You guys.
This was my second time going to RK bridal, the first time was 2 days ago, and this time I went in to buy the dress that I tried on with my consultant, Nadine, on my first appointment. It was the dress I picked out before I even made... an appointment at RK Bridal. I always told people that I probably wasn't going to have that emotional connection to a piece of clothing since just about everyone was telling me that "you will know when you know" but I'm very analytical and realistic, so after trying on dresses after dresses, I just didn't think I fit into that special category of people that "gets a feeling" over a dress.
During the first appointment, I felt like the dress was beautiful, I actually didn't hate it, it had every aspect of what I was looking for, but Nadine made sure that I slept on it so I don't make any decisions I'll regret, but we both agreed that this is probably the one.
2 days later, I woke up, called for an appointment because I felt like I slept on it enough, and thought that "the dress could work" and quite frankly, I was just over dress shopping. I was given a 12:30 time slot and was paired up with, the one and only Sheryl. This woman, was PHENOMENAL. We tried on 2 dresses first, including what I thought I was going to purchase and a different silhouette. She went into great details on the pros and cons of both dresses, and for me, who knit picks everything, her walking me through what she sees, in ways I understood, was a complete blessing. And because I came alone, (my MOH is locked down in Australia and my mom lives in Korea and my BMs are all out of state)
Then she said, "let me show you what I mean when I say that that back doesn't complement you, so you can compare" then she brought over, MY dress. THE dress.
I stepped in the dress, she didn't even need to clamp the back of this, it just zipped up and fit perfectly.
Then I got chills. I wasn't cold. I was sweating buckets. And I got chills. Over and over again.
And then I didn't even do the whole talking myself into it - "mm I like the back of this, but not the front, but it could work" - and then not even the whole - "my arms look huge in this, but I could lose a few pounds i guess..."
With this dress, I didn't even look at any of the flaws. I just looked at me. And I felt gooooood.
And the price was INCREDIBLE. I went in with such a low budget, I've definitely been budget shamed in the past, and Sheryl made me feel none of that.
Sheryl was my hype woman. She made me feel like I wasn't doing this alone. I'm sure she works on commission and by her bringing me a much lower priced gown and being happy for me when I bonded with this dress, it truly showed that she cares for her brides. I appreciate the hell out of that.
I can't thank Sheryl and Nadine enough!
Thank you!!