dress distress

everyone seems interested in wedding dress talk... have i bought yet, what style, white, off-white, cream...? i'm sorry to report, i am further from actually purchasing than ever

i thought dress shopping would be fun... a few times out with friends, try on a few dresses, have lunch and be on our merry way. was i ever wrong... no wonder there are whole tv shows devoted to girls finding their dress - it's actually a really difficult task!

there really are, oh so many different options available, it's crazy:

 

and yet... i still haven't actually purchased anything. i've now visited three different shops (thank you thank you carol for joining me on these excursions!). in all honesty, i have found a few dresses i like. sadly, they are just too pricey for me. damn this amazing ability of mine to find the nicest, most expensive item in the shop! 

but, i've found the more i look and talk about dresses, the more confused i become. they've all kind of blurred into one fancy white dress. 

it's unbelievable how easy it is to find a dress i like online, but to actually track one down in a shop - seems impossible. i think i've maybe set the bar too high with my online searches. in fact just a simple search for dress types, i found this: 

 i think all of these are cute - and yet haven't seen anything like any of these while out shopping!

i'm currently on a dress shopping hiatus. i need a break! realizing deadlines are an actual thing, i'll get back on it soon... but for now i'm happy to watch other people agonize over the decision - thank you tlc.