Budget Outfit: Standing Out Among the Greeneries

It was a privilege again to witness another wedding of last Saturday. Myles, a college friend of mine, tied the knot at a church in Batangas. This is already the third wedding I've been to for 2013 and I am really happy for my friends that they finally found "The One".

I saw the online invitation a bit late (we were supposed to meet up for the invitation but it didn't push through), so i have to change my initial plan of wearing my powder blue dress, which is just above the knee. Yes, it was noted in the invitation that the girls should wear long dress. So day before the wedding, I spent my one-hour lunch just to look for one that would work for the occasion.

I intended to buy a dress below P1000.00. But being the budget shopper that I am, the lower the price, the better. Good thing I checked the stalls of St. Francis first, where I bought this pretty printed dress for only P380.00(originally priced at P400.).

When I first saw this dress in one of the shops there, I was quite hesitant since it was too big for me. The seller suggested that I look for a stall that repairs clothes somewhere in the 3rd floor as well. So when I saw the repair shop and checked if he will give me a reasonable price for the repair(P100.00 for garter adjustment), I decided to buy the dress already. Would you believe that 6 inches of the garter was removed from the dress? That's how big it was initially!

By the way, the wedding reception was held in Cintai Corito's Garden. It was really a nice garden resort that if only the weather cooperated that day, I'd have tons of pictures having all those unique structures as my background. And if you remember the advice I mentioned in this post, the experience I had that time made me choose to wear the pair of sandals from this post. It was also my top consideration when I bought the dress in the first place.

I'll try to share some photos I took while we were there. But if you are interested to know more about Cintai, here's their official website: http://coritosgarden.com/.

 

To Myles and Yna, thank you for giving me the chance to witness this memorable day. I know you have already tested your love towards each other (13 years!) and I'm pretty sure you will still have lots of memories and happy times to share in the coming years. We will always be praying for both of you. Best wishes! Enjoy the rest of your stay in Manila :)