Gown Trying @ Satt|ne Part II

2 weeks had passed since the last time we'd gone to Sattine to try the gown. Although the feeling of excitment was not as strong as the first time, I am still looking forward to it. Today I will be confirming my wedding gown and decide if I were to choose my evening gown OTR or MTM.

I reached Tanjong Pagar MRT station at around 7pm. I waited a little while for Ben as he had gone for yoga classes at True Yoga. Ben was supposed to be working today but his working shift kindda changed and was able to come along. Ben showed up and surprised me with 2 McChicken burgers. The past experience had taught him to have some food first prior to choosing the gowns as it will take a couple of hours. Mavis will be late... coming at around 7.30pm.

We strolled to Sattine and ate our burgers. Mandy brewed red dates tea for us and she was wearing a white furry cap which kind of made her looked brighter. Her colleagues then told us that Mandy had shaved off her hair when she went to China the week before. She showed us her bald head which I find is really cool and I like her cap!

Mavis came shortly and we went up to the 2nd floor to try the gowns. While I was trying the first gown, Mavis felt hungry and went to buy dinner. She bought Xing Chow Bee Hoon from the opposite coffeeshop and kept commenting that the wok must be very hot as her bee hoon was still steaming hot. The fragrance filled the entire room and made us all hungry! >.<

I tried on the gown which I had eyed on the display during our 1st visit but the cutting was too big for me. Sattine only has size M or L for that gown. So in the end, we decided to select the same gown that we had chosen previously. We also selected the gowns that I am going to wear for the photoshoot. I had tried on a green gown with black netting and took a fancy to it. I had thought of wearing it for the wedding banquet but we were all worried that our parents would not like it for the black element on the gown... Well, we gotta see how it goes. So, after trying a couple more gowns, we realised we had selected quite a no for PS but have not confirmed any for the evening wear. It's really very tough to make a decision. Mandy then gave me the option to use OTR gown for PS and for the actual dinner, we can MTM the evening gown. This sounds good as I still have not think through what design I want for the evening wear.

At around 9.30pm, we set another appointment and went to Amara Hotel to have BK for dinner/supper. We spent around an hour to finish our food and went home feeling exhausted.

The next appointment is set on 28 September 2008 to choose Ben's suits and alter my gowns. The day draws nearer to the photo shoot next month.

HDB 1st Appointment

Finally, the long-awaited day is here!

I was waken by my HP's alarm at 6.15am and call Jer to wake her up. Jer reminded me to bring all the required documents and I suddenly hit the panic button! Where is the HLE letter? It didn't come to our minds that it is required as it is not stated in the 1st appointment letter. We searched and searched our homes but we just couldn't find it...

My parents had left for their breakfast and told me that they would be waiting for us at the coffeeshop. Left with no solution, I decided to print out the scanned HLE letter which is stored in my computer and went to meet Jer and my parents. When we reached the coffeeshop, my parents had already finished their breakfast. We quickly had a light breakfast and left in my father's car at 7.40am.

Traffic was very smooth and we arrived at HDB Hub at around 8am. There were a handful of people loitering at the waiting area even though the Hub was still not in operation yet. The sellers and agents came shortly and we got the first queue number 4000. We went to the 2nd floor to wait and when our queue number was being called, that's the beginning of our worst nightmare!

First, we were asked to produce the HLE letter. I looked at Jer and passed the printed copy to the HDB officer. Luckily the officer accepted it. After some administrative procedures, we were asked to wait for our queue number to be called by inner room. Beep! We heard the queue call and looked up at the display board. Our queue number was flashing with the number 234. We quickly went into the room and we were made to sign and sign on the many documents given to us. We both agreed that we had NEVER signed so many documents in our lives! The ordeal was finally over but then came the most pain-staking moment. We had to pay the remaining of the COV. Although we were unwilling to part with it (as if), we issued the cheque and believed it is worth the money.

The next appointment was set tentatively on 18th September and this is our 1st step to become homeowners. Oh Yes!

Gown Trying @ Satt|ne Part I

I had intended to leave for work early today but was held up. I rushed down to Sattine Bridal Couture located at Tanjong Pagar to meet Ben and Mavis who are already there for my gown trying. I am quite pleased with myself as I had done my homework, i.e. looking through bridal mags (from Mindy) and identifying the gowns that I like. I showed Mandy, the coordinator, the type of gowns that I preferred so that it will be easier for her to choose something along that line. After all, this is a once in a lifetime affair and it's every gal's dream to look the most beautiful on that special day! Poor Ben had a cold and he was suffering inside the dressing room. I tried on a few gowns before David and Mindy came back with snacks. They had came earlier and Mindy had decided on her wedding gown and stayed behind to have dinner together. I am really very fortunate to have such buddies who accompanied me throughout to choose my gown. Although David was very bored, tired and hungry, he still patiently waited for me. *Thanks heaps!!!*

I decided that I wanted a gown that make me look "princessy" for the first march in and a elegant evening gown for the 2nd march in. I tried on several more gowns and managed to find one which everyone agreed that it was suitable for me. I loved the embroderies and the cutting! :) Ok, I took about 2 hrs to select 1 gown! It's quite tedious I must say... Mavis also had a go on one of the wedding gown which she looked fabulous in it. Mavis commented that it would be a long time before she would have her own wedding but I assured her that her wait for a perfect guy will not be in vain.

Mission acomplished! I've decided on the wedding gown. While we were arranging for another appointment to try my evening gown, we saw a display gown on the first level and I felt like trying it. However, I have to wait for a week to try it as it could not be tried until it is removed from the display. Duh~ oh well...

We set the date for our 2nd appointment and we are on our way to Geylang to have our dinner. We had frog's leg with porridge and BBQ sting-ray which Ben gladly paid for to thank everyone.

2 more weeks to the 2nd appointment - woohoo!