Finding THE dress was quite the roller coaster! Beli knew EXACTLY what she wanted at this point in “our” quinceañera planning journey and the dress was next on the list. The venue was booked and the theme was set so we just needed to find the perfect dress. During our endless hours of internet searching, Beli found a quinceañera expo and made sure I bought tickets for us to go.
The expo day finally came! We walked in and felt an immediate sense of excitement and adrenaline! It was like Beli and I were kids in a candy store just waiting to try everything! Except it was dresses, photographers, make-up artists, prop designers, and even rent-a-courts! We stopped at every booth and soaked it in. I watched her eyes light up at the idea of her big day seemingly around the corner.
And in the midst of the loud excited chaos, she stopped dead in her tracks. The dress. There. Calling her name. I looked over to her and just knew….she found it.
I found out very quickly that you don’t just buy the dress and take it home. Those dresses are for display and there’s a whole process for actually getting the dress. First, you have to get sized, then you order it, then you wait! Eight long months! Until you get the call that the dress is in and ready for the FIRST fitting. I was exhausted! And Beli’s quince was still over a year away!
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