Wedding Dress Shopping

A few weeks ago Lindsay and I hopped in the car and took a road trip to hunt for the perfect wedding dress. It was an adventure as we traveled to Alexandria, Perham, Little Falls and the St. Cloud area. This is the day you dream about as a mom when you go wedding dress shopping with your daughter. Of course you hear stories about how everyone finds that perfect dress......but it just wasn't happening for us. Well that evening as we were enjoying a quiet evening in our motel having some mother daughter bonding time we were wondering if we would ever find the "perfect" dress. Then I spotted a bridal boutique ad in the St. Cloud paper. I called the phone number the next morning and the owner answered. No they were not open that day because she was having a big bridal gown sale in a small town 15 minutes north of St.Cloud called Foley. She had brought over 400 dresses there from various shops from around the United States for this SALE! She was certain if we came we would find our dress. So, we hopped in the car and made the trip. Now this sounded like our kind of shopping. We walked into a large reception area in a catering business and there were rows and rows of dresses in their individual bags lining the walls of the reception hall. Lindsay walked over to the area where her sizes were and unzipped the FIRST bag and.................... we found the dress! It was a perfect fit and we got to take it home with us that day.

Now you won't get to see the wedding dress until January 3rd but we did think you should get a glimpse of a few dresses she tried on prior to finding the right dress. It pays to have a sense of humor when you are trying on so many dresses!

****************************** "the twist"
**************************** "the rug"
"just don't buy anything with a big pink bow in the middle of it"
*******************************"prom anyone"
************************** the five layered cake dress