Wedding Dress Shopping By Yourself?

[helenk]

I am having the same dilemma. I am from Boston but we moved to Houston in August. I was also worried about what to do when it came time for dress shopping as all my family and friends are back home in MA. I have one friend from Boston who moved here a year before me, so I could take her, but I feel like for something so special I want my closest friends and family. So I have decided to just fly home around January or February to go dress shopping with my mom since we are doing a destination wedding she won't have much else to look forward to with the planning process I will probably go try on dresses and pick one, and if they allow me to order it and have it shipped here - I will. Otherwise I will have to pick the dress, find it at a bridal shop here, and order it here. I do sort of want to go dress shopping on my own for the first time - but I am wanting to lose a bit more weight before I go shopping