Dress Stress & Wedding Bells: Part II

Afternoon All, 

Continued ... 

Frustrated I spoke with someone who had suggested some other dresses however she had clearly not looked into what I had ordered/rented as she was suggesting dresses that were far far too small. I am a UK size 22-24 and the dress suggestions were a UK size 8-10?!?!?! Being still at work I was unable to speak and so she promised me she would contact me after 5pm to sort this out once I had finished work and assured me no one would be going home until this was sorted. She didn’t call. I had to call on the number she had called me on approx. 5.10pm and got through to someone, who tried in vain to help, despite not really having any answers or explanations.  

During the subsequent 2-hour nearly long phone call which was constantly being disconnected, the young woman was able to let me know I would have a pre-10am delivery of a selection of dresses that I could choose from. Whilst appreciated this did not really help as the fascinator, shoes, bag and my manicure were all now pointless and would not have gone with any of the dresses sent through. I explained multiple times that I am a UK size 22-24 and the baby blue Cherry Midi Dress  I knew would fit and so any other dress being delivered would need to also fit. There would be no point in sending a UK size 18 or 20 as they simply wouldn’t fit. This did however happen.  

 

In the meantime my wonderful fiancé had driven to our local post office to check if the dress was there and just hadn’t been sent back yet, to which they claimed it was not. After 90-minute on the phone, I had reluctantly selected 4 dresses to be sent out, despite 2 of them I knew would not fit due to having no choice but ordering a smaller size. I was assured that delivery would happen pre-10am however as I am sure you can imagine this only added to the stress I was already experiencing and distress caused. 

Waking on Saturday morning I had barely slept, panicking I would miss the delivery and have fuck all to wear. Looking out the window the 7am street was foggy and misty, although we prayed for it t clear to blue skies and sunshine. After dropping Mr. Warehouse to his brother's house that morning, I returned home and awaited the dresses. Dress number one, a floor-length, baby-pink SELKIE Ritz dress did not fit, as expected and as told to the call handler the night before. Dress number two, the Fairy Tong dress I tried on also and again, did not fit, as expected. 

The other dresses were simply not appropriate for the English country garden summer wedding I was attending. One was a garish tropical print dress which made me look like some sort of African Tribal Queen (I have nicknamed this the Babatunde dress) and the other was a heavy dark green velvet long-sleeved high neck dress which would have made me look like a victorian nanny from 1824 and much more suited to a winter wedding or cooler time of year event. Even the gesture of goodwill necklace and earrings set was incomplete as the necklace was missing/not included and I only received the earrings which were incorrect to what I chose and sadly looked cheap, despite their nearly £200.00 price tag. 

I was in floods of tears yet again by this point as I was left in an impossible situation. I had no choice but to go into my own wardrobe and pick out a dress that was almost identical in color and style to the bridesmaid dresses which as I am sure you can imagine was highly embarrassing and awkward considering I was meant to be wearing something else entirely. 

Despite the wedding going without a hitch and it was a beautiful day with the sun shining and not a cloud in the sky, it was totally marred by this so maybe HURR Collective can redeem themselves with the Ivory SELKIE Puff Ball Dress  I have planned for my Hen-Do this weekend. What is going on? I have no effing idea. All I know is that it is going to be a weekend of debauchery and naughtiness, and maybe a few willie straws thrown in for good measure!

'Til next time, Love A.Lou x

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Dress Stress & Wedding Bells: Part I

Hello, 

Is it even possible to be this tired? After a full week of back-to-back planning and wedding prep, I wish we could have had a weekend to relax. But sleeping is for the dead - Right? With last Monday being bridal drinks for my brother and sister-in-law's upcoming nuptials (Saturday 18th September 2021 - Yes my birthday). Tuesday was nail manicure, Wednesday was eyelashes, Thursday was my final dress fitting for my wedding dress (Eeek) and with Mr. Warehouse out every night too busy with Turkish trim's, Suit fittings and collecting and the church rehursal we were mostly like ships passing in the night, barely seeing each other to share dinner and most nights falling into be totally wacked. 

You see as before, my brother and sister-in-law had just so happened to book their wedding on my birthday and as such I kept forgetting throughout the week that it was actually my special day too. I do wish it hadn't been though as it would have been much easier to focus on one event. Arriving at work on the Friday morning I was shocked and surprised to see a huge bunch of flowers on my desk accompanied by a pricey bottle of champers and a sweet card from the guys in the office. I was so overwhelmed I nearly lost it. I had only been there a matter of weeks and already I had more here to welcome me on my last day as a *insert age* (tehe) than I did on my last day at a job I had worked at for over four-and-a-half years. Lunch consisted of sushi, sashimi and gyoza's closly followed by another colleague of mine coming in from her annual leave just to drop off another bunch of flowers. Honestly so sweet. 

However it wasn't to stay that way. I had decided a while ago that rather than buying a dress for the newly-wed's special day, I would rent one. I found one I fell in love with but after dithering around it was unavailable so I rented a similar one - The LIRIKA MATOSHI Cherry Midi Dress. A baby blue and cherry gown the website decscribes the $490.00 outfit as "The perfect head turner dress featured by a midi dress silhouette covered in glittery cherries. The tie up detail and the puffy sleeves make the dress even more fabulous. The dresses length from waist down is 33 inches. Made of 100% polyamide tulle, pvc glitter, environmental protection glue." 

Renting it seemed easy as I had dne a few weeks earlier just to make sure it fitted and that I knew how it all worked, logistically. Hiring was from the website HURR Collective, specialising in peer-to-peer and direct from the designers clothing and accessories rentals. The beauty was due to arrive on Friday 17^th September 2021 however, come 3.30pm (the day before my brother and sister in laws wedding AND my birthday) it had still not arrived at my fiancé’s work place. Panicking he searched high and low for it and was not able to find it.  

I tried finding a phone number to call, there was none – UNHELPFUL! I went on the chat bot on the website to ask for help only to be met with an automated response – UNHELPFUL! I then attempted to email the last human I spoke to, again with no response – UNHELPFUL!  Finally I decided to head to twitter as a last ditch attempt to try and get ahold of someone although it was another 40-mins nearly before I got a reply of any value or worth. I then received an email stating that “it looked like the item may not have come back after the last rental”. I was now in a state of panic and shock. How can a £400+ dress go MIA for nearly a fortnight with no one checking?!?!  

 

After taking some time away from my desk to cry in the toilets (because I was still working at this point) I was devastated and panic-stricken that I now had nothing to wear to  my BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAWS WEDDING the following day! I had ordered and bought a fascinator to match the Cherry Midi Dress, and planned to wear my wedding shoes plus matching the cherries on the dress to my manicure, designed especially for that dress. All of this was now wasted. All the money I had spent on them and time cultivating my outfit for such an important event that I had told everyone of the service and sang HURR Collective’s praises for were all lost. I was doing a reading in the church and I had been telling everyone about my outfit and the dress and was so excited. Now all gone. What an earth was I going to do?! At this rate I was turning up there tomorrow wearing my fucking birthday suit?! 

To be continued ... 

'Til next time, Love A.Lou x

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