Help Me Pick Out a Dress

Next month, I am reading scripture in a wedding. 

It's a special wedding, it's one of my former youth group girls.

(Did you know that before I was a teacher, my first job out of college was working at our church as the Assistant Director of Student Ministries? I worked there for almost 3 years)

Now a lot of our youth group kids are getting married, which is crazy because when I was working at our church, Kevin and I had just started dating, then 6 months later we got engaged & then 6 months after that we got married. Eleven years later, here we are going to their weddings. So fun! Time flies!

I am super excited about Brittany's wedding (She reads my blog...Hi, Britt!) because she was one of my favorite youth group girls and I am excited because her wedding is at Domaine Chandon in Napa (Hello, you know I love wine & Napa) AND, it is the first time since Luke was born that Kevin and I are having a weekend away! (Can I get a Woot, Woot!)

Her wedding is a formal black tie wedding, which means the guys need to wear a tux and all the ladies need to wear long dresses.  (I love any reason to dress up!)

 But, I don't have any long dresses, which means I get to go shopping & buy a new dress! (Yay!)

So, last week I loaded up all 3 kiddos and headed to the mall to go dress shopping.

First (and last) stop was Nordstrom.

What was I thinking taking 3 kids dress shopping. 

Am I crazy? (Don't answer that)

I only tried on 3 dresses and then I had to get my kids out of there. They were NOT interested in watching me try on dresses. The girls were trying to put on the dresses I had brought into the dressing room, Luke was screaming (so I let him out of the stroller), then he kept crawling around the dressing room & kept trying to crawl under the door to the other rooms. We were a freak show in there.

FAIL.

I am pretty sure I am on the black list at Nordstrom. 

They don't ever want to see me come in with my crazy kids again.

You can either laugh or cry during moments like this....I chose to laugh. 

I have decided to turn to the internet for my dress shopping. 

There is no way I am going to drag my 3 kids to the mall again. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Here is where you come in. 

Help me pick out which dresses to order! 

Most places have free shipping & free returns, so I am going to order some dresses online. 

Then I can try them on in the comfort of my home while my children are sleeping and decide which one to keep!

 

Here are the bridesmaids dresses for this wedding:

Bridesmaids dresses from {Here}  Aren't they pretty?

I also like this one from J.Crew, but way too pricey for me!

I don't want to be matchy-matchy with the bridesmaids, so here are some dresses that I have found. 

Bridesmaid dresses are dark navy, so I would like to avoid wearing the same color.

I would like to spend under $200.

 First round of dresses are from Macy's:

{1} {2} {3} {4}

Here are some I found at Nordstrom:

{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} 

Some from Mod Cloth: (which is more affordable)

{1} {2} {3} {4} {5} {6}

Which ones should I order? Should I do strapless? Off the shoulder? Spaghetti straps?

What color?  So many choices! AHHHH! Help me decide!

Let me know which ones you like in the comments! 

(Or let me know which ones you don't like!)

Also,  if you see any other dresses you like, leave the links in the comments.

I am going to order 3 or 4 dresses early next week!

I am so indecisive, so I turn to the internet to help me make a decision :)

Help a sister out!