Wedding Dresses

Every year (in January) I model in the "Country Bride" Fashion show.

First some background:
Country Bride is the name of a wedding dress shop here in Peoria. (Even though it is called country bride it is not country....you actually can get almost any dress designer in magazines here ((well not like Vera Wang or anything)) but any of the moderate priced ones) This is the store I bought my dress from. Well, anyways, they have asked me to model wedding dresses in their bridal show and I have for 3 years now. The show is at the Pere Marquette hotel which the the oldest, most historic, most elegant hotel in Peoria. They reserve two ballrooms and one has vendors set up and the other has this huge runway and lots of decorations and hundreds and hundreds of chairs. People come early to reserve their seats.

OK-so Thursday I had this years dress fittings to see what dresses I am wearing in the show and there is good news and bad news about that fitting.

Good news-THE FIRST DRESS I WILL WEAR DOWN THE RUNAWAY IS MY WEDDING DRESS (WELL THE EXACT SAME ONE-MINE IS PERSERVED IN A SPECIAL BOX, BUT THEIR SAMPLE OF MY EXACT DRESS)!!!!!!!!!! YAY, SO FUN TO WEAR IT AGAIN.
*the next three are really pretty ones that I am so happy about.....really beautiful ones. One is gorgouse with this tiffany blue sash around the waist, one has some red across the bust and down the back, and the fourth one is this beautiful white ballgown.

ok-----
the Bad news-the last one I have to wear is TOTALLY 80'S I mean really ugly and I am kinda embarrassed to wear it. higher collar, shoulders, and long sleeves. I think my fitter saw it in my face when I had it on on Thursday. She said they have a lot of religious brides who need modest dresses and others who want modest dress. But, I feel kinda funny in it. I mean it is really 80's
*the second bad news is three of my five have corset backs and this is a real pain in the butt to dress quickly in. I am going to have to leave the stage and sprint to the dressing room to get tied into them to get right back in line in the correct number. I will probably be sweating. Yikes!!!