When to buy your wedding dress?!

We’re not getting married until Spring 2023, however I went shopping for my dress yesterday. I was not planning on finding the one or even thought about actually buying it, but when you know, you know. It was the very first one I tried on. I did try on 4 others just to be absolutely sure but it all came back to that one. That being said, my consultant took my measurements and I fit oddly exactly in between a 10 and 12 in just my waist, bust and hips are a 10 (dress is Essence of Australia). So she ordered the 10 since I will be going to the gym to lose the 40 pounds I’ve gained during COVID. And since it takes about 6 months to come back, and the possibility of our date changing to sooner depending on some family circumstances, I wanted to make sure I had it