Our Married Life

Watters and Watters was having a trunk sale show of all their fall style samples. The bridesmaids dresses were all 30 dollars and the bridal dresses were all 150. Not bad at all. Of course both Julie and Yi are size 0 and the sizes they had range from 2-24. So none of the dresses would fit. However, I love their bridesmaids dresses. So Julie and I went down to Dillards at Richardson Square since they were having a moving sale. We found a pink dress which we bought for and insanely cheap price. 9.75 each. So we bought it with the intent of it being the actual dresses. After taking it home and some deliberation, Brian and I decided it wasn’t formal enough. It’s more Sunday formal than wedding party formal. So we’re going to have to keep looking. 10 bucks for a dress isn’t a big loss, it was too cute and too cheap to pass up! I’ll have to post a picture of it soon. But we have plenty of time to keep looking. These dresses so far are my favorite Watters and Watters, and they come in the colors I like. We’ll have to go by Mockingbird Bridal or Priscilla of Boston to check out the prices.

Yesterday we visited with Duran Photography. The photographer was nice, it was kinda uncomfortable sitting in his house. I guess that wasn’t a big deal. The prices were much higher than I thought. From TheKnot, his price range was 1000-1999, however, his actual packages were 895 – 3495. The package we were most interested in was 1695 and included 5 hours of photog time, an album, and a bridal or engagement session, and some free prints. Even though his samples looked great, and even his signature shots were nice, there was just something missing. Maybe it’s the combination of pricing and style. It was more traditional than I was hoping for. I like the more candid, photojournalistic shots. Brian said that most people who can afford his style would prefer more traditional shots. Then he also had the Romance series shots which were really cute, but cheesy and seemed more like posed shots. It’s definitely worth keeping in mind, but we’ll continue to look.

Brian’s co-worker knows Alex Ham of AlexHamPhotograhy pretty well. The style is much more artistic, but the prices are much higher. $2250 for the Gold package, which includes 5 hours of photog time, 300 proof prints, and the rights to the digital negatives, no album – but we can get an album for $600 more. We’ll see.