Thank God for Seamstresses

Well, let me start off by saying that I am a bargain hunter, as most of you already know about me. I did go to David's Bridal and try on wedding dresses and found a few that i really liked. But I did not buy one the day I went to David's. Instead I went online and searched for a better deal on Ebay. I know. I know. But anyways, I saw this beautiful dress on Ebay and instead of $549, I paid $275 plus shipping. I am cheap. What can I say. However, it is from a different designer for David's Bridal. That designer's measurements are not the same as the dresses I had tried on in the store. Therein lies the problem. So here I have this awesome dress and it simply will not finish zipping up my mid back. I start to panic. I head off to the diet doctor again and start taking my wonderful diet drugs. Gotta love drugs. I lose a few pounds and really do not mind losing more. But my boss pointed out that I simply can not change my rib cage. Why the hell not? After a few weeks of trying to think positively about the dress and it fitting, I sucked it up and went to a seamstress last night on the way home from work - dress in tow.

Now the seamstress was not in like a strip mall or anything, she was in the middle of the sticks. She gave me her address and directions and I thought I was lost three times. I had to pull off this country road and drive down a dirt/gravel road and parked in front of a double wide. Her business was in her home. She must have been doing pretty well for herself because there was an S Class Benz sitting in her gravel driveway. When I got out of the truck, I hear roosters in the background. It was odd. But I did pass a few miniature horse farms on the way there. She was around my mom's age and African American and reminded me of my daughter's old babysitter in FL. Very nice but with a country twang.

She had me try it on and confirmed...."yep it won't zip up sweetie". Hell, I could have told her that. But seriously, she was really nice. I took the dress off and she fiddle faddled with it for a while and told me she had 1 1/2 inches of play on each side. It might possibly fit me. She took my measurements and confirmed that it would fit. Praise God or who ever is in change up there. It will be ready for me by the end of next week and she is only charging me $40.00. Can you imagine? She is going to let out both sides of the dress and resew the beading and the other fancy stuff. What a deal!!

Now I am excited again about the dress. My princess dress, to marry my Prince Charming. Now all I have to get is my headpiece and my undergarments. I have a few things picked out online but have not clicked "buy" yet. Here are my shoes though.