I Said Yes To The Dress

In my very first blog post, I wrote about shopping for bridesmaid's dresses and how I was determined to lose weight and have my dress be too big when it arrived.

The day has come.

I went to pick up the dress today and tried it on… It’s definitely too big! I wanted to take a dramatic picture of me holding the dress on because it was falling off of me (much like this one)… It’s not THAT big, but it definitely needs alterations.

This was the best picture we could get of it. (Don’t mind my sunburned face and messy hair. My arm looks unnaturally large, but that’s just the angle, I promise.) The dress is too big in the chest and waist, but it looks good everywhere else. The dress has an empire waist which should fit just beneath my chest, but it actually can fit around my natural waist now, so it kept sliding down. So to show you just how big it is on me, I held the dress up where it was supposed to be. Now I just need to get it altered before the big day!

I’m very happy that I can see the results of my efforts. I wanted the dress to be too big, and it is. That was one of my major goals and it feels so good to have that accomplished. I know I’ll feel much more confident on the day of the wedding than I would if I hadn’t lost the weight.

And a thought occurred to me today: since the dress is mine now, I should try it on again once I reach my final goal weight and do a before/after picture! I love the idea of doing that!