Shift Work

Sorry for the long absense- I have the worst work schedule this week! I work three 12-hour night shifts a week. I like to work them back-to-back because I lose so much more time working nightshift- I have to sleep the day before and the day after my shifts. A lot of people don't understand that when you work nightshift, everything you do revolves around when you can sleep. It's also more difficult to sleep during the day because of the expense and difficulty of keeping your bedroom cool and dark, especially when it's 100 degrees outside! I worked the last 3 nights- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and yesterday I came down with a yucky cold. I have tonight off (Sunday), then I'm working Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! It's a crappy scheduling fluke that this happened, and I'm going to pay for it by the end of that 6th night! But the good news is...

I'm flying to Florida for a weekend with my bridesmaids this Friday!!!
I haven't seen either of my bridesmaids for months, and I miss them both dearly! We're planning on spending Saturday together shopping for the perfect BM dresses for them AND me- because my MOH (I'll be her Matron) is getting married 6 weeks after me! We're going to the Florida Mall in Orlando, as well a few local places in the county we all grew up in. We're going to have lunch and dinner together and hopefully have a really fun day. To keep you entertained until then (because I probably won't post again until laster this week) I present the BM dress gallery!


(Images courtesy of The Dessy Group)

There are the top contenders right now because they come in 2 shades of purple (which is the color I may want to use), are less than $150, and coordinate well without being matchy-matchy.

The dresses below I LOVE, but they are either too expensive, too impractical, or both. However, they inspire me and I would love to find similar options on our trip.
(Images courtesy of brides.com unless otherwise noted)




(Image courtesy of Ann Taylor)











Did you have a difficult time choosing your dresses? How did you pick them? How much did your maids have to shell out?