MCO Day 13 ~ 30 March 2020

Cass' school teachers were finally ready to start hosting online lessons via Zoom today.  It was only for a short 1+ hour today. From tomorrow onwards, online lessons will be held at 11 a.m., from Mondays through Fridays.





Breakfast was fresh breads that hubs bought from Red Kettle and The Kneady Baker yesterday.  We now have a goodly supply of breads and pau in our freezer, as well as canned food and noodles that's enough to last us until the MCO is over in another 2 weeks.

Did I say another 2 weeks? Praying hard that the MCO will be lifted and we can have back our normal lives. However, to say that life would be back to normal immediately after the MCO is lifted seems far-fetched. Businesses require time to rebound. Some businesses may  never recover. Some analysts are predicting that it will take anywhere from 6 months to 12 months for our country to recover. Am hopeful that hubby's catering business does not need too long a period to rebound.  I can only cast my worries on my Heavenly Father.

Peter 5:7 ~ Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Philippians 4:6-7 ~ Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.


Our stock of breads, cake (finished as of typing this post) and cookies. There's still more bread in the freezer, which is not in the photo.

Dinner: steamed fish, blanched broccoli with fried garlic, immunity booster turmeric chicken (chock-full of fresh turmeric, onions and curry leaves) and leftover takeout fried noodles from lunch. There's also an immunity booster meatless Great Burdock Soup boiled with white radish, carrots, burdock and Shiitake mushrooms which I've totally forgotten to snap a photo of.

MCO Meals

We still have nutritious and balanced meals throughout the MCO period.  Breakfast is normally bread with eggs, butter and jam and occasionally sausages (hubby bought a big packet 😐 ). Sometimes hubs will tapau noodles from nearby coffee shops.

Lunch is usually something light like sweet corns, sweet potatoes or just anything that we can find from the kitchen. Most days, we will just have brunch and the next meal will be dinner.

This is what we had for dinner on MCO day 9 and day 10.

Day 9 ~
Chicken + abalone porridge; mil specially cooked fried rice (ginger + eggs + leftover char siew + dried olive leaves + garlic + sesame seed oil) for the fussy pot who doesn't fancy porridge; blanched broccoli.


Day 10 ~
Steamed fish, fun kok + lin ngau soup (arrowroot + lotus roots), stir-fried water spinach with red chilies and garlic, sauteed lean pork slices with preserved vegetables and stir-fried celery with abalone mushrooms.




This is my breakfast of sugar-free skinny yoghurt with sugar free + salt-free peanut butter.  Added some fried onions for the savoury taste. Yeah, I have a weird taste bud; don't like eating sweet stuff,    although sometimes I will drizzle a little Gula Melaka syrup on it.

MCO Day 8 ~ 25 March 2020

How is everyone keeping up this week?  It seems to me that each day things get a little crazier and sometimes it's hard not to get pulled into the uncertainty and fear.  And the cabin fever has started to hit me.

The moment that we've been waiting for since day 1 of MCO finally arrived today - our PM's announcement on whether the MCO will be extended or lifted. I already knew the answer looking at the new cases each day but hearing the confirmation from him somewhat disappointed me.  An extension of two more weeks would mean more stress for me, having to be cooped up at home 24/7 with kids, spouse and mil doing tons of washing and cleaning as our part-time helper is prohibited from coming during this time.  And hubby's catering business will be affected longer, which means that our finances will be affected too.  The girls' exams will no doubt be postponed. They are getting lazier each day but thank God for technology, they have no choice but to do their homework and attend online lessons.  And I am missing mall shopping even more! I've not gone out to do any groceries shopping for two days and it looks like I will remain homebound too tomorrow.

Never have I felt such joy bringing out the trash to the refuse chamber, which is a mere 25-30 steps from our unit and going to the basement to collect groceries from the head of the family 😆  Today I brought the trash out 3 times just to enjoy being 'outdoor' HA HA HA!

This is our brunch today ~ the head of the family went out to tapau curry noodles, pork noodles and tong sui.  He's having a rather serious bout of cabin fever and craving for hawkers fare! 😁




People are all very obedient outside. As you can see in the pic below, there's very good social distancing while queuing up to buy food.

Each time hubs comes back from shopping, he stays outside the unit whilst I disinfect him with Sodium Hypochlorite water spray all over his body and the groceries that he brings into the home. All canned food will be washed and dried before storing. All plastic bags used to store the groceries will be binned immediately.  We have all turned into OCD freaks because of the silent invisible killer. Pathetic.

Dinner of fried mackerel with sweet and sour onion sauce, chicken herbal soup, stir-fried lai park, braised leek with leftover siew yoke and reheated frozen chicken rendang from hubby's kitchen cooked earlier this week.



Post dinner time is the most tiring for me, having to clean up the kitchen and mop the greasy floor and stove. Fortunately I don't have any other errands and school / tuition runs to do anymore, so it's still manageable. Tomorrow I'm going to wake up at 5:15 a.m. for my quiet pre-dawn exercise again.

