dressing Mom

The wedding planning hiatus is over! Largely due to busy times in other areas of my life, I haven't really done much wedding planning in the last few weeks. 

Until Saturday.

After placing the print order for my invitations, Mom, MOH Moxie and I set out on a Portland adventure hunting for a mother of the bride dress. Mom had an idea of what she wanted in mind, which turned out to be quite difficult to replicate. We tried Macy's, David's Bridal, J.C. Penney, Coldwater Creek, Kohl's, and a particularly crabby shop called Serendipity, all to no avail. Things were too scratchy, too informal, too sparkly, or just plain gross. This may or may not have to do with the fact that all of the stores were pushing their prom gowns heavily, with less focus on "special bridal party members" (yes, that's what some stores call wedding folk who aren't bridesmaids). Since none of us thought Mom should wear a backless, skin tight, sequined cutaway prom dress, we moved on. This was our general opinion of the dresses we had seen so far:

At Burlington Coat Factory we scored the cutest little bow tie for Ringbearer Melmo, who will look positively adorable while he tries to rip it off his neck all day. We then stopped by Michael's on our way home, and I was quite excited to get all the crafty supplies I had written on a list for months. When I got home I realized how underwhelming 3 packs of stickers, a letter stencil set, a giant stamp pad, 4 spools of ribbon, and a #16 decorating tip were - but hey, I was excited! Mostly for a ribbon that actually matched the pink on our invitations!

Once we had exhausted all of our options, we headed home for some online shopping, where Mom promptly learned the potential evil of online shopping. You know when you click "add to bag" on the PERFECT item, only to receive the "no longer in stock" message? We had finally found the perfect dress from Macy's, and it was being discontinued. Mom was crushed when we couldn't find the dress in the right size anywhere online, and further dress searching proved fruitless. Luckily for my mother, her relentless hope for this dress served her well, and she found the dress back in stock a size up the next day! She'll be looking lovely in peach in July, and we're one step closer to having all the important wedding folk outfitted. *Hint hint, bridesmaids and groomsfolk.* 

It was a long day of shopping, but it was nice to spend some time with my Mom and my sister. Can't you tell?