BS shopping

Finally!!! Me got down to some BS shopping!!! It seems to have dawned on me that I dun haf much time left to decide on a BS, choose a gown that I like and then there's still the Photoshoot! And coz the wedding date is the 1st of the 8th Lunar month, this means that I can't do anything during the 7th Lunar so everything would hafta be settled by June. *gasp* Actually I feel that it is good in a way coz Dar n I are HUGE procrastinators and this would kinda force us to settle everything and not leave it till the last min. That would also mean both of us can have a good rest during the 7th Lunar month and look nice brite n radiant on the actual day! haha!

Intially, I thot it would be good for it to be a whole day affair but am soooo thankful it was only a half day affair coz I was rather tired by the end of it. Added to the fact that I was rather irritated by the sales staff who kept trying to drag us into their shops!!! I have been warned of certain studios and that other than the design of the gowns, the photography..., most importantly, it is the feel of the shop when I first stepped in.

Dar n I actually went to 1 BS recommend by my senior a couple of months ago and we both liked the photography and the gal was rather frenly to us as well and gave us q a good package so that was the first stop we went to as I wanted to try on the gowns there. Tried on 4 gowns there this time and liked 2 out of the 4 gowns but the gal wasn't too frenly this time rd and was a little put off by her coz when she saw the package she offered me, she actually commented " 哇，你那天给我吃了设么药？我给你这么多东西！！！" I suspect that they gave me such a good package coz I told them I was recommended by my senior and now she has forgotton. And also, I clarified w her abt the package and realised that I might have to top up q a tidy sum of $$ which I intially thot I didn't. I asked Dar if he cld rem wat he said but of coz he cldn't lah :(

Wanted 2 go to the Tanjong Pagar stretch when my GRL spotted this lovely gown on display @ another shop and we went in. My GRL has actually heard of the shop and saw some advertorials in mags but I haven't really heard of the shop hee. The gal was q frenly and when she found out that I knew my senior who is a photographer she used, she actually suggested that I go direct to him!!! I was rather surprised that I cld do that and she said that it is coz the do not earn any commission from the photographers. (but when I asked my senior, he told me that they DO give me a bit of comm wor... hmm...) Rather liked the shop and the gown coz it was made w Swarosvki (sorry dunno how 2 spell haha) crystals and the gown I tried had the crystals even on the strap and had pearls and 3 ribbons on the back train. Definitely shortlisted on my list!

Went to a couple of shops alg the Tanjong Pagar stretch; 1 offered a v good package and the gowns were ok nice (they also haf their own in-house designer) but I didnt really like the lady who toked to us coz she commented that all the BS same one. Happened to another of the BS I walked into where I was served by this lady who served us @ the bridal fair @ Marina n Dar n I were rather put off by her coz she told us dat since we were not signing on dat day, no point tokin 2 us! What's more, she kept showing us pics on the comp, so aft dat we juz walked out without really enquiring abt e pkg!!! Saw some q nice gowns @ this other shop & such a coincidence that the boss recognized my GRL n her hubby as they took the package from their main shop some 11-12 years ago!!! But though the gowns were nice, she didn't really give an attractive package despite e fact that she recognized them... BAH!!!

Was contemplating whether to check out more shops when the best news came yesterday... my senior said he will give me a v special price if we asked him to do our studio shoot!!! (we haf already engaged him for our actual day n he also gave me a too-good-to-be-true deal!) Sooooooooooooooooooo tempted coz I really like his coffee table book concept and my GRL n fren told me that I shd juz engage him without any 2nd thots! Similar to Dar's rxn who said dat since he has already given us such a good deal, not v nice not 2 engage him but still, I want Dar to take a look @ his coffee table book concept before deciding! Really as wat Dar told me before, "It's not what u know but who u know"! So excited & many thnx 2 my this crazee but v v nice senior! (m refraining to put his name here so dat pp won't bugger him for a good deal n make him diff hee hee!)