Two down...one to go!

bridesmaid dresses that is :)  Wonderful BM Jessica went on a shopping marathon of her own one day and kept me updated via poor quality Iphone pics throughout!  I was sad I couldn't be with her, but it made for a fun afternoon at work, waiting for new image texts from Jess as she bounced from dressing room to dressing room.  Since we picked a dress (YAY!), I figured it was time to share her dress journey with you devoted readers.

Dress Numero Uno.  I think we both actually liked this one a lot!  Its hard to tell the exact color with that dressing room lighting, but I think we were a bit concerned it was too light.  The color combined with the style (a bit of a lacey look) made me a little nervous about how it would appear next to my own dress on the day of.  (Certainly not close enough to confuse our guests, 'which one is the bride?' but maybe a little too close for pictures, etc?)  Its been too long now, but I think there were some other reasons we decided Jess should leave it there and only come back for it if other options were not found.

Jessica's trip was timed impeccably because she was due in DC for a conference the following week, and therefore, planned to bring her finds with her to show me in person. (YAY!)  And she was successful at her other stops, cause she ended up bringing both of the following dresses to DC!

The one on the left: we really liked the blousy top.  It gave the dress that flowy quality that I talked about (making it feel romantic).  But the skirt was tighter and showed off wifey's hips and bum ;)  I was still a little concerned about the color, was it too light?

The one on the right: we also really liked.  The lacey pattern gave it the soft, romantic feel we wanted and, as you can tell, it was obviously a bit darker.

So, one night during her visit (after margaritas, a pitcher and some brew from churchkey...) Jess tried on the dresses for me and Javs.  We all agreed on the dress that should be 'the dress!'  It was pretty and romantic, but looked darn good on wifey.  (We felt like the other just didn't do much for her....and I'm always a fan of a dress that looks good when you're in it.)  Can you guess what we picked?

Here they are together, our two out of three BM dresses :)  (I chose the store pictures b/c I think they give you a better feel for the actual colors of the dresses.)  What do we think?  I'm not gonna lie, I've been somewhat worried about how my 'just find a dress on the 'brown' spectrum' was going to turn out, but I. am. pumped.  I think these are both beautiful dresses that my ladies completely rock. I love that they're different, but compliment each other and I can't wait to see what Isabel adds to the mix :)