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So far, so good on the dress front. I got a lovely call from a certain JLQ who informed me that she had found the attendant dresses pictured below in a local mall and that not only were they very flattering, they were also on mega-sale. I rushed to the mall (and got heinously lost in Raleigh - somehow while trying to get to Crabtree, I ended up by Peace College) to have a look. The picture doesn’t really do these justice. They have a really nice raw-silk nub to them and as MHB so nicely put it, “they’re really well constructed.” I put all the ones I could find in the store on hold and sent around the following survey to gauge the collective reaction of my (uh, many) attendants:*

Potential Dress Survey
Select one answer and give your rationale, if necessary (IE if you are unenthusiastic, please explain).
1. Yay!
2. Yikes!
3. Sigh…fine.
4. The economy is tanking and you’re emailing me about dresses for your wedding in a year?!

The reaction was all positive, (particularly since both dresses are in the running - I don’t care so much about uniform style as uniform color) so last night I placed a big ole online order for the locals. Non locals ordered online as well. The only brief moment of drama came when one of the sizes I needed was sold out online (these are disappearing, hence the quick action). Rather than throw a tantrum, I used an online feature to help me locate the dress in a store. The only place in the country that still has the size, color, and style in-stock was in…Santa Monica, CA. I called at around 11:45pm east coast time and am having the dress sent here. “You’re like McGiver,” said ERM. A Bridezilla McGiver, maybe.

* “You better not start calling them your girls,” yelled my sister.

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