Quest for the Dress - Part III: Ta Da!

Here it is, dear readers!  My white wedding dress!!  It does look a little plain, but I think fits me really well and I plan to amp it up with accessories and my veil.  Take a look after the jump!

Quest for the Dress -Part II: Hong Kong Insanity

{Personal Photo: Flower Market, Hong Kong March 2012}

Although not as cheap as Mainland China, I'm much more familiar with the Hong Kong landscape.  I was excited to arrive for a bevy of reasons - mostly eating, shopping, and wedding dress hunting!  If you've never been to Hong Kong, be prepared for a whirlwind adventure!

Shut Up and Take My Money! Annasul Y 2012 Qi Pao Wedding Dress

Due to my love of all things lovely and my crippling inability to purchase any of them, I give to you a new segment called: Shut Up and Take My Money!!!

For those of you that don't get the reference, it's from the brilliant show, Futurama:

Without further ado, here's the first installment!

Quest for the Dress - Part I: Inspiration

Time for the nitty-gritty, wedding bridal posts!  What would a bride be without her dress?  I have to confess, I'm no good at decisions when faced with unlimited choices.  Even now, though I'm very happy with my dress, I keep thinking, "We-e-ll, maybe this dress would be better..."

Again, I've never given much thoughts to weddings so initially I had no idea what I wanted.  Scratch that: I knew what I DIDN'T want.  I didn't want:

• Strapless: I know there are a lot of corsets and zippers and girdles in place to ensure that it wouldn't fall, but I didn't feel like checking every few minutes and hoisting it up all the time
• Bright white: Maybe an ivory or blush or light gray, but not a blindingly white shade, please
• Cupcake: I wanted an easy, flowy shape - no giant ball gown, sexy mermaid, big poofy number with an enormous train.  I'm 5 feet tall on a good day, so I don't want to be engulfed in dress

{source: Zara Bridal} Very pretty, but not for me

At the time I was seriously looking for a dress, I thought we would have an outside ceremony in Sacramento, so I wanted a dress that didn't look too ostentatious and out of place.  Something that was light, casual, and floated in the wind.  Oh, did I mention I wanted it under $1,000 dollars?

Keep reading to see more of my thought process (and pretty dresses!)