Say Yes to the Dress
I never had “the wow moment” when I went wedding dress shopping. I expected this obscenely painful process filled with hundreds of dresses and unhelpful employees and total frustration finally culminating in a tear-filled moment of realization. Instead, it was a very rational process where I tried on half a dozen dresses with the delightful Gabrielle and gradually narrowed my list of favorites. Seeing my dress again yesterday, I’m absolutely certain that it’s the one. I’ve poured over websites and magazines, I looked at every dress in the store (and two other stores, for that matter), and no other gown even compares. It’s perfect. Now I just have to face the agonizing process of waiting until January for it to arrive — and then waiting again during the subsequent rounds of alterations.
Of course, I did have my mandatory painful dress-hunting experience at a bridesmaid dress shop in San Francisco. It was quite possibly the worst shopping experience I’ve ever had, and as Mr. R can testify, I’m no stranger to poor customer service experiences. But at least now I have an excuse to visit the Jenny Yoo flagship store in Los Angeles or check out the English Department in downtown Portland.
