Say Yes to the Dress Marathon

PandaBurr

On TLC, anybody wanna watch with me?

PandaBurr

HA. Someone just got caught trying to shove a dress into her purse. Her excuse was, "oh I thought it was my coat".

weddnovice

YESSSS!!!

myother1

I caught a few episodes today - how is it that shows on TLC suck you in SO easily?!Personally, I thought a lot of the dresses looked terrible on the different women.  Maybe it was my tv.  Maybe I'm really picky.  Maybe I'm jealous of a "small" $3000 dress budget.

ericswifey

The first couple of times I saw the show, I thought that was their budget for the entire wedding. Oh, naivety.

PandaBurr

Yeah, some of the choices weren't that great.I also find it funny when the employees make comments about the smaller budgets. Maybe it's because of my non-engaged naivety, but I'm thinking $1k- tops.

meshellyoo

I used to watch that show, but I think it is ridiculous to spend $8k on a dress!!  Wow.  I guess because I don't plan on spending that much for my dang wedding!  And I agree, the employees act like biatches half the time.  They would laugh in my face if I showed up in there with my piddly peasant budget! I liked that Happily Ever Faster show about the Las Vegas wedding chapel and the new show by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.  About the brothers that own the wedding coordinating company.  They only aired them once.  Wonder why.

fletch102483

I'm obsessed...i tivo it

megk8oz

Omg, I totally have a love/hate relationship w/Say Yes To The Dress. On one hand, I love seeing women trying on the dresses and looking great and finding The One, because it gets me pysched for my own day. But I hate the sales women, it seems like they tend to "bully" the brides into the priceir dresses ... especially the ones that seem really conscious of their budget (You know, there's always at least one "Well, yes, this dress is nice, but its $1,000 over my budget, and I like this one that IS in my price range too ...", they always try to talk her into the more expensive one). I know they get commission on their sales, but seriously, it should be about keeping the bride happy in both appearance and finances.Also, I was stunned at how many women have like a 5k dress budget ... though this COULD have something to do with 5k being a little less than 1/2 of my entire wedding budget, hahaha.

twinkie757

I missed it! I love watching Say Yes to the Dress. I actually like the salespeople, they seem more level-headed than some of the people shopping. The only salesperson I really CAN'T stand is the lady with black hair that looks like she's had lots of bad plastic surgery. She says mean things about how the girls look in the dresses or snickers at their "small" budget.

twinkie757

Carmel might be getting the ax! She didn't meet her sales goal so maybe we won't have to put up with her anymore. If they got rid of Camile too, the show would be amazing.

PandaBurr

Which one is Camile again?

Goldlie11

I saw a couple of episodes yesterday. I'm in NYC and I would never go to that store. I can't believe that $2,000-$3,000 is considered a small budget. I'm keeping my dress to under $500 if I can help it. The attitudes towards the customers with "small" budgets was a turn off to me.

meshellyoo

Camile is the one with the huge mole on her lip with the bad lip liner job. 

sapphirebaby926

I think I'd be laughed out of that store with my measley budget - I only spent $700 for my dress

umbmicro

I spent under $500 on mine - did anyone see that greek girl that went with her entire family? They spent $15000+ on an "as is" dress! :O That is way more than what our entire wedding will cost!

oceana919

I cannot even fathom spending $8000 on a dress. I'm hoping I can do my entire wedding for under $8000. I know that your wedding is an incredibly special day in a couple's life and the lives of their families/friends, but I just can't wrap my brain around dropping the downpayment on a house on a single item of clothing.

noelle24

umb: I saw that one.  The whole time I was wondering WTF they were thinking.  Plus, they were trying to haggle the store down from the 24k+ original price over inconsequential stuff, IMO.  Just ridiculous.  15k is almost 2x my wedding budget.