Diary of a Bride to Be by Lauren Cooper
I’ve heard about brides having nightmares about their wedding and I’ve even written about how to avoid them, so I was not prepared when I had my first truly vivid bridal nightmare last week.
I’m blaming it on the Say Yes to the Dress marathon I was watching while my fiance was out of town. I went to bed feeling calm, relaxed and secure in my dress selection but this dream shook that up. It started out with my Mom and I going to the final fitting for my dress. Final. Dress. Fitting. They showed me the dress and my heart started to sink. Not saying anything to my mother or the bridal consultant, I proceeded to try the dress on. Standing in front of the mirror, I realized that I was in the WRONG DRESS. Not wrong as in: the store made a mistake, here’s your real dress. Wrong as in, I picked and ordered a dress that I now hated. (Sob!) So I was standing there, trying to be brave and offer suggestions to the tailor to make it the way I wanted it to be and it just wasn’t working. I burst into tears and sobbed to my mother that I couldn’t wear that dress. And then I woke up.
Annnd now I’m paranoid that this nightmare will become real and my dress hasn’t even come in yet! Note to brides that have found your wedding dress: Stop watching Say Yes to the Dress before bed. Immediately.
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