Alex & Patty – Yep! we got married!

It’s bargain time!

Getting married? Due to the economy melt down, everyone is keeping their cash in their pocket.

However, have you noticed that there are tons of bargain these days?

January is a good month to look for your bridal gown (unless you already have your gown).

Take a look of several events for bridal shows happening in Toronto

Canada Bridal Show

http://www.canadasbridalshow.com/
metro convention centre, Jan 9, 10,11
Saving Tip: 2 for 1 ticket!

Ritche Bridal Super Sale

http://ritchebridal.com/
Montecassino Hotel, 3710 Chesswood Drive, Jan 15-Jan18,2009

Total Wedding Show

http://www.totalweddingshow.com/
International Centre, Jan 16-18, 2009

Wear White 4 Windfall Bridal Blow Out Sale

toronto.com’s event listing
WW4W’s website
Windfall,29 Connell Court, Unit #3, Toronto, ON, M8Z 5T7, 416-703-8435
Jan 24, 2009

Phone National Bridal Show

http://www.nationalbridalshow.com/spring
Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto. Jan 23-25
Saving Tips: They are giving out free ticket for bride to be. Click here to register.

Canada’s Wedding Expo

http://www.canadasweddingexpo.ca/
Feb 21-22,2009
Toronto Congress Centre North
650 Dixon Road,Toronto, Ontario, M9W 1J1. Tel: (416) 245-5000

I personally didnt’ go to those shows because I got engaged in March and got married in August. So I think I miss out couple big savings as well. However, if you are buying gowns, don’t forget to bargain.

How to bargain for cheaper brial gowns?

1.” No GST & PST – I’ll pay you cash!”

2. “No taxes & include alteration – I’ll pay you cash RIGHT NOW!”

3. And if they insist you to pay taxes, then you ask for some sort of free alteration or free accessory rentals.

You just have to bring your guts to the store or the booth to bargain it out. So it’s best to have your bridal party with ya. Peer pressure always works!

Right now it’s also a good time to buy your wedding decor and favours. Just because everything is in deep discount. So use your money and spend it wisely.

If you use visa or mastercard for most of your payments, make sure it collect some kind of points or pay you back with some dividends. Here’s a good read from Million Dollar Journey for using credit cards. It even compare top free cash dividend cards and top free reward cards.

I personally own 3 credit cards. Our house common expense goes onto our CIBC dividend card which gives back 1 % of spending that you did through out the year. My personal expense goes to my Scotia SCENE visa card which gives me free movies. And if we need to rent a car from time to time, I’ll use my TD bank’s gold select card for the free rental car insurance. Those are all free visa card with no annual fee. And I paid off my balance every single month.

However, it’s bargain time doesn’t mean you should blow all your money. Do your budgeting and homework before you take out that hard-earned cash.

Tags: gown, Toronto Wedding & Bridal Resources, toronto wedding blog, wedding, wedding resources

08.Jan.09 wedding Comments (2)

Cheap evening gown and bridesmaid dress..$100 and under

I just rented a car on Sat to our biggest asian mall in toronto – Pacific Mall. It’s located at the corner of Steels Aves and Kennedy.

I suppose to just pick up a pair of new eye glasses, but then I end up doing dress shopping for my bridesmaid – Linda.

If you go up to the top floor of Pacific Mall. You will find people are selling all kinds of stuff and all kinds of prices. We found this store called “earth”.

They sell dresses all under $100! It’s good for events that you just want to look fabulous for one day!

So I got a cute brown dress for Linda as her bridesmaid dress for $90, and it also includes a shawl. Best deal EVER.

Their website is at http://freedress.ca/

If you are good at bargaining, you should definitely go there to check it out!

Tags: bridesmaid, deals, evening gown, gown, toronto, Toronto Wedding & Bridal Resources, toronto wedding blog

05.May.08 wedding Comments (0)