My OTHER Wedding Dress!
March 26th, 2008 @ 5:18 pm by Mrs. Cream Puff
I have been bugging FMIL Puff to help me out with ordering a Chinese dress for ages. It’s been on my to-do list for the past few weeks; I was worried it would never get done. Luckily, we were all able to coordinate our schedules around Momma Puff’s visit, so we all went together! After doing a little bit of online sleuthing, we decided to go to Ling’s Bridal in Oakland’s Chinatown. Connie, who works there, is SO AWESOME and nice.
This whole cheong-sam thing has gone through several stages. First, I was planning to borrow FMIL Puff’s dress. However, it was a two-piece and not all that flattering, and when I tried it on, I found that my boobs wouldn’t even fit in it. So there went that. Then I decided to buy one online. FMIL Puff dismissed this idea outright, saying that it would look tacky and low quality and would wrinkle when I sat down. I have learned not to argue with FMIL Puff on certain points, and this was one of them! However, as you can see, we are slowly going up in price here. In order to keep the cost in check, I was thinking that I’d rent a dress from Ling’s. Then I found out it was only about $150 more for a dress I could KEEP, so we decided to go that route.
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