Stacey Solomon has shared an emotional Instagram post with fans as she went through the exciting process of choosing her wedding dress.
The presenter and singer posted an image of her smiling and in tears, dressed in a white wedding gown and veil, as she explained that the experience had been better than she could have imagined.
“Today I choose my wedding dress. And I never want to forget this feeling,” Stacey wrote in her caption. “I’ve been putting it off I think because the more I got excited about it the more silly I felt for some reason.”
The star went on to share some of the insecurities she had been feeling about tying the knot. “I wouldn’t have done life any other way EVER,” she insisted. “I’m so grateful for how it turned out and I genuinely believe everything happens for a reason.
“But I suppose sometimes those old fashioned narratives make you feel that way don’t they?”
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Stacey revealed that she had initially just decided to pick her dress at home and “not make a ‘thing’ of it”. But that soon changed when she began trying the dresses on.
“It turns out it felt like the hugest ‘thing’ ever,” she wrote, followed by a crying emoji. “My sister dropped the kids back from school and popped up and we both ended up emotional messes.”
She added: “I loved every single second of today, trying them on, imagining seeing Joe for the first time, feeling the veil on my shoulders & seeing the glitter sparkle as I moved around.”
Stacey confirmed that she hadn’t decided on any of the dresses in the photo. “But I took this picture to remember how excited I felt today,” she explained. “And no matter who, how or what way around you do it, it’s the most special moment ever.”
The Loose Women star and former X Factor finalist began dating her now-fiancé, actor and presenter Joe Swash, in 2015. The pair welcomed their first child together, a son named Rex, in May 2019.
Stacey announced her engagement to Joe on Christmas Eve 2020. The following year, on 4 October 2021, she revealed that she had given birth to their daughter Rose.
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