Found my dress over the weekend at a consignment shop way under budget - $300!
It will need to be taken in, but I am also considering taking off some of the train and using the material to add sleeves (see second picture). I’m having a winter wedding and the ceremony is at my church.
Open to thoughts/ideas on adding sleeves or accessories (I also considered long gloves of the same material.)
Wondering if I am overreacting/overthinking our rehearsal dinner setup.
My future in-laws have offered to cover a rehearsal dinner with extended family only. (My fiancé and I are not having a wedding party.) We are estimating extended family only is ~45 people. 130 are invited to the wedding.
While it was super generous of them to organize, I don't feel that they consulted us much as the couple getting married and rushed into signing a contract with the restaurant for a full-blown sit-down rehearsal dinner, rather than a casual welcome party I envisioned to welcome all of our out-of-town guests. Some of my friends, for example, will be flying in from the West coast and will get no hospitality that evening.
I asked them if the rehearsal dinner (set to take place from 6-9pm) could be moved up an hour to leave more time to arrange another event with out-of-towners, and the answer was no. (I also don't think my fiancé backed me up, but that's another story.)
I don't know if I am overthinking this, but I really imagined a more relaxed gathering that accommodated everyone making the effort to come into town. Instead, it will be a more elevated event with just family. Older family friends, for example, will not be included, either. I hope I don't offended anyone in my circle who traveled all that way...