Right after my head-first introduction to wedding dress shopping at Macy's, I went to another appointment at Saks Fifth Avenue. The Macy's dresses were a bit old-fashioned and I was still trying to get ideas so that I could try and get a custom made dress.
It was one of the coldest days so far during the year, yet I was running late so by the time I showed up at Saks, I was a little steamy since I had sprinted all the way from the 51st street subway station. Then not only was I late, I eventually had 4 girls (Chian and her friend Kristin, Jean, and Thu) show up for support - we quickly took up most of the space in the very small bridal atelier. I think we must the be the type of people that the bridal consultants hate the most - we show up late, we show up many and loud, and we aren't planning to spend any money with them :-)
However, the consultant was super-professional and had already pulled a few dresses for me. I think that of the 6-7 she had pulled, there was only maybe one that was really unflattering, but I wasn't sure that I had found one that I was really wedded to. So I asked the her if I could try on something different, perhaps with a empire waist. She wasn't all that excited about it and I think that maybe she didn't really think that empire would be the best shape for me, but she brought out an Amsale dress that ended up being the one that I really fell in love with and ended up being pretty much as good of a fit as you can expect from a sample dress (but who doesn't need a little extra help in the boobage area?)
So despite the inauspicious start, I had a great experience at Saks and really liked most of the dresses I tried on - a total spin on my experience at Macy's. Unfortunately, all the dresses are also a rung above Macy's in terms of price. So I ended up not getting the dress...
Fast forward 1 month...
9am: I get to work and I check my email and the first emails I get from a number of people (i.e. Chian, Jean, Lisa, Jaime) are all about the Daily Candy posting re: the Saks Bridal Sample Sale. Saks doesn't open until 10am so I wait.
10am: 10am on the dot, I called my bridal consultant up...ring ring ring ring ring. The receptionist answers, "oh she won't be in until 1pm". *SIGH*
10:05am to 12:59pm: Meetings meetings meetings lunch meetings meetings.
1pm: Ring Ring Ring ring ring...hellodoyouhavethedressisitonsale?
1:05pm to 1:55pm: Wait for call back meeting meeting wait for call back
2:00pm: Hi Samantha, yes we do have the dress and it is in the sample size you tried on. I can only hold it for an hour, but I'll be happy to hold it for you if you can come in right away.
So long story short - I got the same dress I originally tried on at Saks and I ended up getting it for 60% off! No girl ever felt so accomplished - a beautiful dress and a total steal :-)
