i'm Ready To Wed

saturday's meeting with lya armovit at ready to wed went extremely well... i've booked my entourage dresses with her! i asked my 2 bridesmaids and 1 secondary sponsor (aka the girls) to fit the dresses i found there. my 2 bridesmaids C and T looked great in the fuschia pink strapless tea-length dress in shantung silk - so i bought the 2 remaining pieces (best part is they were on sale!) and asked lya to alter the dresses to C & T's sizes. as for my secondary sponsors, i've decided to have them in the same dress and fabric, but with spaghetti straps and in a lighter shade. since there isn't any existing color of the dress i wanted in the store, lya will make it for me - at the current retail price of the dress which design i'm using! now all i need are the measurements of the 2 secondary sponsors & junior bridesmaid who are coming from vancouver.

after negotiations, instructions, and computations, lya asked me if i might be interested in getting my wedding gown from her as well. i figured that since i was there already, i might as well try on the gowns available. for some strange serendipitous reason, on display was a bridal skirt with embroidered organza over satin - similar to one of april & karen yu's gowns on display during the bridal fair. so i tried it on with 2 different top combinations and walked around the store. at first, i wasn't that interested in a 2-piece bridal gown, but lya said that she actually makes it into a whole gown since it's made-to-measure.



i must admit - trying on the gown was like reaching for the apple in the garden of eden. argh! to top it all off, her prices are much lower that april & karen's, plus i get to see the finished product right in front of me, without any fear that it might turn out ugly.

*insert big sigh here.*

well money is money (grr, it's so hard to part with hard-earned money!) so for the 3rd time, i'm changing my mind -- final answer na this time since i'm giving a deposit on monday. i just might ask april & karen to make the maid of honor's gown.