Although I did not actually see the movie "27 Dresses," I can't imagine what it might have been like to be a bridesmaid 27 times!! In the few times Becky and Julie have been bridesmaids, it has always been a bit traumatic -- usually because of the exhorbitant expense of buying the dress, the shoes and accessories, paying for alterations, throwing a bachelorette party, travel to the wedding, the wedding gift... So, when Becky's turn came to be the bride she did not want to burden her dearest friends with all of these expenses. "I want the bridesmaids' dresses to be very reasonably priced," said the bride-alicious.
Temi, grandmother extraordinaire (and shopper extraordinaire) suggested we take the girls to Zara's or Ann Taylor or even Banana Republic and buy pretty, stylish dresses right off the rack. "No, no, no grammy...that's not the way it's done!" the girls implored. "We should go to a bridal store and just look for something reasonable."
Cheap is cheap.
Yes, we kept the cost down for all the bridesmaids. One dress arrived ripped. All were of varying lengths and required major alterations. I was closest to the sagas of my own two little bridesmaids (maid of honor #1 and maid of honor #2.) They are perfect size 4 and 6 respectively and rarely require the services of a seamstress. These dresses required total renovation and rehabilitation and believe it or not after numerous fittings are still not done - with 84 hours left until the nuptials. (Cost of tailoring far exceeding the cost of the dresses.) Part of the reason is that their seamstress was admitted to the hospital for five days two weeks ago with chest pain (while still in the throes of re-re-renovation of the little potato sacks.) She is back at her sewing machine now, with oxygen.
Surely, they will all look beautiful walking down the rosebud strewn aisle on Saturday. However, I have learned my lesson: next time I will ask Grammy Temi to take the whole bevy of bridesmaids to Banana (how's that alliteration!) for a nice, stylish dress, right off the rack.
Forecast for Saturday: Clouds to SUN!!! 68 degrees. YES!!!
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we may still need to go to banana and pick up dresses if these ones aren't done in time...
Why are you posting at 4:30 in the morning? Have no fear -- the seamstress is still puffing along (literally) and the dresses will be perrfect!
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