Denver

Whoa...what a whirlwind two weeks. I'm glad to be home, but it is just craziness at work right now. We have our operator conference this weekend. Yucky! Working Friday night and all of Saturday..double Yucky!! But some great news to come soon, hopefully, fingers crossed! I'm hoping to get the open full-time salary position at work and they will be letting us know soon.

So the trip to Denver...

During the Dress Hunt of '09 C suggested making the search into a vacation, so I did. I called a salon in Denver and they had the dress I was searching for! I made the arrangements and this past weekend we trekked to the nice cool mountains. Man were they beautiful and the weather was amazing! A nice alternative to the 100+ degree heat here in Texas. After a late night flight and some issues with bags we settled in for a good nights sleep. Too bad I was too excited to sleep very well. We woke up that morning to an absolutely beautiful day! Mom and I went shopping while C went exploring.

When we went into the salon THE dress just hanging there. I was so excited! (It was really there. I was super scared that I was going to be flying all that way to find that the dress really isn't there.) I decided to try on some other dresses as well. I tried on a very form fitted gown. No way! A very pretty big puffy gown...No Thanks! Then the last gown with it...

I couldn't be happier. It was exactly what I wanted...

Situating the dress.The BackAdmiring the beauty.Some detail.

I was absolutely giddy the rest of the day! We were then off to lunch and then to Golden for the Coors Brewery Tour. Some celebratory and free beers later we were off to dinner with local family that we hadn't seen in years.

Sunday was lots of fun..

Sleeping in, then touristy shopping and exploring of downtown and lunch. More beer at lunch. Strawberry Ale yummy. Then we went to the Natural Science Museum. Lots of fun looking at fossils. Then it was time to come home, but Denver had other plans. Our flight was delayed for 45 minutes coming into Denver. We were then delayed nearly an additional 45 minutes due to weather. On top of all of these delays we had to take a longer route home because of storms. So we didn't land in Austin until 11:30pm. It was nearly 1:00am when we finally made it home.

An Update

The dress hunt '09 has continued this week. It included calling neighboring states for this dress...still no luck. So, while going through the list of stores Carl piped up and said "Hey, why not look into places that we could make into a vacation?" So that's what I did. I choose cities that we had never been to and wanted to visit to start calling salons. I finally landed on Denver, CO. It sounded like the perfect quick weekend trip; cool place, awesome vibe, great attractions (Carl has to be entertained while I'm on the hunt), and within a quick plane trip. Sure enough the second place I call in Denver and they have the dress. I think it was fate for me to call that place, because the sales lady that I talked to had just moved to Denver from Austin. Awesome!

I talked it over with mom, the holder of the finances, and she agreed. She's been wanting a quick vacation and there's family in Denver that we haven't seen in ages! Tonight I just booked our flights (I got a killer deal on them) and I'm in the process of looking at attractions. Coors brewery anyone?!

I'm stoked!! And these recently purchased little beauties may be going on the flight with me to make an appearance at dinner..

And the hunt begins...

I finally decided I was ready to start trying on wedding dresses this weekend. I've been looking at tons the past few months. I narrowed down the silhouette that I liked and what I envisioned for my trip down the aisle. Armed with this information and the support of my mom and C's mom we were off.

Dress 1: Dress 2:

Dress 3:

Dress 4:

After Friday, I was on a mission to find the dream dress that I have envisioned. I started calling salons in the area. I called a store in Waco to see if they had it. They said that the did, so I called up mom and we were off. When we arrived we were a little disappointed. The dress that I wanted is called Frisia and the one that they have is called Fresa, an easy mistake when taking on the phone. But it wasn't a total loss.

Dress 5:

Dress 6:

Right now I love dress #6 and kinda like #3. Dress #6 fit all of my criteria. I was able to move comfortably (once hemmed), could dance (yes I made my mom dance with me in the bridal salon), all lace, I felt amazing and like a bride, and a killer price. But...

There is a dress I saw online that has my heart.

This little beauty has been just a wee bit difficult to track down. I have called every dress salon in Texas that sells this line, except for Loredo, El Paso, and Brownsville which are a little too far for me to drive to. I have an email into a store in Shreveport. Hopefully they would have it! A quick to the great state of LA for some dress shopping and gambling?! I hope so! So, fingers crossed. Now I could wait till Sept when a truck show is supposed to be in Austin and the salon hosting said that they would request a sample brought in for me, but I'm impatient. Also, Sept would be the latest that I could order this dress.

What do ya'll think, am I crazy to try to hunt this dress down? or Should I just stick with #6? or should I order the dream and pray that it looks good on me?

I definitely plan to go to other salons and try things on, but I keep thinking of the dream dress.