My beautiful sister is getting married in August. She has spent many, many hours diligently looking for a pretty, modest bridesmaid dress that won’t break the bank, that we her bridesmaids would like enough to wear again. And she finally found one.
I am very excited. I like it a lot. The problem is that I need to order it soon, and I’m only 5 weeks postpartum. My waist is not it’s normal proportion to my hips. I don’t want to order a dress any larger than I HAVE to just to accommodate flabby baby abs that may or may not still be flabby in August.
Pout.
So I need to call them and ask how much $ they charge for a rush fee, and how much time it will buy me.
And I need to tone, tone, tone. Fortunately, I have already started that.
May 10th, 2006 at 9:02 am
I think that the dress is wonderful and I have found that Victoria Secret has many items that help me look like I do many more crunches than I actually do…
May 10th, 2006 at 9:48 am
What a gorgeous dress. Is that the color? You can do it!
May 10th, 2006 at 11:36 am
What a lovely bridesmaid dress.
May 10th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
That’s a beautiful dress! I know what it’s like to feel your dilhemma. I was a bridesmaid in a good friend’s wedding only 3 months after Nathan was born. I also had to buy it very early, so I ordered it a bit large and had it altered around the top since my stomach was still poochy. I was recovering from a c-section so unfortunately I wasn’t able to do any crunches. I still looked nice in the dress, but I’m sure you’ll look much better than I did!
May 10th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
That is a really neat dress!
May 10th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
That is a great dress! I love the color. Um, if you ordered it now, could you have it altered if you lose weight and it’s too big? That might be cheaper than rush ordering it, I’m not sure.
May 10th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
awesome dress! I think you should order it now because otherwise, you will not be in the same dye lot. I don’t think everyone else will want to rush order later on and I think it will be cheaper to alter than pay rush and look off. I did a last minute bridesmaid dress once when I was a kind and I definately looked “off.”
May 10th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
That’s gorgeous! Lucky you!!
My friend who sat beside me just asked,”that’s not knitted, right?”
May 10th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
Hi there! started reading your blog a little while ago (can’t even remember how I came upon it) but have not posted a comment yet.
The dress is beautiful, but I agree with the folks who say order it now…you will have to have some alterations no matter what and you can have it taken in here and there. If you wait, you may not have time for alterations at all – or worse, be paying for rush alterations on top of rush delivery. Just order now with your current measurements and start researching a great tailor. It will be a bit pricey, but definitely worth feeling great in the dress. I had to do the same thing for my sister’s wedding. I was swimming in the dress when it came in and had to take it in all around…it looked great.
Aside from that, I have really been enjoying reading your blog…I love your sense of humor : )
May 11th, 2006 at 12:38 am
Congratulations to your sister — on her engagemnt and her superb taste in bridesmaid dresses! She is to be commended highly!
May 11th, 2006 at 1:38 am
Very beautiful dress! I?m sure you?ll look great in it! Don?t worry too much about your baby abs!
May 11th, 2006 at 3:26 am
A lovely dress! Love it!
May 12th, 2006 at 1:01 am
That dress is beautiful I wore one the same color and a similar style as my sister’s bridesmaid. It looks great with the cross around the middle. Don’t worry it will look great on you. By the way Clark is way too cute! He will be the perfect future husband for my 6 month old Lana. LOL
May 12th, 2006 at 6:00 am
Gorgeous dress!!
I saw this article today about getting “Fab Abs”. Maybe it can help you out.
May 13th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
That dress is fab! Good luck on your toning mission!