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NRG42 - 2012-12-13 10:43 AM

I also am part of the cheap wedding dress clan.  When my ex and I got married, i really did not want the big ordeal.  450 people later......ugh.  I was suck-in to having a weeding that cost us 35K.  My mom and dad had passed, so we mostly paid for everything.

The day I went shopping for a dress, I found one that was absolutely beautiful and it was beautiful BUT it was $3500.  Everyone was there to see it and  did the whole crying thing that I never got?!? I could not justify a 3500 dresses for a 12 hour day!!!  The next weekend I walked into david's bridal alone and they had a $99 sale.  I picked-up one dress, tried it on and walked out with the dress that day, no alterations needed at ALL.

 

  

NRG42 - 2012-12-13 11:43 AM

I also am part of the cheap wedding dress clan.  When my ex and I got married, i really did not want the big ordeal.  450 people later......ugh.  I was suck-in to having a weeding that cost us 35K.  My mom and dad had passed, so we mostly paid for everything.

The day I went shopping for a dress, I found one that was absolutely beautiful and it was beautiful BUT it was $3500.  Everyone was there to see it and  did the whole crying thing that I never got?!? I could not justify a 3500 dresses for a 12 hour day!!!  The next weekend I walked into david's bridal alone and they had a $99 sale.  I picked-up one dress, tried it on and walked out with the dress that day, no alterations needed at ALL.

 

  

lisac957 - 2012-12-13 11:45 AM My mother and sister simultaneously drug out their wedding dresses and tried them on a few years ago - just to see if they fit. It was super uncomfortable for me. I mean it was kind of funny (both of the dresses were too BIG for them now) but seeing them prance around while I'm over here all single and such was a bit awkward.

lisac957 - 2012-12-13 8:45 AM My mother and sister simultaneously drug out their wedding dresses and tried them on a few years ago - just to see if they fit. It was super uncomfortable for me. I mean it was kind of funny (both of the dresses were too BIG for them now) but seeing them prance around while I'm over here all single and such was a bit awkward.

Teejaay - 2012-12-13 5:46 PM

After I got married my grandma had it cleaned and sealed up in this tomb-like fancy box.  Since then it's been a "in the storage shed" item long forgotten.  I cleaned out the storage and busted it out of it's blue and white tissue paper tomb to show my daughter what it looked like.  She tried it on and it was way too big but she hammed it up for the camera .. she then dared me to try it on.  And I did .. and it did NOT fit.  A couple of friends of mine and I have talked about wearing our dresses on a muddy hike and taking silly pics ... essentially trashing them.  It would awesome .. if I could get it zipped.  Could keep it around for a Halloween zombie bride costume too!

Big Appa - 2012-12-13 10:48 AM

Simgle question Lisa are you currently happy?

lisac957 - 2012-12-13 8:52 AM

For sure! There are things I'm working on changing like everyone is, but current status is definitely happy. 

With the exception of this head cold I have going on right now.

Big Appa - 2012-12-13 10:59 AM

So why are you sad about the dresses? Marriage shouldn't be the goal it should to be happy and you are so you should be good

lisac957 - 2012-12-13 11:07 AM

I said it was awkward/uncomfortable, not sad. And it was years ago, when I was definitely in a sad place then.

You have to admit it's strange for 2 women to be prancing around in their wedding dresses from 20 and 40 years ago?! Or at least understand it is soooooo not the way they usually act. 

tech_geezer - 2012-12-13 10:26 AM

One thing is that you become invisible.

When I was about 34, I filled in as a lecturer for a professor at UT while he was off at a conference.  It was the first time I had been back on a college campus since I graduated.  I was a beautiful spring day so I walked around campus.  I was feeling like a college kid again.  But there was something different.  At first I couldn't put my finger on it.  Then I realized.  I was invisible.  You know how when you meet someone on the sidewalk they either meet your eyes or they avert their eyes.  Either way your presence is acknowledged.  On that day, I realized that the true college kids did not do either they just looked right past me on the sidewalk like I was invisible.  It was a revelation.  At 34, I was already middle aged.

TW 

Teejaay - 2012-12-13 11:11 AM

I knew that ... thank you Modern Marvels on the History Channel!!!!

Teejaay - 2012-12-13 11:21 AM

You have age.  And with age comes wisdom.  And with wisdom comes freedom. 

blueyedbikergirl - 2012-12-13 11:26 AM

Good news TAN!

Got my USCIS receipts in the mail yesterday!!  I don't have a Green Card yet, but it means that they've received the applications and I *should* get appointments for fingerprinting and interviewing soon. (note: by "soon" I mean government soon, which means probably another 4 months or so...)

WOOT!!! 

bradleyd3 - 2012-12-13 11:28 AM



when can you start looking for a job? (Tony wanted me to ask).

What do you want to do when it's time to look for a job? (again...Tony asking)

bradleyd3 - 2012-12-13 11:28 AM when can you start looking for a job? (Tony wanted me to ask). What do you want to do when it's time to look for a job? (again...Tony asking)

mr2tony - 2012-12-13 11:30 AM




Lies. I already know the answers to those questions. Idiot.