Presenting my $1200 wedding dress (sort of)

A few weeks ago I went dress shopping with a couple of my friends and found the experience to be extremely traumatic. When I wasn't getting tightly laced into some sort of armor, I was aghast at the prices I saw. I mean, we're talking about ONE dress. I hesitated. I wembled. I sighed. I trembled. Then I did the sensible thing. I went home, dress-less and exhausted (and whimpering, really), then went out and spent $1200 on a bike the next morning.

I felt very confident that this was a purchase I could fully endorse without hestitation. As an aside, I did get a dress finally and it's lovely. But let's just say I paid considerably more for my bike. Why? Can you ride a wedding dress across multiple states? I think we all see the answer is no. But seriously, the dress is nice. Also seriously: the bike is nicer. Yay. Also, I got a red helmet. :)

Without further ado, my better-than-a-wedding-dress dress: