So it’s cold, and when I say cold I mean bitter snowy, icy cold. And this is the day Liz has decided to go dress shopping. (These two must have a thing for the cold considering they got engaged in frigid temps with Liz’s toes frozen). But anyway….we were meeting at David’s Bridal for Liz to try on dresses. And by we, I mean Liz, her aunt, Abe’s mom and me. I don’t know what I expected to find (maybe something calm and relaxing and magical like on Say Yes to the Dress) but whatever I expected is not what it was. It’s a mad house!! Lots of girls all trying to find “the dress.” Not even knowing what size Liz would wear made the first attempt at finding only 3 dresses rather hard. But we did it! So she tried on those three and then proceeded to try on about 100 more….okay not 100 but it gets so hot and crazy there that you feel you’ve been at it for hours. But basically she tried on several dresses and liked a few. She left thinking she liked a dress but I was less than convinced. Knowing how excited Liz is to marry Abe and how much she’s putting in to this wedding day, I just expected to see a giddy girl leaving the store. Instead, I saw my best friend looking like she would settle for a dress. Not good!!
So….a few days later, we decided to go to another shop in the Reading Bridal District. And there was where I found my calm, relaxing, magical experience that I had been expecting. Liz, her sister Sarah and I went and thankfully the shop was not crowded and we had amazing service! We picked out a few dresses including one she has had her eye on from the beginning of this whole experience. So she begins trying on dresses…the first one was okay. Of course she looked beautiful (I mean honestly, she could wear a trash bag, walk down the aisle and still look amazing) but it didn’t have that magical wedding day feeling. And then she put on the one she had been wanting to try on and there I saw my best friend’s face light up and a smile like I’ve never seen. I knew that instant that this dress had to be “the one.” But you never know if there is something better out there, so the search continued. She tried on a few more dresses and came upon another that she really loved as well. So of course we had to compare and eventually convinced her to put “the one” back on. And there was that glow and that smile again. And after much thought and deliberation and nervousness….she said yes to the dress.
I don’t think I can explain how absolutely gorgeous my best friend looked…and that’s no make-up, no hair, no jewelry. I honestly can’t imagine her looking more beautiful (even though I know she will on her wedding day). I can’t wait for everyone else to see her in “the one” and see that glow and that smile that I got to see. Abe sure is a lucky guy….to get such a beautiful girl, inside and out.
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