Wedding Retake: Dress

This weekend we went over to our friends Dom and Michelle's house for an early supper and some long over due catching up. I've mentioned before but Michelle is an amazing chef. We had pasta, salad, garlic bread and peach and raspberry sangria. It was delightful.

Dom and Michelle recently got married in a sunrise ceremony on the beach in North Carolina. Naturally we talked about our wedding days and the planning process while hanging out.

Now, Michelle and I aren't psychopaths, so neither of us have been planning our wedding since we were three years old like some brides have. We didn't turn into demanding divas or rude bridezillas and just wanted simplicity.

We were both just so ecstatic to tie the knot with the men we love.

That's not to say we didn't get stressed out and wish we knew then what we know now about weddings. You live and learn though.

I''m not saying I regret a thing about my wedding day but if I could make some different choices I certainly would.

I really haven't talked much about my wedding on here and decided it would be fun (for me, not you) if I did a series of posts on it and what I'd do differently. So let's begin...

Dress-

When I was deciding on a wedding dress my goal was to keep it simple and elegant. Something timeless and not at all trendy. I wanted something that when I looked at in ten years I wouldn't wonder why the hell I chose it. I was really defiant on not spending a lot of money on a dress I was only going to wear once, even if it was for a once in a lifetime event. (Crossing fingers.)

The dress I chose is definitely simple, maybe even too plain. It's a sheath gown with a lace overlay. It had some beading under the bust. The neckline was originally straight across but I asked the seamstress to make it a sweetheart instead. The reason I didn't like it so much may be because I didn't like how I looked in it.

I was a few months pregnant when I got married, and my dress was fitted for my pre-pregnacy breasts. Those suckers ballooned up in the first trimester and I had to squeeze them into it. The dress was also pretty form fitting to my torso and I felt huge. Fortunately most people knew I was pregnant, so they couldn't think of me as fat. (They could think I was a whore, but that's a different story.)

I definitely would have gone with something that had straps and was looser around my belly. I've decided I don't really like lace gowns and would have chosen a different material as well. I'd still like a little bit of embellishment but overall similar to what I picked in the simplicity department.

What I wore

 What I'd choose now