THE dress!!!

Now that all the background info is out of the way, it is time to dig into the fun stuff that happened after we popped the question to each other =)


Pretty much the next day I dug into wedding planning. We started talking dates, and places, and the dress....oh yes--THE DRESS!!! lol. I made appointments to go dress shopping pretty much immediately and boy was I in for an adventure! There are so many fabrics and shapes and lengths when it comes to a wedding dress.  I had an idea in my head of what I had always imagined my wedding dress would look like, but WOW did my head spin when we went shopping!!

My sister and I outside of Elaine's Bridal :: 10-23-10

Me and all the beautiful dresses at Elaine's :: 10-23-10

The first time i stepped into a wedding dress was like heaven...there is no way to describe it.  It was so magical and emotional all in the same instant. And oddly enough...we found MY dress the very FIRST time we went dress looking--it was in the FIRST shop and was the FIRST dress i tried on. CRAZY!! I had always had it in my head that I would have to try on millions of dresses to find it...but nope. And to make things more awesome...my mother picked it out...she has such great taste and knew exactly what I wanted =)  


I cried when i saw myself in THE dress...I couldn't help it.  I knew that it was the one before I had it on the whole way.  I really knew it was the one when my mom cried...that was such a crazy moment seeing her cry...I will never forget that moment...EVER!! =)


Even though the search was over, I tried on a lot of dresses after knowing I had found my dress.  I wanted to be absolutely sure it was the one, because, for me, the dress is one of the most important things about the wedding.  Funny how nothing is good enough after you make up your mind on something else...nothing came close to being as perfect as "the one." =)  


I still get goosebumps when i see pictures of my dress.  I think of how Miguel will react when he sees me for the first time...will he like it? will he cry? will it amaze him as much as it has me??...lots of things to worry about and this is only the dress!! haha.


Til next time! ... "Forever is not a word…rather a place where two lovers go when true love takes them there." (Unknown)



Love--The (almost) Ninhams <3