The Dress Saga

Finding a dress is supposed to be fun, exciting, and wonderful - right? Wrong! I am not a big shopper in general (give me a beer and a football game over the mall any day), and the idea of spending more than $50 on an article of clothing is not all that appealing.

On top of that,

1. My body is hard to fit. 34DD chest and a 10" difference between my waist and hips does not often lead to 'elegantly fitting' clothing.

2. My bridesmaids are all over the world! Boston, Puerto Rico, Spain, California, Panama, New York, and more. You would think with 10 girls at least a couple of them would be close enough to be able to give advice!

3. Our wedding is on the beach in Panama. It will be HOT. There will also be 200 people, meaning it will be formal. Hot + formal (aka needing structure) does not lead to fun. I like fun.

I went to many dress shops with my sister (huge mistake - she likes lots of bling, pick-ups, and other such things I don't want), various groups of friends, with the fiance (I know, very socially unacceptable but he really does have great taste), and by myself. I don't think the staff realizes that by being incredibly pushy they make some of us really not want to buy anything at all. I was losing hope and getting frustrated I saw this online:
Look how beautiful! It just might work - what do you think?