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My great new friend Carmen Dundee told me that the wedding dress you dream about
is not actually the one you end up buying. I had a few visions, but did not really know
what I was going to get. With our wedding two months away, I decided to go with my
mom, my sister and my said friend to try on a few dresses... My initial plan was to order
a dress from China, the website looks amazing and the comments on Facebook are
amazing and they have over a thousand gowns to choose from! How can you go wrong?!
Well, it is said that horror stories are told about the extremely distorted version of the
dress of your dreams that will arrive in the post. Was I up for giving it a shot? No thank
you, I wanted to show my wedding a bit more respect than that!
is not actually the one you end up buying. I had a few visions, but did not really know
what I was going to get. With our wedding two months away, I decided to go with my
mom, my sister and my said friend to try on a few dresses... My initial plan was to order
a dress from China, the website looks amazing and the comments on Facebook are
amazing and they have over a thousand gowns to choose from! How can you go wrong?!
Well, it is said that horror stories are told about the extremely distorted version of the
dress of your dreams that will arrive in the post. Was I up for giving it a shot? No thank
you, I wanted to show my wedding a bit more respect than that!
So, off to a dressmaker then. It sounded like she had a good idea of who I am
and what I want, but how can she really know? I have my own suspense drama's to
write about having dresses made... These events brought me to the point where I
agreed to go to some shops, the wedding being two months away and all that. Shop
number 1 offered some traditional gems, but anyone who knows me knows also that
I am not very traditional. I tried on my first wedding dress ever and wanted to run out
the front door, across Beach Road and into the ocean, but this dress definitely would
not let me get past the front counter even. See, this is where Carmen's pearls of wisdom
started to spill into plain sight (it might also have been the 'pearls' on this iron maiden
stabbing me in the stomach), the dress looks awesome on the rail, even in the
window, but don't make decisions until you have been laced up, pulled up straight and
told that you don't have to be able to sit down. Feeling discouraged, we got back into
the car and started to plan towards the best place for coffee and cheesecake (which by
the way is unmistakeably 'Pajamas and Jam' in the Helderberg area), my sister got this
bright idea that we should just try one more place, where my mom got her wedding
dress earlier this year.
and what I want, but how can she really know? I have my own suspense drama's to
write about having dresses made... These events brought me to the point where I
agreed to go to some shops, the wedding being two months away and all that. Shop
number 1 offered some traditional gems, but anyone who knows me knows also that
I am not very traditional. I tried on my first wedding dress ever and wanted to run out
the front door, across Beach Road and into the ocean, but this dress definitely would
not let me get past the front counter even. See, this is where Carmen's pearls of wisdom
started to spill into plain sight (it might also have been the 'pearls' on this iron maiden
stabbing me in the stomach), the dress looks awesome on the rail, even in the
window, but don't make decisions until you have been laced up, pulled up straight and
told that you don't have to be able to sit down. Feeling discouraged, we got back into
the car and started to plan towards the best place for coffee and cheesecake (which by
the way is unmistakeably 'Pajamas and Jam' in the Helderberg area), my sister got this
bright idea that we should just try one more place, where my mom got her wedding
dress earlier this year.
OK. We walked in, this place is in Somerset West and used to be a house, Carmen
ran to the shoes, we walked to the back where the dresses are. The sweet little shop
assistant said that they only have a few wedding dresses. I started looking through
them and started to feel that 'why oh why' feeling again and then I saw the
second last dress...it was huge, but beautiful, a true vintage find. Shall I try it on? It is
so big. My mom looks hesitant. It is beige. It is not strapless. As soon as it slipped over
my head, I knew (what a cliché, but how true!). Can we alter it? Is it booked for the
15th of December? How do I look? They all stared in astonishment and then I saw the
tiny tear in my mom's eye. Oh no! said Keelyn (the sweet assistant) it's booked for
the 15th! How on earth is this possible?! Well, she will phone and confirm and then let
me know.
ran to the shoes, we walked to the back where the dresses are. The sweet little shop
assistant said that they only have a few wedding dresses. I started looking through
them and started to feel that 'why oh why' feeling again and then I saw the
second last dress...it was huge, but beautiful, a true vintage find. Shall I try it on? It is
so big. My mom looks hesitant. It is beige. It is not strapless. As soon as it slipped over
my head, I knew (what a cliché, but how true!). Can we alter it? Is it booked for the
15th of December? How do I look? They all stared in astonishment and then I saw the
tiny tear in my mom's eye. Oh no! said Keelyn (the sweet assistant) it's booked for
the 15th! How on earth is this possible?! Well, she will phone and confirm and then let
me know.
We started toward the exit when Carmen saw a polka dot creation, so we stopped.
As we got to the car, Keelyn popped through the window and said the most wonderful
thing I've ever heard... "she found another dress, she found another dress!" Back inside,
buy the dress and before we left for cheesecake, Carmen took a mental picture of the
moment. How happy I am, now that I found my dress, I cannot wait for the day! Christo
will love it too, I am sure. Finding the dress of my dreams without knowing what it
looked like gave me a feeling that is difficult to articulate, it is metaphysical. Here is
your dress, you are doing the right thing, you will be even happier than you already are
(if that's possible) and enjoy the best day of your life. This feeling is my wish for every
woman in the world!
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MISS MOON
MISS MOON
This a beautiful memory. I hope you and your husband have many blessed years ahead. And the photos are stunning.
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