mirror mirror

saturday i accompanied my darling, and engaged, sister tabitha wedding dress shopping.

my sister and i set out for our 1 p.m. appointment at david's bridal. what is it about that store that irks me? perhaps the cookie-cutterness of all their dresses, perhaps the fact that there are a billion people in there or perhaps the fact that i was hungry when i went. (hunger probably played the largest factor in my disapproval).

my sister braved dress upon dress to try to find just the perfect one which, well, was never found. but it is not the dress that i am intrigued by but the scene that takes place upon trying to find the dress.

they put you in a small room and have a complete stranger (aka saleslady) help you try on and off your dresses. then once you have your dress on you walk out and stand on a platform surrounded by mirrors. now add on that there are 20 other brides around you all trying on their dresses and standing on their own platforms. does this seem weird to anyone else?

i laugh to think of what we put our poor to-be brides through.

but when i think that they have found their "one and only" and are about to have the happiest day of their life, then i don't feel quite so bad.