Dress? Check

I have my dress!!

On Thursday 14th I left work early to go to Fairytales Bridal on Puckle Street to pick up the dress.

Thankfully the talkative women weren't around; just two young girls.  I got a lovely girl who was more enthusiastic than I was about the dress.

The hem of the dress has been shortened but it still drags on the floor.  It'll be a headache come time when we're navigating through 50 tables on a dodgy floor that will probably be filthy.

I managed to take the dress home on the tram easily enough with it folded over my arm.  Luckily it came in a suit bag so that made it easier.

About 4 hours after I'd gotten home, I noticed there were two missed calls and a voicemail on my mobile.  It was the lady from Fairytales saying I hadn't paid for my alterations!

When I left with the dress the girl at the counter had just picked up a phone call, so another girl came to help.  I told her I had already paid for the dress so she said "ok, just sign the receipt to confirm you've picked up the dress and that's it." So I signed and walked out of there with the dress.

When I looked through my receipts after the voicemail, I realized they were right; I hadn't paid for the $320 alterations yet.  So I rang them the next day from work and gave them my credit card details over the phone.

What a great story - how I almost got away with not paying for alterations.

Only to be topped by the fact that I forgot to wear nice undies - although amazingly I remembered specifically to wear a strapless bra - so I was in my daggies while the salesgirl dressed me.