This past Saturday we (Me, my Mom, Grandma Schmitz, Michaela and Whitney) ventured to Lincoln to go dress shopping! We had a blast! We started at Aurora, a small locally owned dress shop. They had a lot of very pretty dresses. I found one dress that I REALLY love! But I wasn't just going to buy the first dress I liked! After Aurora we hit the road for Lincoln. First we stopped at Arby's for lunch in York. I have no idea what brought up our lunch conversatoin but I am pretty sure it was Whitney. For those of you that don't know my little sister Whitney, she is the most random person EVER! And I mean that in a nice very funny way. Some how the topic of when we were little and the Little Mermaid came up. Whitney says, "remember when we were little and you two (meaning me and Michaela) would sing like Ariel?" I said, "yeah and we would swim like her int he bathtub and we would soap our hair up into up do's" Michaela, "and we would put soap on our boobs for swim suit tops" (Please keep in mind we were very young) We were all laughing sooooo hard we were crying, the people next to us just kept staring like are they going to be ok? It was great to laugh like that. As soon as we get in the car I YouTube from my phone the Little Mermaid to listen to the song A Whole New World, that would be Whitney's favorite song from that movie when we were younger. We tried to video her singing "just like Ariel" but that didn't work. So from lunch in York at Arby's we went on to Lincoln. We made 3 stops, Davids Bridal, the Bridal Outlet and J'Maries. I tried on so many dresses I thought I was going to pass out! There were sooooo many beautiful dresses! Out of all the dresses I tried on in Lincoln I found one that I loved! It was the 2nd or 3 dress I tried on at the first store we went to in Lincoln (David's Bridal). So at the end of our dress shopping I have now found 2 dresses that I am madly in love with. I still want to go shopping in Kearney and Loomis. I know in Loomis there are 2 dresses I really want to see on.
So there is one more story of our big day wedding dress shopping! We went to the Bridal Outlet. They had a couple very pretty dresses. The had quite the variety let me tell you! Anything from 1980-2011. This was the 3 dress store of the day and I was gettting tired of trying on dresses. So Michaela and I found this dress, it was a style literally from the 1980's. Really it was a pretty dress, just not my style. And I figured most people that really know me would know-that really isnt her dress. But anyway- I had to put it on for a good laugh. Michaela and I snuck it into the fitting room, as she was helping me put it on we were both laughing so hard I though we were going to break the dress. We were out of control! We finally got the dress on and Michaela steps out of the fitting room and says in the most serious tone, "This is it! This is THE DRESS" Everyone gathers around and I walk out. I could not keep a streight face at all, we both burst out laughing. It was classic! It took a little bit for everyone to catch on but in the end we all got a really good laugh out of the dress and we even got a few laughs out of the staff at the store. It was great! My great-aunt Gretchen called us as we left the Bridal Outlet (after I posted the pic on facebook) and said "It looks like she could just wear my dress from my wedding" Which, yes if I did love that style I could have just borrowed her dress, after all she was married in the 1980's. So some of you may not have seen the picture, dont worry I will post one on here too! But it has long lace sleeves, that come to a point almost like they should have a loop hole for your finger. It was mostly lace and silk, with a huge bow on the back and the biggest shoulder's I have ever seen!
I hope everyone else gets a kick out of our dress shopping experience! We had a blast and I am glad I had some of the most important women in my life with me to help find the one!
