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I wasn't overthinking the wedding dress thing. We were doing a tiny civil ceremony at the Hennepin County Government Center downtown — just us, a judge, and a few minutes in front of that glass atrium. Nothing fancy. So my only checklist was: romantic but not extra, covered enough that I wouldn't feel weird, and walkable because I knew we'd be roaming around for photos afterward. I saw this lace long sleeve chiffon dress online, figured "wh…

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I got married at Palmyra Cove last fall. Church in the morning, river in the afternoon. The whole split-venue thing sounded great on paper, but about three weeks before the wedding I started panicking about what to wear. Everything I tried on either felt too much for the church or too little for standing outside by the water for two hours. The dress I ended up with had long sleeves. I know — long sleeves. I wasn't looking for that. But the…

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