I found a few dresses that I liked from Alfred Angelo which seemed to be within my price range and casual enough for the beach wedding. We met at a store in the same shopping center to have lunch first and then ventured over.
When we first walked in, I noticed it was much busier than I had expected. I figured we would be able to look through dress racks and possibly try on some dresses with the assistance of a wedding assistant at the store. There was about 7-8 people standing in the entrance to the place and at least 3-4 other women working with assistants. It was just like the movies with these women standing on a mini-stage in their dress.
The 1 person who wasn't busy told us that it would be quite some time before anyone could help us. Still oblivious to the protocol, April and I ventured over to a rack and started looking through the dresses. I found 1-2 of the ones I liked but knew I couldn't try them on. I ended up having to ask the same person how the whole process works. Basically, I needed to make an appointment to have someone help me.
Someone recommended another bridal store so we left and went over to that one thinking it may be as equally as busy. It was actually closed and the store was for lease. Off to store #3, which was Brenner's in the mall because it also carried Alfred Angelo dresses, we walked in and was able to sort through racks of dresses without an appointment. But I wasn't interested in any of the dresses.
Here are two dresses that I like. One from J.Crew and the other from Alfred Angelo. Unfortunately, you can't try on JCrew dresses and I won't buy something I can't try on first.
My first lesson about shopping for dresses: Make an appointment.
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