In the Spotlight: Jennifer Luck

Jennifer was married on June 21, 2007 on the beach (barefoot and all!) in Captiva Island, Florida! The ceremony was held at South Seas Island Resort, on the beach overlooking the Gulf of Mexico and Red Fish Pass.

See what Jennifer has to say...

"Early in my wedding planning, my mom and I set out dress shopping. Our day included three appointments at bridal shops around the area. At the first shop I must have tried on twenty dresses. Nice and reasonably priced but not IT. On to the next shop, who happen to have a dress that I had been drooling over in a bridal magazine. The shop lived up to my expectations, I found MY dress, not the one I had been drooling over but the one on the magazine page next to it. Now comes the heartbreaking part, the dress was three and a half times the budget I had set for myself. Like a small child who was just told they couldn’t have a puppy I marched myself out of the shop and wanted to go home and give up but my mom reminded me that we had one more stop. At the last bridal shop I tried on the dresses with less enthusiasm, of course finding nothing that matched how I felt in “my dream dress”. So my mom and I parted ways after a long day and I think she knew then that I would plot a way to get the dress I wanted. The internet is a beautiful thing. When I got home I found the website, www.preownedweddingdresses.com. As if it was meant to be there was a girl selling the dress I wanted, in my size, who lived in my area and had actually ordered the dress from the shop where I tried it on! The girl had bought the dress and changed her mind about wearing it so it had never been out of the bridal shop let alone the original bag. She was selling the dress at a discount (still not within my budget but I had to have it), so I scooped it up. Morals of the story: 1. weddings are expensive but if you try you can find ways to cut costs and 2. you should feel like a princess in your wedding dress!"

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