About this time a year ago, I received my wedding dress in the mail (but it wasn’t delivered to my house to keep the dress private from Mark’s eyes, so I didn’t try it on just yet). I ordered it online at an amazing shop out of Indiana called Ella Park Bridal. It was simple and beautiful, perfect for our simple outdoor wedding: Ivory lamore satin with silver beading at the strapless neckline. It even had the pickup style skirt I loved. And? Since it was a technically a bridesmaid gown, it was only $150 compared to a ridiculous high number. The problem? I ordered it off line when I was 8 months pregnant. I had no idea what size I would be at 3 months after birth for our wedding day. I assumed that with breastfeeding, as I heard, would just shrink me back to a somewhat normal.
Wrong. Though, I was close. I’m normally a 0 at my normal pre-pregnancy size (and back to that now, I am a very small person of 4 ft. 11. Don’t hate me), I ordered the dress in a 2, but ended up needing a 4. So, one month before the wedding I was in shear panic as my wedding dress didn’t fit. And so, we went shopping for a new one. We went to David’s Bridal just to see what size I would need, I tried on one and opps! fell in love with it. $800 later I had the whole wedding bling going on with a beautiful beaded top strapless dress, a full pickup skirt that looked like layers of icing, and some ivory shoes to match. Boy did it hurt to hand that bank card over, but it was so worth it on our wedding day.
My problem now? The old dang dress won’t sell! I’ve got this perfect, brand spankin’ new with tags, ivory gown that no one will buy. It’d be perfect for prom, another kind of formal, or even a wedding. But, nope. No offers. I’ve tried Craig’s List to sell it locally and Ebay. No go.
So I’m turning to you dear readers, surely you or some one you know (a sister? a niece? a friend? a friend’s daughter?) is looking for a beautiful dress. It even comes with a matching hand bag and optional straps! Maybe the problem is that it’s a size 2 :-/ Or the pictures just don’t do it justice? I will sell it half price, I just want the thing out of my house!
