I admit that I am the consummate bride, with a voracious bridal research appetite. I subscribe to four bridal magazines, am a user of the TheKnot.com, Weddingchannel.com, and participate on their various chat boards. And I never thought I would become a "two dress bride," or more accurately a two anything bride.

A two dress bride is, as the name implies, a bride who acquires one dress and for whatever reason the love affair with the first dress ends, and a ...