Said Yes to the Dress

If any brides out there subscribe to sites like theknot.com or weddingwire.com, you know how many emails you get daily with random offers and ideas.  I usually only read them if I needed to pass time or if I was bored watching one of Nate's silly zombie shows.  One day at work one of my coworkers who is also getting married next year asked if I got the email about the sample sale at one of the bridal stores in the area.  Naturally I did not read the email, but looked in to it and thought it would be a fun, last-minute activity to do with my mom and sister.  

After religiously watching Say Yes to the Dress on TLC for years, and seeing their sample sale craziness, as well as following along with the "Running of the Brides" at Filene's Basement which sadly was not available for me to do in Boston,  I pictured the sale sale at Bella Sera Bridal in Danvers to be just like this:

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I even called ahead to see what time people typically show up to get in line for their event, and someone must have been playing with me because she said last sale brides were in line at "like 5:00am".  Well, like, that was not the case.  

Kate and I met up quite early and headed over to Danvers to get in line.  We stopped for Starbucks on the way-- Quad half-caff espresso over ice with extra carmel drizzle-- and we were the first ones there!

We were actually the only ones there for about 2.5 hours.  Not to worry, I packed a cooler with mimosas, fruit, and watermelon soaked tequila to pass the time.  My mom met us closer to 9:00 when the store opened and we set up a plan to tackle the sample sale event.  My mom would get the dressing room and Kate and I would each pick out 3 dresses to start because 6 was the max we could bring into the dressing room. 

I tried on a few dresses and quickly learned that what I thought I would want in a dress was nothing like the dress I ended up with.  When I came out in "the dress" my sister immediately started crying and when we finally got my mom's attention (she was chatting it up about seamstresses with another mom) she teared up too!  And then like clockwork, I started too!  I never thought I would find the dress of my dreams on an impromptu shopping trip, but I did!  I cannot wait to rock the frock I picked out when I said yes to the dress!