Giggles In The Darkness: Shared: Wedding

I had an MRI yesterday for my knee and, honestly, I am regretting it today. The MRI itself wasn't bad but I had to lay on my back with my leg in a very uncomfortable position for over an hour. I couldn't move it at all and I was reduced to tears more than once due to the pain and my whole body hurts today because of it. Right now, my knee is hovering at about 7 on the pain scale.

My appointment with an orthopedist isn't until the end of the month so I have to deal with this pain for another 4 weeks.

(*sigh*)

So, instead of wallowing in my misery, I want to share my wedding dress. Yay! :D

When Andy and I first talked about getting married, I told him I wanted a black corset with a black floor length tutu that had enough tulle to knock over a small child. He said he wasn't a fan of his bride wearing all black to the wedding and, while that is my typical color palette, I could respect that. So I changed it to a dark red corset. :)

Because of my size and shape, I knew from experience that I'd likely have to get one custom made so I started pricing them. Unfortunately, the corset alone was turning out to be more than my $400 budget (I'm a frugal bargain hunter LOL) unless I wanted a leather one (which I didn't). So after A LOT of online browsing finally settled on this:

from Kiyonna

The fit on me is a little different with the bottom of the dress being less fitted. I got it at 40% off so the dress was only $113. I liked the dress okay and tried as I might to love it, I just didn't. It wasn't what I wanted and it felt so matronly to me. But I was going to make it work.

Andy was trying to convince me that I should just get what I wanted since it's our wedding day but I just couldn't justify in my mind spending that kind of money on something that I will probably wear up to 3 times in my life.

Then the Wedding Dress Gods smiled upon me. During lunch one day, I did a Google search for plus size goth clothes so I could do some window shopping and was directed to a post on The Everyday Goth which is a blog I've ~~lurked~~ followed for quite a while. But since I wasn't in the market for clothes at that time, I forgot she had made this post.

One of the stores she listed was Corset Story. I didn't have high hopes based on experience with other corset shops online but I found this:

from Corset Story

Not only did it claim to be in a size to fit me, it was also surprisingly inexpensive at just $159 plus $6.50 for shipping. After checking out their return policy, I decided it was worth a shot and gave it an order. I tried very hard to not get my hopes up. I tired and I tried and I tried. When I got it... it fit perfectly! Thankfully, Andy knows how to lace up a corset. :)

Then a few days later, I lucked out again during some normal window shopping and found this skirt on Amazon Prime for just $42. :)

from Amazon (comes in a lot of different colors and sizes)

It's not enough tulle to knock over a small child but with the natural padding on my hips and butt, you can't tell.

Since the corset leaves me feeling a bit exposed, I picked up a lace body suit from Torrid for about $36 to wear under it:

from Torrid

I'm not going to count the shipping fee from Torrid because I ordered a few other things from there as well. Even if you include the dress from Kiyonna that I'm NOT wearing for the wedding, I only spent $356 which is still under my initial $400 budget. :) I will likely change into the "backup dress" during the reception or later in the night when I can't handle being bound up in the corset anymore.

Oh, the shoes! I don't have them yet but I am going to get these from Hot Chocolate Designs. I know the red doesn't match the corset but they will be mostly hidden anyway. Plus, it's a good excuse to add them to my small footwear rotation. ;)

from Hot Chocolate Designs on Amazon

For jewelry and accessories, I am not 100% sure what I will be wearing yet. I like to have options since my mood changes from one to the next so I have about 3 headpieces, 3 necklaces, and 2 pairs of earrings that I will decide between the day of the wedding. I already own most of them and only picked up 2 of the head pieces and 1 of the necklaces to add to the option list. All 3 are from Wish so I only spent about $10 with shipping. I also have 3 pairs of fancy black lace long fingerless gloves coming from Wish as well. So maybe $20 total spent on accessories.

All in all, I think I did pretty well with my choices and was able to get what I really wanted. Yay! :D