Time: 11:49pm
Mood: Excited and exhausted (from wedding stuff)
Song of the moment: Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure
I decided to take this week off to do a whole whack of wedding stuff with Rita (since she will be leaving middle of August and won't be back until a month before my wedding...boo to her! haha). I had booked a bunch of cake tastings and dress shop appointments on my quest to find THE dress. Funny enough, I think I found THE dress on the first day of dress shopping. It was the first dress shop we went to since last year (we went once.. and that store has since closed. eeks this bridal world is competitive!). I had tried on a bunch of dresses up to this point and I was down to the last one I had chosen off the rack. When I saw it, I thought it wasn't that great, but I was up for trying any dress (because you never know). I put it on and...
I always hear stories about people knowing when they have found THE dress. I thought it was a bunch of bull-crap.
I can tell you now that it's not. It's all true! I put on that dress and.. wow... it was absolutely beautiful! I would post up a picture of it, but I'm afraid Jimmy might sneak a peek (I know he won't.. but why risk the temptation? haha). I want it.. but the only problem is... it's beyond my budget. It's $1250. My budget is $1000. Yeah.. that's over. Ok some of you are thinking... well it's only $250 more! $250 compared to the $30K you will be spending on the wedding. If I thought this for every item in my wedding, my wedding would be $40K and Jimmy and I would have to live in a box! LoL!
I found the same dress on eBay for $715 (brand new)... w/ shipping, taxes and duty.. I would say it would work out to be about $950. But I'm iffy about buying stuff on eBay. Oh what do I do? I LOVE that dress... it's THE dress... *sigh*
I have been shopping around.. every day this week I've been to a dress shop. But after trying on that dress, everything looks like garbage on me. I'm not impressed w/ anything. Nothing gave me the feeling I got when I tried on THE dress. Well, one I tried on today kinda gave me that feeling... but I don't even remember what it looks like ne more (partially b/c I don't have a picture of it).
I want that dress......
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I wonder if this stuff would be cheaper to buy in HK or not? But then you probably have to do a bunch of fitting stuff? I saw the dress, it looks great (which probably doesn't help you), I can understand the budget but if you feel this is a special event then you should probably go for it. I mean if you walked away from it but you're still thinking about it that's a pretty good sign that you want it. Heard of anyone selling "fake" dresses off of ebay? I never look for this stuff so I have no clue how to help you here...
I think eBay is all good. Just not sure about a dress though. Doesn't that need to be fitted and all that?
I don't think fitting is the issue. If the dress is about the right size then you can find a tailor and have it altered. Wedding dresses just seem so expensive.
Ebay really isn't all good...I don't have that much experience on ebay per say, but enough to tell you that I think anyone buying off of ebay should be careful. You'd be amazed at the amount of fake stuff out there.
I might just buy the dress from a store. After shopping around I found out the first store I went to was selling the dress at the highest price. I called around... found a store selling it for $1059 out in Mississauga, but I found a store selling it for $1100 in Markham (right by my house). I'm thinking of getting it from the Markham store... the $41 difference would be the money I spend on gas to go to that Mississauga place. Or maybe I can bargin it down.. hm.. :D
you've got good taste in music :)..
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