Bridal Reflections and Pronovias

My mom and I took a day trip to NYC to see Elle and Aidan and try on some dresses back during the quest. The trip began with a trip to Bridal Reflections, an upscale boutique downtown where the lowest priced dresses were at the very top of our price range. We saw dresses for 14,000 dollars and veils for over a thousand. Needless to say, we didn't buy any of them! But I did fall in love with this taffeta dress. While not particularly interesting to look at, it was a joy to move around in, and it was the first dress that made me laugh and giggle. I loved how light the material was and how the hoop kept the crinoline off of my legs. But perhaps the best part of our trip to Bridal Reflections was that my friend Deborah made an impromptu trip to join us for lunch and shopping. She actually took the picture below!



(Note the channeling-my-inner-Sarah-Palin hair; the lady helping us with dresses put it like that!)



Later that day, my mom and I went to Pronovias, a store that looked like it had great dresses online. We met my mom's friend Michelle, my Aunt Stephanie, my cousin Caryl, and my MOH Julie at their boutique off of 5th Avenue. We didn't wind up getting a dress there because they didn't make petite sizes and the two dresses I liked didn't seem like they would be alterable. Anyway, here is one of the contenders from Pronovias (the other one, which I don't have a picture of, was an slim A-line dress with a gauze jacket. When I tried it on, my mom's friend Michelle exclaimed, "This looks just like the dress I got married in!" That made me smile). Anyway, This dress and its unphotographed cousin were the front runners until the day when I found THE dress....




Probably the best part of that day dress shopping in NYC was seeing my family, my friends and my mom's all together, laughing and giggling and sharing this special time in my life. After dress shopping at Pronovias, we all went to dinner at La Bonne Soupe, where we had crepes, yummy salads, and fondue for dessert and rehashed all the details of the day, and I think we all went home happy!