Saturday February 10th, 1990
The appointment was for 10am and the night before the visit I decided to stay over en femme with my fiancee Renee, in order to get ready for the appointment early. While snuggling in bed, I told Renee that I had picked a good friend of mine, Rebecca, as my maid of honor and that I only wanted her and not more than one bridesmaid. Renee then told me, "well that is another thing to knock off the list, now only another 100", and laughed, but I think she was pretty close.
Around 8am the next morning, I woke up and went to my closet to decide what to wear. Renee and I had discussed this before, to wear a top that was easy to get out of and a skirt of my choice, as the turtleneck I wore the last time not only messed my makeup a bit, but messed my hair as well. I looked through my closet and decided to wear my large collared pink and gray sweater and a long jean skirt. Underneath was the usual, slip, camisole, bra, panties and a pair of beige nylons. Renee also suggested that if the weather was good that I wear shoes that would be the same height as the bridal ones I was to buy, as the seamstress would need to get the exact height for the length of the skirt. I then decided that I would go for my 3 inch black heels as that would be the best height for me to wear for a possible entire day on my feet, and besides my maid of honor is a very tall girl and I would need a bit of height.
I then got all dressed and went to my dressing table and carefully applied my makeup, purple shadow on the lower lid and pink on the upper lid, black mascara and liner and soft pink blush and light coral color lipstick. The whole appearance of the makeup was soft and I thought I looked perfect for the fitting. During my makeup application Renee was slipping into her clothing and was doing her makeup and walked into my room and complimented me on my appearance and letting me know the time was getting close to leave. We then went and donned our winter coats and scurried out the door in order to make the appointment on time.
Once in the store I again had the overwhelming feeling of femininity and loved all the sights and feelings. The girl that greeted us at the front desk was the same one that helped us the time before and greeted me by saying, "hi you're Jennifer right?, here for you fitting?", I answered yes to the question as the girl went and got the seamstress and my gown. I was handed my gown and thrilled once again at the beautiful fabric and design, I was in utter glory as I was handed the gown and lead by the seamstress and the girl at the front for my fitting in the upstairs area.
Once upstairs I was shown a dressing room that was free and walked into it with my fiancee and my gown. In the change room next to me was another girl trying on a gown and in her room was her maid of honor helping her out. I undressed, then Renee held the dress out for me to slip into, I stood there patiently as she did up all the buttons and the zipper at the back, the dress felt great against my body and I felt so feminine.
When I was finished Renee opened the curtain for me and I walked out into the open area and stood in front of the mirror as the seamstress started to pin the dress in different areas. At this point I was very nervous, but managed to relax as I noticed that there was no way she needed to get close to my surprise under the dress. As the seamstress worked away another attendant at the store was helping the other girl adjust her dress and was talking with her, I managed to look over at her and we exchanged supportive and admiring smiles. I was then asked by the seamstress if I had on the right heels and I said I did and once finished hemming the front of the gown I asked her about shortening the train as it was almost 7 feet in length, a little too long for my tastes.
Up to this point Renee was sitting in the change room, reading and I called her over to see what length would be best, we decided that about four feet would be best and the seamstress made note of that and said that would be a good idea as the material removed could be used to fix the sleeves of the dress. After that, the seamstress was finished and I went back to the change room were Renee helped me remove my dress and waited as I changed back into my clothes.
After changing and leaving the room, we went to the area were headpieces were displayed and started to look at different styles and a salesgirl joined us as we looked. I tried on a couple of styles and Renee helped me put them on and off as we had to careful with my hair. I really found nothing I really liked and Renee mentioned that we could look for a headpiece on another trip to other bridal shops. We then gathered our things, and discussed the next fitting, and the salesgirl informed us that we should think about September, and that fitted in perfect for my season. The girl also informed us that they would be moving to a new location around the corner and that the new change areas would make things a lot easier.
I thought at the time how I came at the right time and would experience yet another bridal shop.