My very faithful to the cause mother and I set of early again today to a Bridal shop further a field.... well 20 mins away.
We walked in and was instanly greated with smiles and hellos - and the first thing said was "Can we get you some bubbly?" of course I beamed and said YES... well yes to Bucks Fizz, it was 11am! The feeling of being the only bride in the world was in the air!
The shop was the best laid out I have seen, a real bride paradise, one I could kick my shoes off and remain in for several hours no problem!
The very very petite girl called Kelly... as in she must of been a size 6 and 4ft 11. I say this with confidence as later on when she was whizzing dresses over my head she said "I do struggle with larger women and heavy dresses only being 4ft 11, but its better than my sister who is 4ft 6 (I suddenly got a picture of a little pixie or fairy in my head... god knows why!)
Kelly then gave me 5 red silk hearts and told my to place these onto the hangers of the dresses I liked and wanted to try on... Again a really nice touch which made everything feel that bit more special. So mother and I began and waded our way through the beautiful dresses infront of us.
We choose the 5 dresses and 2 more (I have to of course be greedy!) and we started the try ons.
MASSIVE BRIDE SECRET - I never knew that you can easily wear a hoop on your wedding day - this is literally a genius idea and one I will not be leaving out on my day! It really pushes the dress out and gives it great shape as well as more importantly keeping the dress away from your legs. This makes it cooler FAR easier to walk and all in all comfier! So brides to be ask for a hoop when you next try on and you will see the benefits!!
Another fabtastic bit of this bridal shop was they had a special area where the brides come out and stand.. this is central to the shop and really is like the stage of this mini theatre. There are perfectly placed mirrors on this stage in which you can see the dress in all its glory. This stage even has a little raised block in which you stand - something that once again made this experience so great. My mum looked on proudly and gave the ancient greek thumbs up or down to which the dress was either written down for a second try or doomed to its death back on its hanger.
All in all I selected 2 dresses that I loved, both quite different but equally as beautiful. Kelly also clearly pointed out they can easily change aspects of the dress so removing the hated bling or adding buttons down the back or even making a straight top into a sweatheart - so basically you can create your very own unique dress -something that really impressed me.
They also had a great selection of bridesmaid dresses to which I spotted a few I liked, again these could come in long or short - bonus!
I really did rate this bridal shop and we are going back on 18th August for second try ons, more bubbly and more bodies, as I am bringing the bridesmaids in. They will be asked to take their seat on the judging panel before the roles are reversed and they try on for me. This will give me an idea of styles I like on them and of course more reason to drink more champers!
Great shop and a great Saturday morning!
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