plan on ordering my gown in…isn’t it perfect for me?! all i’ll need is some hemming across the front of the gown, and the shoulder strap taken in! also, you can see my mommy to the left in that photo 
another thing that i LOVE about this dress is that there is a slit up the left thigh…it’s described on the website’s description, yet they didn’t show it in the photo…well the slit MAKES the dress! and it’s absolutely a VEGAS dress with that little touch 
the only thing that sucks is that i was totally planning on wearing comfy shoes, but now seeing the slit, i’m forced to pick out a pair of rockin shoes for my big day. poor me, i know.
also, some of my friends were a little surprised that bailey has seen the dress. in fact, he helped pick it out! well, to clarify…as i sat night after night on the couch next to him pouring through bridal magazines and dress designer’s websites asking his opinion on this or that, the melanie was one of the few dresses that actually took his attention away from sportscenter long enough to tell me that he really loved it. some people might think it’s bad luck if he knows what the dress looks like before the wedding…and to that i say “to each their own…” because with as much love as we have, i feel no need for luck.
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