The Wedding Dress

So until this past week, I've done very little actual planning, but a lot of thinking about the wedding. Josiah and I have had long conversations about what we each want in our wedding and how we would like some things to proceed.
Thursday I was able to go wedding dress shopping with Cindy and Jenni (Step-mom and sister). It was fantastic. We hit up two different stores and I tried on somewhere around 13 dresses.
At the first store I found a dress that I thought was quite beautiful and could possibly be THE dress for the occasion. But, for the sake of seeing more dresses, we headed over to another store near by and tried on some more.
At one point, Jenni came over with a dress that was dark red, silver, "blingy", and off white. I wasn't thrilled about trying it on, but I did anyway. I walked out and all three of us were in agreement that this was the dress.
Sadly, I don't think I can post a picture on here of the dress because Josiah might catch a peek.
The dress has a dark red torso and the top is very much a 'V' shape. There are small straps that sit on the top of my shoulder, but on the outside edge. The dress proceeds into dark red with silver embroidery and bling. At the waist line (which isn't a straight line) it transitions into off white. At the bottom edge it returns to the dark red with silver embroidery. The train is about 6 feet long and there are buttons that go down the back. Every 4th button is a bling! It is just beautiful.
I tried on a few vails and I found a good lenght, but not the vail itself. That will be fairly easy though.
Now I must find my shoes this week (I'm thinking silver shoes) so that I can go back and get measured so they can make the dress. YAY!