First Bad Experience

Last night's dress shopping did not turn out as fun as Saturday was. The woman that helped me at the store is the owner and was not the nicest to say the least!!! I started out by talking to her about previous dresses I've tried, what I've liked, disliked, and what I'm staying away from altogether. She informs me that she has THE perfect dress for me - I'm scepticle at this point since I've barely met the woman. She shows me a lace dress that was NOT my style (over the top and basically older looking), I responded that it was a lovely dress but not for me - her response "it's a beautiful dress - I think you need to try it on to see". I said - nope. So we went onto the next dress - I explained that there was a part of it that I didn't like, she had the exact same response - that I need to try it on to see. At this point, I said "I'm really sorry - I am going to be blunt and if I don't like a dress, it doesn't mean the dress is horrible, it just means it's not right for me." She got offended and said for me and my mom to just pick out the dresses and let her know when we're ready. We were only allowed to pick out 5 dresses and then supposedly based on what I liked or disliked based on those dresses, she would go out and find THE PERFECT dress for me. I had my doubts.

One of the first 5 dresses I tried on, she said "ohh this is flattering on you - it accentuates your small waist and hides the bad part" as she points to my hips. NICE! I will be the first to admit that I carry my weight in my hips/butt, etc. But to point it out and call it bad?! She had me in a bad mood from the moment I walked in! I then put on another dress and she told me right away that it doesn't look nice because it doesn't hide the "big part". Thanks lady.

Bridget and my mom were picking out other dresses for me to try - and the woman actually fussed at Bridget and told her to stop picking out dresses for me to try because I already had two that I liked. Correction - I had two that were pretty but that I would never buy - I didn't LOVE either of them. My mom told the woman that I didn't have a dress I loved yet, and the woman said "getting more dresses will just confuse her".

As most females know, once you hate the situation or environment you're in, it's very hard to love anything you try on. I could've tried on the exact same dresses from Saturday's dress shopping that I loved and probably would've hated it last night because of the environment and the way I was being treated. The last dress I tried on was quite beautiful - and Bridget and my mom loved it on me . But I am walking away from it because I can't even see the dress for what it is at that shop! And it turns out, I can't find the dress elsewhere because it was made exclusively for this shop (by a dressmaker in the area).

I've called another store in Bethesda, Promise for the Savvy Bride, and made an appointment during lunchtime next Wednesday. I'm hoping to have better luck there. It's disappointing that the woman had to be so rude last night especially because the dresses were way under my budget! But I just firmly believe that I should at least like the person I'm going to be working with since I have to see the person several times and I want to be so excited every time I go. Something will fall into place!