Tonight, I officially decided on bridesmaids dresses. Color? Decided. Dress? Official. Much to my surprise, the walls didn’t crumble, the earth didn’t spin off of its axis, and nobody is mad at me. I stopped trying to people-please and just did it. I went with my gut. I’m in a state of shock that I actually made a decision, and I feel so relieved that I can check this off of my list.

This, the Vera Wang Olivia in antique gold.

It’s such a gorgeous dress, and looks fantastic in antique gold. It’s a gorgeous neutral that does beautiful things to skin, and it also will be a perfect backdrop for our super-bright flowers. I really am just in love with this dress, and thrilled that everyone else seems to be really happy with it as well. Truthfully, I think they’re also extra relieved that I picked a damned dress! Now they don’t have to be subjected to my constant “How do you feel about this?” polls. That’s a win in-and-of-itself.

Looking back on my whole body of dress research, the points that I originally made with respect to how I wanted the ladies to be dressed, the things I [thought] I was 100% sure on, I have to laugh at myself a little. Or a lot. If someone had told me a year ago that I would be having bridesmaids in long, gold dresses, I would have almost died laughing. In fact, in an email that I sent out early on in planning, I wrote, and I quote:

No bridesmaids dresses

Nobody in the same dress

No bridal army

Must be short

Must be black, preferably, and not some dumb color

Ahah. Ahaha. AHAHAHAHA. How wrong I was.

Anyway, I’m 100% confident in this choice, and I’m glad to have this decision behind us. Now comes the ASAP ordering, and then we’re off to my next self-imposed crisis.

What do you guys think? Surprised by my choice? How did your final bridesmaids’ dress choice compare to what you originally thought you wanted? Spot on, or waaaay off?