just minishorts.

The headaches of headaches.

We're undecided. Its either a princess cut, an A-line one or the mermaid cut. Both Eric and my mom want me to be in a mermaid cut dress, but my personal dream is to walk down the aisle in a princess train (who doesn't want to be a princess anyway, and the only time you'll be let off for wearing huge dresses would be on your wedding), but the A-line cut is cool too. Mermaids are… well….

Here are some of the ones I fancy from theknot.com.I love the site, I hang out there every other day looking for ideas.

I'm going for a strapless number, although a little voice beside me wants me to take a dress with long sleeves and lace, most people around me agree that it will make me look old….

…

There was a wedding fair at Mid Valley at the weekend, and Eric and I, like any conventional Malaysian couple, decided to go check out the supposedly 'better prices' that bridal fairs had to offer.

Man the convention hall was like a freakin marketplace.

We decided to weave our way down the crowded lane and then I ended up at Love Vision's exhibition area.

Enter the Manager from hell. Should I mention a name? Hmm… ok nvm, just remember, a manager from Love Vision (I'm not sure whether its SS2 or Loke Yew's branch).

Here was what we were looking for: no bridal photo shoots, just the photos for the actual day itself, and a package that would include the wedding dress, one evening gown, a man's coat (I have no idea why they call it a man's coat, but well…) for Eric, the flowers (the bouquet and Eric's boutonnière) and the car decorations. Well, let's up the cost for a designer range gown from DNL, shall we?

We were quoted a 'fair' package rate, for the clothes and flowers alone the lady quoted us at around RM1800.

'That's not too bad,' we started.

That's when the force-selling started. 'OK, if you are ok with the price, we have to seal the deal today, you just have to pay a 30% deposit, and then you will confirm, now that your wedding is a year ahead in time, at least you can book the better dresses first.'

Manager whips out book with photographs of very blurred dresses. 'We have very nice dresses, no problem one, if you walk in and sign up the prices are more expensive,' she picks out another album with price lists and flips through the pages…. 'so if you sign up now at least you've sealed the deal on these prices, and you know that this is a competitive rate right?'

'Yes it is,' Eric goes. 'We want to see the dresses first.'

'OK, that's a problem, if you walk out of here, this price is off… but if you seal the deal with 30% of the payment, at least you know you have the clothes for the great price.'

'Errr… my wedding is next year, I heard there're a few more fairs coming up, so when are you coming back, or at least my fiancee and I can go check out the clothes at your branch first, but really we can't decide now…'

'You know this price is really very good, if you walk away this price won't be there.'
'We're not going to pay now, we must see the clothes first.'
'Are you sure? If you walk to another place, you probably will get more or less the same kind of designs' (WTF??? HELLO?) ' but definitely at a higher price, you know? At least if you just pay 30% now, for sure you know you only pay about RM1800 for designer range you know?'

'I'm sorry,' Eric goes. 'But not now.'

The manager smiles, says 'its okay', and then she walks away just because we're not going to pay the 30%…

WAH LAU, do business also no need to be so pushy kua….

OK I'm going to Pretty In White this week, see if their custom-made-to-measure packages will delight my senses.

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