Even though "we" did accomplish a big milestone this weekend, Ben had nothing to do with it! Rather, my friend Kristen came to visit from the Minneapolis/St. Paul area so that I would have someone to attend my first dress fitting with. She was immensely helpful and I was so thankful she was able to visit.
First, we attended my fitting in downtown Milwaukee at Zita Bridal Salon. The seamstress there welcomes gowns purchased outside of the store and I felt really comfortable talking to her from the first time I called to inquire. Once we arrived, my worries about picking 'the right' dress increased, as every gown in the store was more beautiful than every dress I had looked at - I bet they were also more expensive than every dress I looked at, too. But, I put my dress on and I still loved it! The pinning began, and then we experimented with accessories. The seamstress was great at suggesting jewelry and had some insightful observations about styling that I never would have considered; she even complimented my homemade veil, saying, "Good for you - you only wear it for an hour anyway!" [I know, I know. I still owe you all a veil tutorial.] We celebrated the fitting success with drinks and bruschetta, but unfortunately, thunderstorms cancelled our plans to attend a food truck beach party near downtown. We spent the rest of the weekend laying out on the beach, grilling, shopping for bridal accessories, and watching Animal Planet's Too Cute on Netflix. It was a great weekend spent with a great friend.
Luckily, Kristen is able to join me again for my second fitting before we head off to the Chicago bachelorette party that my friends from Oklahoma planned. Speaking of which, can you believe that all 6 girls traveling to Chicago will be running the Magnificent Mile Women's 5k while we're in town?! I think it will be an amazing girls' weekend and I can't wait!
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