David's Bridal and alterations

So I haven't posted in awhile..

Here what has been going on..

I took my dress yesterday to get an estimate on alterations. I took it to a place in Stockton and found out that it will be really hard to hem since it doesn't have a waist seam that they can just take it up from... but because the chiffon is one piece, they actually have the remove the lace, then hem it and then reattach the lace. Great. Plus adding a bustle... plus attaching some sleeves.

The place in stockton thinks it will be about $175... plus I'd have to buy the sleeves at David's Bridal for $40 and he didn't seem too sure about what a bustle was, which makes me a little uneasy. So it would be $215.

Davids Bridal wants $120 for the hem, $50 for the bustle and $40 for the sleeves plus $40 to attach the sleeves... that is $250.. great.

My cousin found out because of all the layers to her dress, to hem it, it would be $60.

Before we went to the alterations appointment, we went to lunch at Chili's. yummy. We also went to Target where I got a baby gift for a girl at work. I got her a bath set with two hooded towels and two wash cloths.

Priscilla met us at the Tailor shop and we dropped my cousin off. Went and met up with Jennifer at her house, who followed us to Modesto. We all went to David's Bridal... where Priscilla easily found her dress size. She tried the right size on the first time... This is her modeling the dress.. kindof. I forgot to take a picture of her in it.


Yay. I tried on my dress and picked out some cap sleeves to add to my dress. I also looked at a pretty headband.. or two...
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I kind of like them both. I don't know which one I like more.

Confusing size charts

I've started looking at bridesmaid dresses.

One of the first things I look at - if its available - is the size chart.

I don't want to fall in love with a dress and have it have a weird size chart that doesn't fit anyone.

Like at my sisters wedding where the dresses were on such a weird chart where any girl that had a chest ended up ordering 10 sizes up.

The weirdest thing is how off some of the size charts can be...like in some brands a size 20 in one brand is a size 28 in another.

Or one brand says a size 28 but the measurements are a lot smaller than another sizes 28.

In 10 brands a size 28 (if they have it ) range from a 49 to 61.You think they would try to be a little more in agreement.