About three months to my wedding, I had been able to identify the wedding gown I wanted from the same site Shawla got hers and was working on how to make payments and shipping arrangements. This was after looking so hard for a 'slevefull' ivory wedding gown.
However, my story changed completely when my sister asked that I help her buy suits from a shop in Abuja, Ashers where they sell suits at wholesale rates. On my way going to the shop, I was stopped by Road Safety guys and they successfully extorted a whooping N2,000 from me. I was so angry at my sister and myself for agreeing to run the errand that I just stomped into the shop with a tightened face not even answering any greeting from the attendants.
As I walked into the shop, I noticed that wedding gowns were displayed in a new section that was just carved out of the shop. I diverted my mission and glared around the hung wedding gowns. I pointed at a gown and asked one of the sales girls how much it cost. She asked me to guess and with my nose turned up and my mind made up that the gowns will be highly expensive, I mentioned an exorbitant price. The girl then smiled and mentioned a price that was like 70% less than my guess.
Immediately, my countenance changed and I carefully looked around the gowns to see if any matched my specifics. Lo and behold, there it was, a 'slevefull' ivory wedding gown. I went to where the gown was and realised there was another customer standing beside the gown and a sales girl working so hard to convince her to buy the gown but she kept on giving one excuse after other.
I asked the sales girl for the cost of the gown and she gave me a price that was 50% less than my initial arrangement via the website. I checked the size and men….it was my exact wedding gown size, a 10!. Not minding the other customer, I told the sales girl I would like to try it on. I was helped into the gown and as the zipper was fastened, everyone around had their mouth agape. I guess I looked like the dream bride. The owner of the shop who had also come out of her office to look at the bride-to-be announced that I would get a free ball slip along with the gown because I was their first wedding gown customer……..
I made a deposit for the gown with the money meant for my sister’s suit and promised to makeup the balance by the next week. I’m sure you’re wondering what happened to the other lady. Well, she stayed back to watch the drama in the shop when I tried on the gown and as I was driving out, she came to meet me and asked if I was interested in renting out the gown since her wedding came before mine…….can you imagine.
Of course, I did not agree! Rent ko, dash ni….
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