I got my dress 3 days after he proposed. the plan was to go looking for bridesmaids dresses and i happened to do some research ahead of time and took some pictures of both my dress and my bridesmaids dresses to the appointment. the one bridesmaid that came with me only wanted to try on one dress so instead of wasting the appointment i decided to have some fun. the first dress i tried on was similar to my favorite picture and it was perfect. i didnt even want to look at any others. but to keep my mom happy i tried on five different styles. as the lady said, you never know you might like a different style more. we ended up buying the first dress. now, you might think im crazy buying my dress over a year before my wedding but it was the dress, my size, discontinued and on sale. how could i not buy it? this picture is not my dress but i wont show it to anyone but my mom and bridal party till the big day. a girl's gotta have some surprises right?