The Rehearsal Dress Swap

I finally have my rehearsal dress...again...sort of.

It all started months ago...my Mom found the cutest most perfect dress at J Crew. I knew I wanted a classy white strapless dress and this one was just perfect. She bought me a size 8. She brought it over when she came to visit one weekend and it was a little big. So we returned it to the nearest store which is about a 30-40 minute drive. We dodged a rain storm and a crowded mall just to purchase a size 6.

So last night I tried on the size 6 dress that we bought at the store and with the growing baby bump and my new larger bust size it barely zipped. It would have fit only I might have ripped it off in pain halfway through my practice walk down the aisle...which I am pretty sure Father Ben would not have appreciated.

Today my FI and I returned to another mall still a pretty long drive from our house and returned it. The dress has long since been gone from the store so I knew they wouldn't have a larger size. They didn't. Good thing I had looked online before we left the house and they did have a size 8 so I put it in my cart. I couldn't find the receipt so I was scared they would give me some crazy low price for it since it was so long ago that we bought it only the nice lady at J Crew gave me full price for it! She also offered to order me the online one so I could avoid paying shipping (I never knew you could do this from the store...good tip to know about) only the online people said it was out of stock. I told her I had one in my cart at home only she said it was probably long gone because the cart doesn't hold the dress if someone else wants it. I was sad and left the store empty handed with a gift card for the original price of the dress $98.00 so it wasn't a total loss.

I just got home...looked in my cart and suprise suprise the dress was still there...on sale for $69.99! I had to pay the $10.50 shipping so I still ended this crazy whirlwind dress swap with a $20.00 J Crew gift card! Not that it will buy me much only still...pretty fun!

Let's just hope the dress comes this week in time for me to take it with me to San Diego.

If you are having a wedding soon I totally recommend looking at all the cute white strapless dresses that are on sale at J Crew.

Did I mention it even has pockets...which has to be my fav trend of this year in dresses...

Cute Rehearsal Dress

It took me a while to find the perfect rehearsal dress. If you still haven't found one this one is so cute!

This BCBG white floral dress is on sale today only at Ideeli for $169 (regular price is $380).

I love BCBG dresses only they are usually way out of my budget. This sale has lots of really cute ones and they are all so discounted how can you not get the urge to shop?!

Need an invitation to Ideeli? Here you go!

Cute Ideeli Dresses

I know I am always talking about Ideeli...I recently got a really cute dress from Vava by Joy Han.

Today Ideeli is having another amazing sale...all their amazing dresses are less than $50 and regularly retail for $108-196!

Get the cute honeymoon perfect dresses before they sell out! There is even a cute little white one that would be perf for a rehearsal dress. Love it!

Need an invitation to Ideeli? Here you go!

Beach Bound

Tomorrow night we are going to bed early and then waking up Friday morning and driving to San Diego. The boxes are packed, labeled and ready to go. Next stop...our wedding planner's studio!

Friday afternoon we get to do our cake tasting meeting...can that even really be called a "meeting" with a straight face?! After the cake meeting we are off to pick up my FI's grandfather and take him out to dinner to our rehearsal dinner location...we have never been there so we'll see what happens.



Saturday morning is my hair and makeup trial...I am really excited. After the last one...I am ready to be pampered! Then Saturday evening is our engagement pictures! My FI is concerned about where we are going to change...hilarious...if only my only concern for the whole weekend was where I was going to change from a white shirt and shorts to a black shirt and jeans. I love boys.

These lovely beach pictures are from this fabulous blog.

Fab Necklace

Did anyone else catch this amazing wedding featured on Style Me Pretty a while back?

I was so obsessed with this necklace and totally thought I was the only one...it turns out I wasn't! Three days later they did a do it yourself feature on how to make the necklace and even gave readers the chance to connect with the bride who is making the necklaces now for girls who want them.

So I guess I am a total stalker...I am ordering one for my rehearsal outfit...a cute white dress from J Crew.

She is making the necklace custom so I am adding some blue beads in where her brown ones are to bring in the whole beach vibe of our wedding.

Grand total...only $75 with shipping!

The best part is I get an amazing custom necklace from this super cute amazing bride. Loves it!