Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Wedding Contest

Alright faithful followers I am need of your help. I know that some of you may not be on my facebook so I am going to give a quick update on a contest I am in. I have entered a picture of my fiancé and I into a Christmas give away. The contest is for a $250 gift certificate to the place I am purchasing my wedding gown from. As many know weddings are costly and this would help out a great deal.


So here is how to do it, Click on THIS LINK, then "LIKE" the photo of my hot fiancé dressed as Santa and myself (we are contestants #3, Stevie and Jared). Voting ends at mid night tonight. Thank you for the help. New blogs to come, promise

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Wedding Dress Shopping... ugh.


I have wanted to write this post for a very long time but figured I should A. wait till I was engaged and B. wait till I had a wedding dress appointment. Well both have happened now. Which I actually wanted  to write before my appointment happened but life didn't allow it so I will write after the appointment. alright onward..

Wedding dresses, a thing all girls dream of their entire lives. That one dress that makes you a princess for the day. It is supposed to make you beautiful and everyone will have their breath taken away by how you look in it. And on and on... But to get the dress there is the almighty wedding dress shopping day, where you and your closest girls go out to find the gown! This obviously a very important day since there are television shows dedicated to girls wedding dress shopping (which I love, don't judge me!). I, like most girls, have dreamed of my engagement and wedding dress for as long as I can remember but after the accident I knew this whole process would be different. As much as I didn't want it to be different, I knew it would.

Ever since I realized Jared would be the "one" I started to worry about wedding dress shopping. Regular dress shopping is hard enough and often ends in tears of defeat, asking questions like "why me?" So I could only imagine what pain an emotional day like wedding dress shopping would be. An event that I shouldn't have to, once again, do from a wheelchair. After we got engaged the dress was the furtherest thing from my mind because I didn't want it to ruin the fun an engagement brings. But I was quickly brought back to reality when I went shopping with my cousin for her wedding dress and was informed I needed to get my dress ASAP. I guess they take forever to get in and it is better to have it sooner than later. I put my big girl pants on and made an appointment. For the next few weeks I barely even thought about the appointment because I just knew it was going to be horrible. I talked to a few of my girls who have done their weddings in a chair and they both said dress shopping wasn't as bad as it seems it would be. One even told me she bought the first dress she tried on just to avoid anymore shopping. So I just went into the appointment with this mindset of don't be picky and get it done.

I knew the style I wanted, but assumed it would look good standing up but horrid sitting down. Because sitting is the most unattractive position, in my opinion. The day finally arrived I had my mom and grandma the two woman who understand how hard this day was for me and would do nothing but comfort me, if there should be a meltdown. After a few hiccups, like the walker being way too short, we got the dress trying on started... and guess what?! It wasn't that bad, wasn't great but not bad. After trying on 4 dresses I stopped and picked the 3rd one I tried on. It was the style I loved and had everything I was looking for. It is has a very simple beauty. I always thought I would go for a blinged out dress but the simple elegance of this dress allowed my own beauty to shine. I couldn't have been more happy with the outcome and I am even more ready for my wedding day to be here!

So I guess this time I got taught a lesson by life, I need to stop making my wheelchair a bigger problem than it is. Yes, I will always have to do things differently but different isn't always bad. Don't get me wrong this chair causes all kinds of problems but it won't stop me from experiencing my life the way the big guy upstairs intended me to.

No pictures on this post! I want my dress to be a surprise to everyone :)