A few months ago when I was visiting @Karoline1982 we were watching television while eating breakfast and “Say Yes to the Dress” came on. Needless to say, since that day I was hooked on the show and have been watching it periodically since. Last week I saw an episode that had my dream dress in the background, or as close to my dream dress as I had seen. I was half hoping one of the brides would try it on so I’d get a better look at it, and half praying that they wouldn’t get my dress –which is entirely stupid because it was in Atlanta who knows how long ago.

Now every night I’ve been dreaming variations of that dress, and the dream always has a similar theme: It’s for Caroline’s wedding (BTW, Caro, your wedding colour is silver) and I see my dream dress. The first night it was Caroline trying on wedding dresses and I keep staring at “my” dress. I don’t say anything because this is her day and her moment, but she notices and after she finds her dress she calls me back to the dressing room where she’s had the attendant bring my dress to try on.

The next day I got thinking about that, and figured there was a good chance that Caro would be getting married while I’m in Ireland. I’m hoping the wedding would be after I get back because I’m worried I may not have the money for the flight, but c’est la vie. So after that thought is set in my head, there is a change in my dream that night.

I’m living in Ireland and I have to go try on bridesmaid dresses for Caroline’s wedding so she’ll know my size and can order all the dresses together. She had given me a list of styles to try that the other bridesmaids liked, and the option to try on any style I like. The colour is still silver, but Caro is undecided if she wants everyone in the same dress or different dresses in the same colour.

While looking for bridesmaid dresses to try on, I see a dress like in the movie “Funny Face”. In the film it’s a wedding dress, but in my dream it’s a dress that can be for the wedding or you can order a pinafore overskirt to give it a different colour. I absolutely fall in love with it and want it for my dress and am hoping against hope that it comes in silver so I can wear it to Caro’s wedding, but also that I can wear it at my own reception without the pinafore.

I woke up at that point –probably due to either of my parents getting up for work– and when I fell back to sleep I was in Canada to try on my bridesmaid dress but there was a problem in the dressing room. The lady in Ireland sent a fax with the proper sizes and all, but the lady in the Canadian store messed up and got a flower girl dress. We found my dress on the racks, but she wanted to charge me for both dresses when she was at fault and I had to ask for the manager.

Now that is rather unlikely, because I hate making a fuss and what are the chances that ever happening? Then last night I had still more dreams about my dress, but it was a bit different and well more different again. I was still going in a store in Ireland to try on dresses for Caroline’s wedding, but there was a new twist…

I went into the store in Ireland asking if I needed an appointment to try on bridesmaid dresses, and while there I saw my absolute and utter dream wedding dress. It still had that princess tulle skirt, but this time it went to the floor with a train and shimmered (think Princess Diaries II red dress sparklies). I stopped in my tracks and had to try it on as it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen and I simply couldn’t resist.

It was perfect. It fit fabulously, even the length! Well, provided I was wearing heels that is. I wanted it so badly, but I wasn’t even engaged. I was dating someone, sure, but it wasn’t like I had the money for a wedding dress though I was tempted to figure out how to fit it in my budget anyways.

I woke up again in the night again, but not yet. I had more of this dream before I was woken up by my mum, then went back to bed and the dream had shifted some. Because they are so closely tied together I decided to give the explanation now instead of when the first dream finished as both involve a man.

In the first dream my male best friend comes in the store. His job just stationed him in Ireland and he came for a visit while he had time to spare. As soon as he saw me in the dress he knew he wanted to spend his life with me and dropped to his knees right there in the store. I wasn’t sure what to do because while I did have a crush on him years ago it had moved into friendship, and I was currently dating someone in Ireland.

The next part kept changing, because my dream self couldn’t figure out how to deal with this. In one instance I say yes, in another I make it look like I say yes but tell him we need to talk, and lastly I pretend he was joking by dealing with it as nicely as possible but not taking it seriously. I ask him if he has time to hang out while I try on the bridesmaid dresses and then we can spend some time visiting. I wake up when I go back in the dressing room, and after falling back asleep there is no male best friend in the picture, but the guy I had been dating.

There I am standing on the runway looking at the gorgeousness of the dress. In the background the attendant is quietly talking to the manager or owner of the store, telling her she’d never seen someone cry when they saw the dress of their dreams on a mannequin before even trying it on. Then there he is, my lovely Irish boyfriend. I didn’t know why he was there, but I was a bit worried about him seeing me in a wedding dress because we hadn’t talked about marriage and I though he might freak out thinking I was seriously jumping the gun.

But he doesn’t. He just smiles at me and says I am the most beautiful bride he’s ever seen and would I do him the honour of marrying him. He even pulls out my dream ring, the one I had designed when I was a teenager. Naturally I say yes, and the whole store cheers while I cry happy tears. My now finance says, “I guess you better get this dress.” And that’s when I realize I hadn’t even looked at the price tag because I hadn’t planned on actually buying it, just sort of dreamed about doing so.

I turn to the attendant and the manager (who are ones from the TV show), asking how much the dress is. The price is insane even if I had planned and saved for a wedding. But then she continues, it doesn’t need alterations and I can buy it off the rack which will make it cheaper, along with it being on sale. It was still a lot, but an affordable a lot. And she was also going to include shoes, a veil, and jewellery.

If you watch SYTTD a fair bit, you’ll recognize a few things in my dream from the show. There is a bridesmaid version, there was a dress mix up (though in the show’s case it was a misplaced dress and not the wrong one), a bride wanted a silver dress, a relative was trying on wedding dresses at the same time, a couple of brides were proposed to in the store, another bride was given her dress, etc…

Needless to say, I can hardly wait to go to Ireland, fall in love, and get married *L0L*

❤ SUMR