Wedding Dress Saga

From the desk of the bride... While we were in Ottawa, a message was left in my voicemail from the salon where I bought my wedding gown. At more than 10 months before the wedding itself, this did not seem like a good sign. After a couple of days of phone tag, they reached me at work, and... unfortunately... the designer is no longer making the model of dress I'd chosen (see below). There is no wiggle room... the dress cannot be made.

Now, this seems a most unkind thing to do to a soon-to-be bride, but as it turns out, there is a silver lining... As it happens, I bought the same size and colour of dress as the trial version at the salon that I'd tried on originally, so last Saturday, I headed back to the salon with my mom to try it on again and see if it was in good shape. After two years of being tried on by innumerable other brides-to-be, there was some damage to the fabric, and the buttons had to be replaced, but under the magical hands of the seamstresses at the salon, any flaws are undetectable. And to make the lining even more silver, the dress will now be half price!!

So I will have this beautiful dress of my dreams after all!!