Our sale started at 7 am on a Saturday morning and we had a line of about 100 people waiting outside the doors who were thrilled to find gowns from $25 to $400. Hundreds of gowns were donated to our stores and donation centers and also from local bridal boutiques.
My favorite part of the day was when I helped a bride find her dream dress. She was 22 years old and had some disabilities, and was there with a woman who was not her mom, but acted as her mother figure. They were scouring the racks to find a dress in a size 24 for the bride-to-be and were having no luck. Seeing this adorable bride-to-be almost in tears because she cant fit any of the dresses, I decided to help them look. I wasn't even sure if we had a size 24 dress and I was praying for God to help me find just one dress in her size. On the last rack I was feeling pretty discouraged and was thinking I would have to tell her I couldn't find one... and then I saw it. A size 24 dress! And it was a beautiful strapless with some beading.
I grabbed the dress and made my way to the bride, who started crying when she saw I had a dress. She didn't even try it on and she was crying. After getting her into a fitting room and lacing her up, we took a picture of her in the gown and showed it to her. Needless to say she was beyond excited. The dress was $150, a bargain by dress standards, but she couldn't afford it. I was so sad thinking she wouldn't get her dress I almost offered to buy it for her, when her mother figure said she would buy it. The only thing she wanted in return was for the bride to dust her house once a week for a few months. That was all it took for me to start tearing up. All the craziness leading up to the event, and my bad attitude towards working at 6:00 am on a Saturday seemed so small seeing how we helped this deserving bride.
I told the photographer I am never in pictures from our events, so we had a mini photo shoot :)
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