Bride and Bridesmaids dresses

Sorry it has been awhile since I wrote but I didn't really feel like it after hearing about Amy. Then with all the stress of coming home things have been a bit crazy. I also haven't had any weird wedding dreams to speak of. Although I did dream that a big snake crawled up my leg and bit my hand. No girls it wasn't Jason!

The first week I was home, Mum, Aimee, Grandma and I went to the bridal shop in Alderley Edge. I had planned on borrowing my friend Colette’s dress and this was the only one I had tried on. I'm not really a girly girl but I didn't want to miss out on trying on a few frock. Well there were rows and rows and rows of white frocks, correction - ivory frocks. The first thing I said to the attentive assistant was that I didn't want any off the shoulder numbers. Straps all the way for me. Whilst firmly stating this, I was recalling pictures of me showing off my beefy arms in grad ball dress - not very attractive I can tell you. I never buy strapless tops, as my shoulders are just too huge.

Anyway, it turned out that the majority of the frocks were strapless as this is the fashion. Reluctantly I began to try on a few that Mum, Aimee and the assistant had selected. They all looked the same to me as I wandered through the rows. Grandma was just sat in a chair looking very bewildered by it all. I tried the first one on and there were all these ‘ohhs’ and ‘ahhs’ and I looked in the mirror and thought 'I look like a dick'. It just wasn't me. I was so surprised at the reaction I received. I smiled politely and tried on another one, then another one, then another one. Several frocks later we had narrowed it down to two STRAPLESS dresses.

Both dresses looked really good if I do say so myself. They were very simple which is ‘me’ (tee hee) and made me get that goose bumpily feeling. I must have lost a bit of weight while we were travelling, as my arms didn't look too bad. Will have to do a few press ups before the wedding to ensure that the chicken wings don't show. Oh I forgot to mention the veil. It is amazing what a bit of net curtain can do. The assistant put the veil on and that was it, my sister was filling up, Grandma was beaming and Mum was waving her credit card. We decided on one of the dresses and bought it there and then. It was a great afternoon and I will look forward to showing off my purchase in 281 days time. Thanks to Julie who is storing my dress at her house and letting me use her broadband internet!!!

Briefly to mention are the bridesmaids. They are my lovely sister Aimee (Chief Bridesmaid) and my cousin Lucy. Those of you that don't know, my cousin is a bit of a character. I love her dearly but she hasn't a clue when it comes to men, jobs, life and most importantly in the wedding stakes - fashion. She left a message on my mobile to say she had seen a lovely bridesmaid dress in the shop up the village. So, with mother in tow we went up to have a look. The shop was closed but the window display just had bridal gowns. Lucy pointed to a pale pink one and Mum and I looked at each other and then I said 'Lucy that is a wedding dress not a bridesmaid dress'. 'Oh' she said, 'Well I would put bridesmaids in that.' My mother who had little time for her blew her down with a few short sharp words. Lucy just let it all roll off as she is used to my mothers blunt tongue.

Anyway, this weekend we are going to have a look at bridesmaid dresses just me, Aimee and Lucy. Wish us luck and pray that we don't end up all looking like brides!