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Thrifty & Chic: Wedding Dress

January 24, 2011
My sister-in-law got hitched two weekends ago. Yahoo! I'm so excited for her & her hubby. They got married down in Manti, UT (read: almost geographical center of Utah, very small town) on Saturday. They couldn't have picked a better day to get married. The snow was still on the ground, the sun was partly sunny and it wasn't terribly cold. I'm sure it was somewhere in the high 30s, low 40s. The weather made for some fabulous photo ops. Lindsay kept her wedding very simple & didn't fuss about a reception or much of anything, really. What a happy way to get married; denying the stress/anxiety of finding a caterer, cake, flowers, invites, etc. She paid the most attention to her dress, which I just LOVE. I also love her shoes. They're real snakeskin. She was brilliant & found her dress at a local vintage store; Decades. That place has the best vintage dresses for special occasions. Lindsay found her dress for $30. The shoes were vintage, too. They were $20. I love that her entire ensemble cost $50 (not including alterations). What a way to go! If I hadn't worn my mother's wedding dress (all of us girls did - my mom, aunt, two sisters & me!), I definitely would've gone this route. Lindsay's dress is so unique, beautiful, simple & brilliant! LOVE it. I went to Decades with a bunch of ladies from ALT this last weekend. I'll be showing you later this week what I found there!