Less than a week to pay for my dress....

Do you have it is writing when they require payments? Can you talk to someone in management to work out a compromise?

Oh no! Did they say why? That seems silly to me. In order for the store to be able to order my dress I had to put half down and didn't have to pay the remainder until I wanted to take it out of the store and home with me.

Yikes! Hopefully they are willing to work with you if you go in a speak to them!

Oh that is a little unforeseen but hopefully you can make it happen.

Sounds like something at the supplier changed, which neither the store or you can control. It's annoying, but only a month earlier than what was originally planned. Can you get a temporary loan from a family member and pay them back end of December as you were planning for?