I am the bride, and I already have a dress from David's Bridal that I bought 3 years ago. The wedding was postponed, and it's back on for four months from now. I do love the dress from DB, and I'm going there to Sunday to see if they can squeeze my much larger butt into it. If the cost of the alterations will cost more than just a basic dress, then I'm going to look for a new one. I spend $500 on it in 2005, and I saw a pretty, basic one on JCPenney.com that I can just tie a coordinating sash around. That one is $99 plus shipping. All this depends on what DB says Sunday.
PS---I do not have a theme for the bachelorette party. I suggested a potential day to one of my BM and she kinda groaned and said basically "would you just let us handle it?!" Why do you ask? : )