Use the “trash bag method” to keep your dress clean en route
Remember Ruby and James’ laid-back wedding? One of our favorite parts of this wedding was the ingenious (and hilarious) re-purposing of one of our favorite tips — using a trash bag to help you pee in your big ol’ wedding dress. But she didn’t just use the trash bag to protect her dress in the restroom, she used it to protect her dress all the way to the venue!
There is no THE DRESS: get over the fantasy and avoid wedding dress regret
After five days passed and I still hadn’t tried on the dress, it became evident that I was afraid to try on the dress again. I was afraid that I would put on the dress and would see it in the harsh light of reality, proving that I had made a massive mistake. It wasn’t so much the fact that the dress cost nearly quadruple the price of the other dresses I’d looked at that made the possibility of the mistake so scary. It was the idea that I had let myself be manipulated into making that mistake by the Wedding Industrial Complex.
How to shop for a plus-size wedding dress with less stress
I know for me, and I suspect a bunch of you out there, wedding dress shopping brought up a whole host of body issues and insecurities. Now that I’ve been there, done that, I thought I would share my experience and show you that it can be a very happy and positive experience. First off, I am overweight, there’s no denying that. Sometimes I feel great about how I look. Other times I let a bad body image get the best of me. For a little perspective, I am 5’6″, weigh 220lbs, and wear a street size 18 or 20, depending on the cut. Here’s my guide to plus size dress shopping…
How to pee in a wedding dress using a trash bag
Things I love: Fluffy wedding dresses, staying hydrated, my bridesmaids. Things I don’t love: Having the third help me handle the first in order to deal with the consequences of the second. This is how you can ditch the team of bathroom bridesmaids with the aid of a trash bag.