Stress Ball

I have been pretty cool, calm and collected for most of the planning process. I gave myself well over a year to get everything done because super planner girl that I am, I knew for things to be “perfect” it would take time. In doing so I was not stressed throughout *most* of the planning process and my bridezilla horns only flared once for a hot min when two of my bridesmaids ran down the clock on ordering their dresses.

Now I say most of the planning process because I def became more stressed and hot headed as the wedding drew nearer. I tried to follow the timeline that theknot.com had given for when to get things done in the planning process. So just as advised I took my dress in for its first fitting a month before the wedding. I told the seamstress that it needed to be shortened and a bustle put on it and told her the date of the wedding. June 19. She pinned the skirt for the right length and told me to come back on the 9^th of june to make sure the hem was right and to get the bustle pinned. So I came back on the 9^th as directed and there had been NO work done on the dress. It was still just pinned from the first fitting. I thought that the hem was supposed to be done.but the seamstress proceeds to pin up the rest of the skirt and then asks me when the wedding is. I told her… and she FREAKED OUT.  IN FRONT OF ME! “What!? Are you Sure?” *holds head in hands*. Um… hello I told you this like 2 weeks ago when I was last in here what do you mean am I sure! But even with this news my bridezilla horns did not come out. She informed me that if I came back the TUESDAY BEFORE MY WEDDING that the bottom layer would be hemmed and she would double check the length and finish the dress then and there if everything was set. Ok Sara don’t worry it’ll be done on time. But this news definitely got my stress ball rolling. If she had not freaked out in front of me I maintain that I would have stayed calm and collected. She should know better as someone who works with brides on a daily basis than to freak out in front of us about our DRESS of all things!

From that point on while I tried to remain calm and unstressed I didn’t relax till I had my dress in hand. It of course was done in time but I could have done without the added stress of worrying if I would have to trip over my dress down the aisle.