So, I have been having issues with the blog that I originally created on www.traunwedding.com. It looked good, but if I had the inkling to update the blog, I had to be at home. iWeb has no interface that you can use to update it when you are not at that specific computer.
I was annoyed at the fact that I couldn't update from wherever I wanted to, so I decided to change it up, and put a link to an actual blogging site. This way, I can update the blog when I'm at work, and things generally happen more often during the day than when I'm at home and merely vegging out. You can also comment on these postings as well!!! FINALLY!!!
I forewarn you. This will be a fairly epic posting because it's been such a long time since I have updated the blog.
SOOOOOO much has changed since I last updated the blog. The last time I actually updated the blog was almost a month ago when we received the invitations. Well, most of the invitations have been sent out. Don't worry if you haven't received one yet, they are not ALL sent out. (If you live in Vancouver, the likelihood is that I am going to give your invitation to you personally.)
Having sent out some of the invitations, I have actually recieved some responses! We have received 2 yes's and one no thus far. One of the yes's came from a good friend of mine who I am VERY excited to see! He lives in Ottawa, and moved there before I left Montreal, so it's been a while since I've seen him. As it turns out, he was planning a trip out to BC anyway, so said that he'd just make sure it coincided with the wedding! How awesome! I'm super stoked!
About 2 weeks ago, Shaun and I met up with April and Stephanie to go try on some of the dresses for the ladies in the wedding party. We went to Bryan's Bridal, and had quite an interesting experience. We just went for a casual visit; take a look around, see what the prices were like, and what the dresses were like. We didn't bother booking an appointment, because we didn't think we were going to get anything.
Stephanie ended up being our model, and what a fabulous model she was! She tried on 3 different dresses. I would post pictures of the rejects, but you are not allowed to take photos of the dresses which I find quite stupid. The first two dresses that Steph tried on were okay, but there were a couple of things that we didn't like. The first one was cut a bit awkwardly, and we foresaw issues with the dresses, and the second one had a nice front, but a frilly back, which didn't look so nice once it was on a person.
The third was just right, as the story goes! It is a gorgeous dress, and I can't wait for you all to see it. I won't describe it in much detail, but it will be an amazing European Wine with a white...hmm...sash is the only word I can come up with, but that's not correct. It goes around the waist. Beautiful dress.
Anyway, after we found that dress, the lady who was helping us (who was quite nice) had disappeared. I went to go find her, and she was up at the front speaking with the receptionist. I said that I had a few questions, and she came to help me. When I got back to the group, Momma Bryan was there, and man, she looked angry! Apparently she was super annoyed that the consultant left us alone, and took over for her.
This lady was an epic bitch. The best way to describe her would be to call her a used car sales person. She was practically trying to get us to put down a credit card right then and there for these dresses, which we loved, but weren't sure if we were going to get the ladies to wear the same dress. Then she tried to tell us to get our tuxes from Western Tuxedo Rentals. Stephanie went with Western Tux, and they totally screwed up the grooms tux. Even after telling her about the story, she was still trying to tell us to go there and get them from there. No thanks.
Leaving that store left a bitter taste in my mouth. I talked to April, Steph, and Shaun, and everyone else agreed that the associates handled themselves very poorly. So, Stephanie, being the weddinator that she is, went and found us a deal at another location. A better deal than what Bryan's was offering, so it worked out in the long run anyway.
TUXES. Man, again, a super ordeal. I've been to tux fittings, and I've been to tux fittings where there are 5 men to get fitted. I have not been to a tux fitting where 5 men get fitted and it takes 2 hours to do so. EPIC.
So, it started off by me being totally stupid. I had invited everyone to the tux fitting, or so I thought. Lo and behold, I forgot to invite my best man to the freakin' tux fitting. I am SUCH a jerk. I also didn't realise this until 1am on the day of the tux fitting. Luckily, I have about the bestest friend in the world, and he changed his plans around for me! (Yes, Stephan, you've passed the test!!!)
Now that we are all there and ready to be fitted, we walk in Moores. We are greeted by a nice man, and an even nicer lady. They take us to the back of the store, and then we go over to the middle, and the lady starts taking measurements. She asks her co-workers if they could help her, because there are 5 of us, so then we won't be standing around doing nothing while the others are getting fitted. A very old associate comes over, and asks me to follow him. For some weird reason, I had my tux fitting on the other side of the store. Why I couldn't get fitted with the group is well beyond me. I do my fitting, and in that amount of time, everyone had been measured, and Sameer and Stephan had tried on the products.
Then, something happened. A whole bunch of people came into the store and all of the representatives that had been helping us disappeared. They went to go help the new customers. After about 10 or 15 minutes had passed, we went and asked someone for help, as Shaun and Paul had still not tried on anything. They came and got products for Shaun to try on. (He looks SUPER sexy in a tux, btw!!) I went to go and choose exactly what extras we wanted with the tux while Shaun tried it on. After a few questions, I went to go confirm something with Shaun. We talked about the tie vs. bowtie, (it's the tie), and then were talking about the other accessories. Paul still had not tried anything on. I went over to the guy who was helping me before and said, very angrily but politely, "A member of my party still has not tried anything on. Please send someone over to help him. Right. Now. Please." They ran to help him.
Stupid...
Anyway, after Paul finally tried something on, they took forever entering the information into the system. Stephan had said that he needed to go, since he had changed his plans for me, and nothing was happening, I told him that was fine. The guy then asked me for the deposit. Sameer wanted to pay for his whole thing right away, which was fine. Then Paul took Shaun's and paid his deposit, so I was going to pay for Stephan's deposit, and my suit. The guy entered all of the suits on one bill, despite Sameer having already paid.
All in all, as you can tell, I was very unimpressed with the service that I received from Moores. I think that the tuxes will look good, and I like the styles that Shaun and I chose, but overall, not too keen on them.
Well, this has been a very epic blog. I'm sorry it's been such a long time coming, but as I say, I will be a bit more free to write them now that it's using a more open source!
I'll let you know what else is going on later...hopefully it will be only awesomeness!
PS: Write a comment to let me know that it worked!
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