2,4,6,8- which dresses do we love to... consider?

There I was, in love with a dress I couldn't have thanks to my own issues with spending that much on a dress. And there was no talking myself into it.

I had always loved dresses like this, with the Battenburg lace that wasn't quite the traditional lace but still elaborate and pretty. I actually had these two in my stack, but took them out at the last minute:

^ This one is a Sottero and Midgley

^ This one is an Allure

So I mosied on over to their respective web sites and found some that I really, really liked.

I loved these two:

Both Sottero and Midgely, but there was a huuuuuge problem! Both are the 2010 Spring line, which means stores don't have their samples yet. Sigh. I checked in stores in 5 different states! That covers about a billion and a half miles that I was willing to travel just to try on this dress. I could either wait to order them once I go to a sample sale in Knoxville at the end of February, order one sight unseen (yikes!) or order this one that my Mom absolutely loved and I really, really, really liked (she actually got tears on this one once I put on a veil):

It's an Allure. And it looks so much better on a real girl than it does on the model. It is absolutely gorgeous, I can add sleeves (I don't want to wear sleeveless) with extra material from the hem that we can order, and it fits really, really well.

So here I am. I now what I want and can't have, and I know what I can have but can't try on. Unfortunately, this saga isn't going to end until the end of February when I try on these two dresses at the trunk show, and promptly rush the heck out of whatever I order.

Know what's even harder? The dress is something that I didn't care about until I found one I couldn't have. And that might make it sting a little bit more.