Band of Gold
The bride-to-be treaded carefully down the stairs in her ivory white wedding gown, trying hard to contain her combined excitement and nervousness. She rounded the corner and stood in the doorway of the living room. All the occupants of the room turned around and gasped when they saw her.
Her floor length dress with short sleeves and a bodice encrusted with pearls and diamonds had delicate lace netting flowing over the skirt, resting just above her ankle. The diamond necklace and matching teardrop earrings she wore were her 'something borrowed', belonging to Meryl Taylor, one of her bridesmaids. Half her hair was piled on top of her head and secured with a filigree tiara. Her 'something blue' was the four blue diamonds embedded into the tiara. White shoes with a small heal constituted her 'something old' as she had worn them at a staff ball the previous year.
"You look beautiful!" Meryl exclaimed, gushing with happiness for her friend.
The bride-to-be beamed, her eyes shining with excitement. "I can't wait! I'm the luckiest woman in the whole world!" She spun around, causing her dress to flare up to form a shining circle around her as the satin reflected the sunlight streaming through the window.
"Well if we're all ready, let's get going." The bride's father kissed his daughter on the check before leading the way out the house, followed by three bridesmaids, the bride's mother, the groom's parents, and of course the bride herself, each with a spring in their step.