The Expensive Wedding Dress Storage Box

I finally went to pick up my wedding dress from the cleaners yesterday after having it cleaned and preserved. I don't know how long it had been sitting at the cleaners waiting for me, but probably for a while taking up space. Apparently, it created more business for them as well because the guy working there said his mom just got married and saw my box sitting there and decided she wanted a box for her wedding dress too. It's important to have a box because this dress will follow me around wherever I go for the rest of my life even though it will never be worn or come out of the box again. That's just the way it goes with wedding dresses.

The wedding bouquet is another thing that is getting preserved and put in a shadow box, but I won't get that back for several months. I'm expecting a work of art with how much it cost and how long it has taken to get it back. I delivered my flowers to them right after the wedding in October and probably will not get the final product until September.

Reem Acra wedding gown

The wedding dress box had Cadence's sniff of approval as it was sitting on the kitchen floor. The cost to clean and preserve the gown was almost $200. According to the receipt, just the box was $50. That's one expensive cardboard box!

 I finally moved the $50 cardboard box to the dining room table. The Murph was slightly curious about the big box, but only enough to ask me where I was going to store it other than the dining room table.

I told him that I guess I'll put it down in the Boy's closet where my other dress is. The one I wore when I married the Boy's dad circa 1988. That box lived at my grandmother's house for almost 10 years before I brought it home to store. After the divorce it ended up somewhere in my basement before I felt sorry for it and brought it back upstairs to store in a nicer closet area.

 I'm still keeping this dress around because my grandmother bought it for me. We had fun going shopping together to pick it out. Believe it or not back in 1987 these giant puffy sleeves were hot. I still have the veil packed away in the box too. I'm not sure if a dress from the mid 80's is considered "vintage" or not. It's definitely retro.

Eve of Milady wedding gown 1987

I hope my boxes live happily together down in the Boy's room. I guess their next home will be in a storage unit until we get settled in a new house. This is why I tell the Murph we don't really need to downsize that much. We have stuff to store and cats to raise.