Wedding Dress: Check!

Phew! I can cross this off my list. I purchased my wedding dress on Friday, Oct 9, and it is hanging in my living room! It is BEAUTIFUL and came in under my budget (yay!). I bought it off of the floor at Venus Bridal Collection in Ellicott City, MD. The floor model was in amazing shape--the paper was still on the buttons. It will need to be altered, but it was only a size too big, so that's not too bad.

Obviously, I need to keep the details secret from a certain special person, but I will say that it is strapless and ivory and makes my boobs look great, lol!

I recommend Venus Bridal Collection because the staff was very helpful, sweet, and not too pushy. Additionally, their selection was small, but nice, and included dresses in various price ranges, that are all fairly reasonable (for a boutique). Zacki, the owner, is a very nice, but shrewd business women when it comes to negotiating. I feel that it is because her prices are fair to begin with. My dress was, at her full price, $271.00 lower than retail, (I researched it), and she did give a small discount off of my floor model, which most bridal stores do, or should do rather. We all know the dresses are marked up, but I was surprised to find my dress under the retail value. The dress is very good quality and just beautiful, so I'm pleased. Alterations begin in December.

Oh, and it was the first dress I tried on out of 4 total. Amazing, right? It took me a week to make my final decision about buying it, or to keep shopping. Boy, did I make the right choice!