A note of hope: I GAINED WEIGHT BEFORE MY WEDDING AND I LOOKED AWESOME.

You guysssss - thanks for all the sweet comments! I remember how stressed out I was trying to find my dress. I didn’t have much money to spend on it and to top it off, everything I was seeing in stores was mermaid, all-white, strapless — which, on me personally, is horribly unflattering. Deciding to cobble my dress…

SLEEVES. This was my endless quest. To the person who asked for sleeves, I also really wanted sleeves when I got married last year! You could try what I did out of desperation: Chop a sleeved dress in half (have a tailor put some elastic on the bottom) and stick it on top of a skirt you like! It was really cheap…