Well, the trip to Salt Lake was well worth it! Not only did I get to see the Armstrongs and spend a great few days with my mom, we found the dress of my dreams! It is perfect and that is all I can say - I don't want Mat trying to find out about it! He isn't going to see it until June 21!
We really had such a great time! We got there late on Wednesday, so we just checked in to our hotel and then ran to Subway for a quick dinner. Thursday we got up bright and early to face the bridal shops! We stopped in two different shops and weren't wowed by anything there. We had made an appointment at noon, so we headed to that store (with a side detour to a yarn shop above it!). There I tried on lots of dresses and then narrowed it down to two that I really loved. We had another appointment, so we got some lunch and headed to that shop. This appointment was super fancy dresses. Some of them in the store were $5000! Luckily, I didn't find anything I liked there, but it was fun to try on some really expensive gowns.
We had time to hit a couple more shops and then headed to Sarah and Matt's house. They took us to Porcupine, which was a super cute and fun restaurant. They always do the best job at taking me neat and different places. And it was so great to see Sean and Madison. I can't believe how much Madison has grown since July! It is like she is her own little person now! And Sean is too cute for words. It was fun for my mom to meet the family and get to know them a little bit. After dinner, we decided to head back to our hotel, but then realized it was not too awful late and we had time for one more stop. NORDSTROM! We were going to have a bra fitting there because my mom had heard it is the best place to get fitted for bras. It totally was! I can't believe how much more comfortable I feel with knowing how to wear my bras the right way! I highly recommend going there to get fitted if you ever are near one. It is so worth the time. After that, we headed back to the hotel and were pooped.
Sean at dinner
Friday, we decided to take on the largest store I have ever been in. Seriously. IKEA! Neither of us had ever been in one and we were in that store for two hours. I could not believe the amount of things they had in there. It was so overwhelming, but so much fun too! Then we headed back to the two dresses that I really liked, so I could try those on again. I tried them both on and easily eliminated one, which left me with only one and I couldn't think of a dress more perfect for our wedding and me! So we ordered and now I just have to wait until it comes in January. That is a long time. Then we'll start doing the fittings and before I know it, it will be time to wear it! After our big purchase, it was time to head home. It went by so fast, but we seriously had the best time ever.
This is one large store.
Now it is Saturday and I am waiting for Mat to get off work so we can do some more wedding planning. We have a few stops we want to make today and then we'll have a great night relaxing at home. Have a great weekend!
