I feel like A BRIDE!!!! ♥

Yesterday was an amazing day, I decided to go to another appointment at a bridal salon in Austin that I had been to in June. They treated me like I was a princess, and they were SO SWEET! They catered to me, they listened to my questions and they put in 200% effort when working with me. I made the best decision yet in my wedding planning process. I went back.

I was nervous about trying on more dresses, because since I started looking for THE dress, I have had nothing but disappointment over and over again. Alfred Angelo, the first salon I visited, had my size, but pushed me so hard to buy a gown after my first day of trying dresses on. I was very close to buying it, and thank God I didn't. I then went to Davids Bridal, which they hurried me along, and had their own opinions about what dress I would look best in. I'm sorry but don't I know best?! Then I went to New Beginnings in El Campo. That was an ok appointment, but I didn't come out of the salon feeling like a bride. I then continued my search to the WORST place on EARTH to look for dresses. Milan 2 Bridal in Houston...HORRIBLE! I tried maybe 10 dresses on, most of them I couldn't fit into. My girls, Lesley & Lauren had to help me into my dresses, the consultants didn't even offer to help. The manager was a man, and seemed to know nothing about how a bride should feel. I was hurried along during that appointment, and the manager said goodbye to me after those 10 dresses, when he had around 100 more that I could have tried on! There were around 50 people, clients and their families in a small salon. We then proceeded to look at Bridesmaids dresses and we were still hurried along. The manager wanted us gone. On the phone he promised "Every bride gets treated exceptionally, and they get an hour and a half to their consultant!" Bull-logna! I was so disappointed that day after we left. I knew from then on, my gown shopping would become more difficult. I still decided to make an appointment for November 6, but I was not very confident, but I knew they would treat me better than any of the others. I also made appointments for November 18 in Houston to two couture salons that I figured would treat me right. Now I won't have to go!

Signature Bridal in Lakeway, Texas was an absolute Godsend to me! Sky and Ashley were amazing in my gown search. They listened to everything I said, and answered every question appropriately! They walked along the gown closet with me, and pulled out every dress I looked at and said I wanted to try on. They never told me, well it's a size 6 and you probably won't be able to fit in it. They said, we will do our very best to get you in each gown so you know exactly what it looks like on you, and they did. I picked out around 15 gowns, and of those 15, only 2 did not go over my head or over my butt! Sky, my designated consultant, was so cute and sweet and made the experience even better. She encouraged me to get into each dress and not worry about my size. There were a 4 dresses that I knew might be one. The last one I tried, blew the other ones away and became my #1 all time favorite gown. I am now officially a Watters Bride!!!

Mom picked the gown out for me to try on, she thought it was beautiful, and it turned out being THE dress! They all added accessories to the dress and made me look like a bride, once I saw myself in the complete outfit, I fell in love, and actually had an emotional attachment to the dress.

We left the salon, having ordered my gown and having paid in full for it! ♥ It is now officially MY WEDDING GOWN! It is beautiful and I feel beautiful in it! I wish I could post pictures of the entire session, however I don't want Brian to see me until I walk down that aisle! But I do have a picture of what my face looked like when I found the gown, and the moment I felt like a bride and realized that all of my worries were ending, and I was going to be walking to meet my future husband in this dress!

I was getting choked up...tears filled my eyes, but they never rolled down my cheeks. I was more excited! So I sucked it up, and smiled. My mom captured the moments of me trying on dresses yesterday! I'm so glad she caught this plus many more amazing moments I will never forget!

I can't wait to become a wife to an amazing man and start a family with him! He is the light of my life, my soul mate and I can't live without him! Thank you God, Brian, Mom & Dad for making this day possible!


For Now & God Bless, *Amber*