search for bridesmaid dresses @ city plaza

yesterday went down with the girls to city plaza to search for bridesmaid dresses... initially i thought of getting the dresses from occasion which is like recommended by most bridal stores... but my friend told me that there are more choices at city plaza so we decided to go down & try our luck....

city plaza seem like such an ancient name that most of us wont go down frequently... in fact, the last time i went down to that place was like 10yrs ago... went down with my classmates to get our prom dress.... super long ago.... & when i looked at the building 10yrs later.... it look somewhat different to me but my friend said it is still the same.... anyway the place is like a heartland shopping mall.... no fancy brands but prices are comparatively cheaper than what you can find in town... but maybe need to compromise abit on the designs & quality.... i think the whole place has like 5 floor & they mainly sell clothes.... we just walk around the place & pop into any stores that sell dinner dresses.... i would say they have more variety of long dresses & mummy style dresses than for bridesmaids.... nonetheless we found 2 pretty decent shops...

mei zhan fashion @ #03-143

we came across this store & they sell quite nice dinner dresses... prices around $79.90.... all of us love 1 of the dress there but sadly some of the girls cant fit in.... & the aunty inside the shop is very franks... she keep telling us to keep fit & saying we are fat & have the aunty figure.... i dont think she meant harm but definitely not for the faint hearted....

dresseries @ #03-04

dresseries is one of the most recommended store that my friend found... they do sell some nice dresses but sadly, they have limited sizes... so in the end we had to make do with the convertible dress... i try to avoid that since it is super common but no choice since that's the only dress with most versatile sizes & colours....

sleeveless style

kimono style

altar style

back view

 the model is my very skinny friend so naturally the dress looks nice on her no matter how they tie the slashes.... i think there are more ways to tie & we shall do some research on that later on... i would say this convertible dress is of better quality, is made of chiffon... we saw the other convertible dress which is cheaper & only cost like $38 but the quality is quite bad..... this dress is $68 normally but i gotten a total of 6 pieces so the staff charge it at $55/piece & made a 50% deposit... the dress will take 3-4weeks to come... another thing about this store is that the salesgirl is very friendly & patient.... the bunch of girls were like looking around & us being so indecisive, i think most people would have like ignored us but the salesgirl patiently listen to us & gave us suggestion... she also nicely showed us how to tie the dress... really nice girl =)

after that i met up with another friend + bf to have dinner at city plaza... we try the arnold's chicken!!!

arnold's chicken

i have heard of the store but never knew where the hell is it... apparently it is like super famous & there is always a long queue... we arrived at 6.25pm... & waited a good 40min before we gotten our seat & food.... the thing is that, this place is more like a fastfood place so i dont understand why the hell i need to wait so long... so i guess there is always the first  time & last time....

3pax set

food

so the 3pax set include 9piece chicken, 3buns, 3drinks, coleslaw, fries & mash potato... in short... it is like a pricier version of KFC... the only good thing i would say is the fried chicken... they used very light batter so you wont be eating a thick layer of flour... seasoning is ok but only on the exterior so the chicken breast meat will be super dry.... personally i dont really like to eat fried chicken cause it is oily & heaty but is always good to try new things.... but as a result... i kena sorethroat & cough... haiz..... so, unless you super into fried food, i wont really recommend this store...