Running of the Brides!

So I did it. I can now say I've been to a Running of the Brides event at Filene's Basement. Sure I went after work around 7pm and not bright and early, but hey, I still experienced it.

Before I move on to the dresses, two quick things. I had two expectations going into this. First I was worried I was going to walk into pandemonium. And second, I was expecting NOT to find my dress. I didn't want to walk in there, leave empty handed, and be really depressed, so I told myself I wasn't going to find the one.

One of my expectations turned into reality. But you have to keep reading to find out!

When my mom, my sister, and I walked in, we saw this. I forgot to take a picture of the racks but I did take a video before I left.

That's a ton of dresses!

So I started at one end and my sister at another. My mom just wandered throughout. I had told them what I wanted - something possibly strapless with a sweetheart neckline that was slightly bohemian and flowy. Something I could wear outside either on a beach or under a big ol' oak tree.

I went through the racks and picked up not one, not two, but three dresses! Side note - wedding dresses are HEAVY. Moving on (with sore arms nonetheless)...my sister picked out a couple and after 20 minutes, my arms were caving so I moved on to the fitting room.

The first dress I had picked was very different and unique. It had a couture vibe and I really liked it on the hanger. I wanted so bad to like it. I did but I didn't love it.

I loved the top part. Really loved it. But the waist and below was too much. :(The next dress had POCKETS. I seriously was contemplating this dress.
But there were two reasons I didn't get it. A. I'm pretty sure I only loved it because it had pockets and B. It just didn't go with the vision I have for my wedding.
These pics don't do it justice, but this dress had simple gold stitching throughout and a pretty bohemian(!) embroidery thing on the bottom.The next dress had an AWESOME back. I loved it.But I wasn't a fan of the front. I actually liked the top part with the two boob flaps but I didn't like how the sheer fabric opened on the sides. Does that make sense?
This one was the typical look I was going for. I actually wasn't crazy about it and it was two sizes too big. Hence why my arm is holding the dress up.
At this point, I was getting slightly frustrated. Trying on heavy dresses in a small confined room with no air conditioning was getting to be too much for me. So I stopped. I really liked these dresses but I couldn't pick one. They were all beautiful but just not my vision. Sorry, no wedding dress for me yet! But I did have some fun getting swallowed up in the racks.
And by the way, if you wonder how they ship the dresses, they started taking out these mammoth boxes when we were leaving. They were about four feet tall and six feet wide. Huge boxes for huge, poofy dresses.

And thankfully, there was no pandemonium. It was fairly quiet....thank you!