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@eimajleigh:wow! I love the dress you chose! Who is the designer and what is the style number? I think you made a great choice! You look amazing!

@eimajleigh:  OMG you look STUNNING in EVERYTHING!!  No wonder it was hard to choose!!!  I ESPECIALLY love 2, 3, and the one you purchased!!!  Thanks for sharing your journey...I too had a dress journey, and isn't it wonderful when you know you've found "the one"??  YAY! :-)

ok I will play!!

First day of dress shopping: (sorry for poor quality!)

First dress! loved it, and was strong contender for awhile.

Liked this next dress, but wasn't comfortable with it being tight around my hips

The next one, I loveddd the back, but the front not so much. 

Day Two: I only tried on a couple dresses and only took pictures in two of the dresses.  The second one is the dress I chose! 

Andddd here she is!! It is  Bernadette from Maggie Sottero. Just perfect. :)

The back:

Now lets see some more ladies! love all the pictures from everyone. 

@eimajleigh:  ah haha...oh my...MY dress journey?  It's a book series.  LOL.  But I don't mind posting a few for fun!! :-)  Just be forewarned!  LOL

OP, your picture got me dreaming about the Erin. OMGOSH, it's absolutely perfect on you!

Since it is a 2010, where did you find it? I've tried to call a lot of stores, and have been told that the designer no longer makes it. Is this true? Did you get a sample? I've been looking everywhere (even preowned) with no luck :(

I did try the Enzoani Fatima (2011) but it was way too much tulle. The Erin looks much more manageable.

Any ideas?

This was the FIRST dress I purchased...yes, you heard me...FIRST.  I had dress remorse nearly minutes after purchasing, and even though it's a beautiful dress, I just worried I hadn't looked enough.  Doubt continued to creep in over the next several months, and Iknew I had to start looking again...

II decided I wanted something a little more romantic, something with lace, like my mom's wedding gown.  This one was beautiful, but was too similiar in the bodice to my previous one to purchase.  I wasn't crazy about the beading on the lace either.  On to the next...

I decided to break from the A-Line silhouette, and try more of a fitted one.  I really loved this gown, which reminded me of the Enzoani Dakota which I fell in love with at another store, but couldn't take pics in.  I really loved the fitted feel, but was warned that a more mermaid look could run the risk of looking dated. :-/ So that swayed me against it...

I LOVED this Paloma, and it honestly had my heart when I put it on, except that it had some seams in the front that I didn't feel should be on a dress of that price...plus, the onlysample in existence was "white" and Ireally wassold on Ivory,however, the only off-white color Paloma offers is something called "Champagne" so I was scared to take a chance on it!  What I ordered it in that color, and hated it?!  It was too risky in the long run, and even though I was OBSESSED with the pleated fan work on the bottom, I knew that could look too rendy in pictures, rather than timeless, and I didn't want to go that route.

This pronovias gown was also a show stopper, and I really did love it.  The only thing (andI know this is alterable) was the neckline...it wasn'ta sweetheart, and that un-sold me quickly).  Still, this dress's lace was most like my mom's lace and I was enamored with the silhoutte...almost mermaid but still sort of A-Line :-)

I tried on a thousand David's Bridal, Alfred Angelo, and many designer gowns, from Vera to Lazaro...HONESTLY it went on and on and on and on.  It got to the point where I could literally look at a dress and name it's designer, it's style number or name, and the collection it was from.  Sick, right?  Anyway...I went home,and continued the search with my mom and sister.  I found EVERYTHING wrong with this Watters gown or that Lazaro, or this Romona...nothing seemed to totally sell me, and I was so afraid of making a mistake AGAIN!  The last thing I wanted was to pick the wrong dress again!

In the end, it came down to two:

I never got my pic in this gown, but I was ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH THIS GOWN.  For MONTHS.  Honestly.  But every timeI had it on, something held me back from pulling the trigger.  I'm not sure what it was toi this day, because I still fantasize about this gown...but something about it was just not "perfectly me".  I was about to give up on my search when my WONDERFUL consultant walked in and said, "I have a dress for you!  Do you think you can guess who makes this one?"  It was the first time I had been stumped in my entire process.  I had NOOO CLUE.  She slipped it over my head, and I turned to see myself in the mirror, and I didn't know what to do.  It was "the one":-)

I have no idea HOW MANY gowns I tried on...but trust me.  It was a lot.  My family was pretty much over me and my indecision at the end of it all, ha ha, but they were incredibly supportive through the process, and came to every fitting they could.  I am looking forward to wearing it! :-)  After all the back and forth, I can say my fiance has NO CLUE what I'm wearing the day of our wedding.  haha.  Thanks for letting me share!!

@Dolldancer8:  Oh gosh, thank you so much!!  YOu know what's funny?  After going though all these pictures, I was like, "oooh, that one WAS really pretty" "...ooooh I really DID like THAT one", "...hmmmm, maybe I should have gone with this one?"  hahaha.  It's so hard!  All wedding gowns are so pretty!  But thank you for your comment.  :-) I really do love it, and feel it was worth the indecision!

@MissMogwai:  Congrats on your weight loss!! YOu look INCREDIBLE!  :-)  All of your dresses were beautiful choices, but I love the one you ended up with!  Glad you trusted your gut!  Congratulations on putting the deposit on it today too!!  :-)

@tuscanbride: Your search was totally worth it! That dress looks absolutely amazing on you!!

@meant2B:  thank you!! :-))))

@eimajleigh:  Thank you SO much and I feel the same about yours!! I am in love with your neckline!!  That deep sweetheart is to DIE for!!  And what other time will we get to wear a full A-Line or Ballgown, right?  Your dress is stunning, I am so happy for you, and thank you also for starting this thread!