Wedding dress shopping. A Brides by Demetrios review.

I could not fall asleep yesterday. It was very odd. I was so tired. It could be because my brain can't stop thinking about the wedding. It is a whole year away... I figured that once school starts time will fly by, and it will fly by fast. It was super irritating to get up this morning very sleepy before an 11 hour shift at work to realize....I've woken up too early. So now I have about 40 minutes to spare. Why not blog?

This is what the store looks like. I will say, it was very pretty. 

After having that wonderful experience at David's Bridal, it was time for shop number two. After plans for Sunday were cancelled I quickly texted my girls to let them know wedding dress shopping day number two was in motion. When we pulled up I immediately remembered the place. It was the same place my cousin had went to. I hoped all would we be well as we walked up those stairs into Brides by Demetrios. After filling out my information for them, my consultant greeted us. I told her what I want. She had me start to look around a bit and then quickly escorted my group to sit down on the couches and wait as I came out. One thing I have to warn you is to make sure you wear a strapless bra! The one I had to put on....just wasn't pretty. I'll leave it at that. This made me think "strike one". She didn't ask me if I wanted somebody to help me or her. I guess that is the way they do things, but I liked it how they asked at David's. Anyway, I came out in the first dress. I wasn't convinced. As a matter of fact, I don't remember what it looked it! My girls weren't either. Dress number two proved to be more successful and turned out to the be the best one I tried on at that store. The fabric was gorgeous. I just wanted something I haven't really seen before. I felt like maybe i've seen that one. It needed a touch of pizzaz or just a little something to make it unique. I found myself altering every single dress in my head. I don't want to have to do that. Ahhh, then strike two. Another consultant started talking loudly to mine as we were putting a dress on. A minute later she opened the curtain. I found it rude. She didn't ask. She just did it. She was asking about who was in the other room and how nobody knew. She then proceeded to ask for the dress I had just put on! Another bride wanted to try it on! It was irritating. I expected my consultant to apologize for the way she acted. It looked like she was. It was rude and a little obnoxious. Instead she smiled and said, "She's so....cute". Cute? Cute?!?! Cute was not the word. I tried to brush it off but this really confirmed the fact that I didn't want to be there. I felt rushed and quickly returned to my room after not falling in love with it anyway. Strike three was her taking her time putting each dress away. It really annoyed me. Here I am half naked next to a stranger as she takes her time putting the dresses away. Not just that, but it really slowed down the appointment. She made me step into the dresses instead of pulling them over and the same to take it off. It was really not the fastest way to do it. It dragged. A dress later the lady came back. She came back!!!! This time she barged in with my in me in my underwear. Again, without asking or without a warning. This made me so mad. It was very rude and inconsiderate. I think she ran out of suggestions when she eventually no other dress to give me. I think she thought I was confused on what I wanted. She told me to look at the racks again. In their stiff (corset on top) dress, I began searching...through every dress in the store. I felt like it would be weird of me to walk away. Everything was the same though. A lot of this and a lot of that. Not enough of this. They all started to look the same as my back started hurting from the dress. I was already done. I did go through them all and picked one out to try on. She said she'd meet me in the dressing room. I went to my girls and told them I was done. There was one more, but I was pretty much done and ready to go eat! I went to the dressing room and when she finally arrived, and told her I was done. Her reaction made me feel awkward as I fumbled around trying to get dress. She suggested that I look at bridal magazines, and look at all the dresses. She was basically implying come back, when you know what you want. I don't think she meant it in a mean way, but after all that I know I will never step foot in that shop again. I do not recommend it.

 I do realize that a part of the reason why I didn't find a dress was because I might have already found the one.  I pushed that dress aside and thought, "are any of these dresses me?" The answer was no. What I want could not be found there.

At the end of the day, the consultants were nothing special. The other consultants are not considerate of brides that are not their own. Some of their dresses (I supposed this is with any place) made me feel like the dress was worth $300. I am not going to buy a dress that is over a grand to have it look like it was  $300.  I want my dress to look like a million bucks and look even better when it is on me. They did have an equal amount of dresses that looked fabulous for the price. I think it was just some materials. Again, I will not be going back.