Bridesmaid Dress Shopping Trip

On Saturday, we went dress shopping to look for bridesmaid dresses. By we.. I mean - Kerry, Rachel and my cousin Donna. Rachel decided not to stay closer to stockton and ended up driving up a different way. So she just met us in Sacramento at the first shop. Kerry lives in Sacramento so she just met us there. So Donna and I drove up. We didn't leave until closer to 9:15 and after a stop at Starbucks for some frappucinos.. I love love love my discount! :), we made our way to sacramento.

It was kind of cloudy, but it was pretty clear all the way up. We made it there about 10:10. Rachel actually beat us from the bay area! Wtf.. lol.

So I went around and started grabbing dresses and I got Rachel and Donna to start trying stuff on. I called Kerry when we reached Elk Grove and she said she'd meet us there. She was a little late and we had a pile of dresses that the other girls had tried on but either couldn't really tell because the size was really small, or were way too small to try on to begin with.

Rachel is happy to be trying on dresses...


Some dresses that were nice, but for one reason or another they were cut out - like too low in front, too low in back etc...


The Vera Wang dresses... ahh to dream. Actually I didn't like them that much. The light gold dress looks like a nightie and the lavender one had a black elastic strap on the back of the dress... wtf?


The winners from this store:


I think either the blue one or the gold one were the best. They looked good on all:
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After this store, we went to lunch at Ernestos.
This is the only group picture I have.. its blurry :(

So I took a picture outside.. I told them to pretend it wasn't freezing.


Rachel had to leave early, so she left after lunch.
After we went to a nearby store to look at more dresses. We didn't see anything we liked.. BUT we did find some joke dresses to send my sister.

and the Ladybug and Neon dress:


We went to starbucks after this and Kerry got a chai latte, we got waters. Then we went to David's Bridal and tried on some dresses there. We got there almost exactly at 4. I had told Chrissie to bring Elizabeth to try on flower girl dresses.. but she never showed. Kerry called her and she said she forgot.

Here are the dresses we liked at Davids Bridal:
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#6

I personally think that if Rachel and Kerry try on dress #6 and they like it, thats probably what we'll get. Kerry was tired and didn't want to try on one more dress. She said she'd go back next weekend and try it on. I sent Rachel pictures and I want her to go try it on. I like the color in the photos, but its a little darker in person.

So yay.. for being done with dress shopping.. kind of. :) Now I have to make sure everyone buys it. Right now its on sale for $140 from $170. Plus it comes with a matching shawl and optional spaghetti straps. So people could add straps if they wanted and the people that want to cover their arms can with the shawl.. so its kind of perfect. :) That way people won't have to buy a shawl if they do want it.