Follow Up on Bridesmaids Shopping

So-That Alfred Sung we loved? About $200 and not in stores in Vermont. It only in two kinds of SATIN---FAIL!

However, we had absolute success last night and found a fabulous VERA WANG for all of Shannon's senior bridesmaids to wear. Now we need to tackle her Junior Bridesmaid, flower girl, groom/groomsmen, and ring bearer!

As the lovely lady Heather at the local David's Bridal pointed out, the Sung we were in love with is so retro and "Man Men," it would completely changed the look and feel of the wedding-taking it from "VT Romantic" to "Quirky Vintage." Not a bad idea, but definitely not Shannon's vision.

Remember that green dress in one of my first entries, You Say Potato, I Say Vera Wang? What a complete trip it was to have ripped that very dress out of magazines months ago, coveted it, blogged about it, then walked into a local store between a Michael's Crafts and a Staples last night to try it on!

It ended up being absolutely stunning, the perfect purple, and fit right into Shannon's Romantic/outdoor/ethereal theme. The word of the night was definitley "Diaphanous." I felt like a goddess in it.

The seemingly terrifying, insurmountable task of finding a perfectly purple dress that every bridesmaid will love and look stunning in is OVER-and Shannon has been engaged only a whopping 9 days!

Not only is it over, it's an affordable (for Vera Wang, and costs less than most J. Crew dresses) and very, very easy dress for every girl to access, as there are over 300 David's in the nation!

This is really a dream come true. I'm still trying to come off the high from finding such a perfect gown so easily. Shannon and I could not stop laughing hysterically in shock, shoveling our faces with dark chocolate flips and beef jerky as she drove me home from the store at 9:00 pm (what a healthy dinner!)

Love that we can check THAT off the list! ~Kate