sample sales: You can look up bridal shows on Google and see when they have them in the mid-Atlantic region. I'm from western MD and they come to the Holiday Inns in town all the time. You might want to call them and see when they're coming. They have bridal shows at the Holiday Inn every other month I think. You can also look in the bridal magazines and they often have advertisements for when bridal shows are coming to town. I think I say an add for one at Macy's. http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/G鈥?/a> http://www.bridalshowcase.com/