The Dress

I've bought the dress!  17th April.

It was an impulse purchase that turned out to be a very good buy.

It started when Lyn mentioned to me Fairytales Bridal were having a sale at the Croydon branch - we had previously gone to the Moonee Ponds branch because it's only 10min away from where I am and they stock the dresses from my favourite designer.

Anyway so Lyn told me about the sale on a Monday - I assumed the sale would run for ages so I said, 'Ok I'll go on the following Monday because I've taken the day off to be with Ant who I will pick up from his karate tournament on Sunday."

Before picking Ant up on Sunday arvo, I was browsing online and saw that the Fairytales sale was ending that same day at 4pm!!  So I text Lyn and ask her if she can take me to the bridal shop because it takes practically an hour on the train.  Luckily she agreed so I got dressed super quick and trammed it to her place.

We made it about 30min before they closed.

At the bridal shop, I tried on about 3 dresses.  There was one for au$200 which had a lovely bodice but ugly skirt.  It looked like someone had sewn it themselves - maybe me.

Then I got dressed and we walked around the shop again - it was a small shop but we still managed to walk around  a few times.  And then I found 2 more dresses I thought I'd try on.  I wasn't very enthusiastic but it turns out the last dress looked amazing on me.

So long story short, I was very lucky that I found my dress.  It was way over my price range - like Way WAY over even though it was on sale.  But those who have seen the dress say it's stunning and I agree, so that makes the world ok again!

Sneak peek below !!!!

The dress still needs to be re-sized and the length adjusted.  My first fitting will be on June 15th.  The store took the dress from the Croydon branch to Moonee Ponds to make it easier for me :o)  And they said I could come look at it any time :o)

Mini Update

My favour boxes have arrived!!  

I've yet to hear the damage to my wallet, but I believe it was under au$300 including postage for 400 boxes.  The paper isn't as think as I would like it to be.  It's more paper than cardboard.  But it is a vibrant red and gold so that's good enough I suppose.

The 'carriage poles' and flat cardboard boxes - still wrapped - have been sitting on my desk at work and colleagues have come up to ask what it is.  They're obviously a nosey bunch. 

And the Chinese taobao website is great - when you buy an item you don't immediately pay for it.  It is held by taobao the seller posts you the item and if you're satisfied with it, you tell taobao to pay the seller.  How cool is that??

Ant and I need a joint email address for our RSVP's.  Initially we thought of nan24ant@gmail.com because the 24th will be our wedding date.  However his parents have said there can't be a '4' because it's 'death' in Chinese.  Such a silly thing to be worried about, considering it's our wedding date and is going to be for life!!

Anyway so now we have to come up with something suitable or else it will be 'nanwedsant@gmail.com' which makes me want to puke just to think about!  I've thought of nanant.yam@gmail.com which I think is quite cute but won't exactly be true because I don't tend to take his last name.  And his parents might object because we're not married yet and thus I can't have 'yam' as my last name.

Who knows.

The next item on the list is the wedding invite.  I have to wait till I see Ant so that I can take the card off him and post it to the relatives in China to price.

And I have yet to decide on the dress and then order it.  There's time - it's not like there's only 5 months left.  Oh wait, it is :o)