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I can't stop!  And what's funny is now that the wedding is over there are MORE out there, or so it seems, that appeal to me.  Or I am less picky now with what I like since I won't be wearing anything for real... but I am just still obsessed with wedding dresses and it's crazy.  I keep fantasizing about buying another (and another and another) just to take pictures in them! LOL!

Anyone else?

Oh, I manage to do it with or without Weddingbee!  Do you find yourself thinking up excuses as to why you NEED another dress, like planning a 1 year vow renewal? ;-D

I've been married for close to three years and I still look. My sister is getting married so I try to get her to try on everything I would looove to wear. She has an amazing dress though. I'm jealous of all the online resources brides have today. J crew had a 4-5 dress wedding line when I was getting married and there were a lot less blogs!

I think it's about wearing something so fancy and formal.  I hadn't worn a "formal" since prom and that was a LONG long time ago! ;)  I have always loved fashion and lace and ultra feminine stuff though.  I just never have time to dress the way I'd like, with 3 kids and school full time and work, I am lucky to have something CLEAN on, much less be "well dressed" on any regular basis.  So, having the entire coordinated outfit was awesome for me.  And now, my love of lace is even more intensified and I want to wear lace dresses EVERY DAY! LOL

I've just been trying to think of how to get myself involved in some sort of lifestyle that would create the need for frequent "fancy dresses". ;)  I recently bought a floor length black satin form fitting dress with a lace inset at the back, and another at the back of the skirt, and it has a small train.  GORGEOUS.  It was $1.75! And I have no idea what the hell I will do with it, but I bought it anyway!

My Grandmother, who recently passed, was married to a Lt. Col in the Air Force who worked at the Pentagon and she went to formal affairs on a regular basis and had an entire wardrobe of formal wear, which is where I think I first fell in love with fancy dresses, as a kid, going through her closet.  Then there was my love of all things "old fashioned" and historical and I remember being little and wishing I'd been born in a time where women wore long dresses and hats and gloves every day. :)

@Melini:  Ooh! The symphony!  Good excuse, thanks for reminding me, because as students we get super cheap discount tickets! :) We went last year as part of a school extra credit thing for a humanities class, and I had to buy something to wear to go... I think I'll start paying more attention to school events that require formal wear too.  I know our school's Gay & Lesbian association holds some sort of formal each year, but I always forget about it.  :)   And if we have our honeymooon in New Orleans I will definitely plan on at least a couple fancy dinners for that reason!

My Grandma's memorial service was shortly after our wedding. :(  I dressed up and I was pretty much the only one who did.  It was odd and I got funny looks from my family (mom, aunt, cousins), but whatever.  I wore a black linen dress, with a very 40's feel, a little black vintage hat with black veiling, and low heeled black suede mary janes, and carried a black patent box purse.  So everyone looked at me like I was nuts but dammit, my Grandmother would have LOVED what I wore, she would have deemed it fashionable but respectufl and appropriate and she is the one I credit for giving me an interest in fashion in the first place.  It sure as hell wasn't my mom who seemed to live in cutoff jean shorts and bikini tops for my entire childhood! ;)