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

My mom and I actually went before Mr. KM and I were ring-engaged (we had already decided to get married but I didn't have a ring)- we actually went the weekend that he asked for my dad's blessing and the same weekend he bought the ring (my dad and Mr. KM went shopping together- cute AND scary)! I hadn't actually wanted to go dress shopping yet, actually. I wanted to wait until we were actually engaged, but since Mr. KM was getting the ring in the mail the first week of February and we'd probably get engaged that same week, plus the fact that my mom was having major surgery on the 10th and would be out of commission so she couldn't come up, well, there was no way.

Our first shop was Bridals by Lori... you may recognize that name from Miss Scissors post; it's where she bought her dress! And yes, I tried on her dress just for fun, and I have to confirm that it is even more beautiful in person! Melissa was helping me.

These are some of the the dresses I ended up bringing with me as inspiration pictures (all pictures from theknot.com):

Rosa Clara ^

Monique Lhuillier ^

Lazaro ^

Kenneth Pool ^

Christina Wu ^

There were a couple of solid lace ones thrown in for good measure, since I loved how elegant and classic they looked.

So I tried on the fluffiest, most elaborately skirted ball gowns I could find. Pleats and ruffles and HUGE fabric flowers and y'all... I hated them. I absolutely and completely despised them. They made me feel wide, that I was taking up the whole room, and they were heavy. All of that should have been expected, but it blindsided me. I wouldn't have been able to kiss Mr. KM on our wedding day because he couldn't reach me over the dress! So that... was a no go. And we returned to the drawing board.

Up next in dress: what I loved.