MCO Day 6: 23 March 2020

Our dancing queen went to bed early last night and got up at 3-ish a.m. today to attend a free online dance class conducted life by a dance teacher in Australia.  After the session, she went back to sleep.  I got up at 5:15 a.m. to exercise at our condo jogging treks.  All other condo facilities are off limits.  It's so peaceful and quiet at pre-dawn where there's hardly anyone except for the guards patrolling the condo. I've been practising pre-dawn exercise for almost 20 years now.  I really need my quiet time everyday doing what I love most, even if it means sacrificing on my sleep, just to keep sane being cooped up at home 24/7 with kids, spouse and mil! 6 of us in total in the household in a tiny space.  Without my exercise, I can check myself into Tg Rambutan after the MCO ends.

We're staying in a condo where space is minimal - everyone faces each other during our waking hours and we often get on each other's nerves.  Alycia has her own room where she can hibernate and do her own things.  Cass' study desk is next to mine, Sherilyn's study desk is a few meters away from mine; and the mil and spouse will be seated behind my work desk at the dining table! They can see what I do all the time.  I feel for those who have claustrophobia and live in a tiny space during this time.

Ok, back to food!  This is our MCO day 6 dinner:


Hakka braised pork with black fungus and dried oysters, blanched brocolli, 'tai yi ma kar lui' (dish of sauteed julienned hairy gourd with glass noodles, sliced pork and dried shrimps), fried vermicelli and sweet and sour pork.




Extra servings of Hakka pork, stored in glass containers for lunch and dinner tomorrow:




Every night at around 9+ during the MCO period, our two teenage girls will turn the living room into a home gym.  They spend at least an hour working out and dancing while watching free videos for guidance.

The girls have not stepped out of the condo building throughout the MCO, except for walking to the refuse chamber to throw rubbish and to the car park to help cart groceries up.  Every step that I take now matters and I find every reason and excuse to walk so that I can still chalk up at least 3k - 6k steps in a day. My usual step count is 8k - 13k in a day.

MCO Day 5 - 22 March 2020

Today the 'head of the family' went out to get food supply for the family and his shop. Hubs has a catering event tomorrow (packed food boxes). After today's restock of fresh produce and dry food items, I think we have enough ration for at least 3-4 days. Whenever I task the hubs to do grocery shopping, he will always end up buying more than what is on the shopping list and today's haul was O.M.G.!   No photo taken as I was too busy carting the items up to our unit (making 2 rounds on 2 carts) and keeping them.

The Government's latest order is only the 'head of the family' can go out to buy essential items and only 1 person is allowed to go out at any one time. So I'll leave this to the hubs, though there can be a representative from the household. After all, he won't be busy with work throughout this MCO period.

Today there were road blocks by the police at several locations at our neighborhood. Finally the Government is upping the enforcement and with this, I think people will be obedient and just stay home.

Our breakfast today - left over roast chicken breast + egg mayo + avocado sandwich.  So happy that hubs managed to grab 2 loafs of Ted Boy wholemeal bread from the supermarket this morning. These days, it's a privilege to be able to eat fresh, soft bread!




The head of the family bought 10 boxes of sushi to feed his 3 forever hungry piranhas 😍




Dinner: steamed minced pork + egg, steamed brinjal with fried garlic and toasted sesame seeds, blanched vegetables (not in photo), Tomyam mackeral fish slices and ABC soup.



You have no idea how much of washing and cleaning are involved when we have to prep 2-3 meals for 6 people everyday. Even a simple breakfast of what we had today involved a lot of washing -- 10 plates, 6 cups, 6 pairs of cutlery, pot and other miscellaneous kitchen items.  There's so much of kitchen waste that we have to bring out the garbage to the refuse room 3 times a day vs once a day on a regular day. My poor hands feel so dry, rough and battered now and today is just the 5th day 😓

9 more days of house quarantine to go. Bring. it. on. We will get through this 👍💪💪💪

MCO Day 3 - 20 March 2020

Today is day 3 of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and I have not gone out of the condo to buy food supplies and groceries. From our condo we have a very good view of KLCC and KL Towers.  When I gazed out of the condo and saw the beautiful view of KLCC this morning, I had this urge to go to KLCC or just any shopping mall to do what I love most. I really do miss going to the malls 😞  And it will be another 11 days at the earliest before the MCO is over provided the number of Covid-19 cases decline.

The Health Ministry announced 130 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, bringing the tally to 1,030! If the numbers do not go down, the MCO will be extended and it will be everyone's nightmare!  Even Alycia is complaining of boredom being stuck in the house with nothing much to do.

This morning I got up at 5 a.m. to resume my pre-dawn exercise at the jogging trek of our condo and it felt so good after a week long hiatus.

Hubs spent all his free time Marie Kondo-ing the house. Day 1 he MK-ed the store room.  Day 2 the cupboards and Day 3 the TV console drawers. When he got tired from all the clearing, vacuuming and cleaning, he plonked himself on the daybed and glued his eyes and hands to his phone.  After doing this the entire day, he stared at the clock at 8:50 p.m and said "What, it's only 8 plus now?!"  😆  And with nothing much to read and see from his phone anymore, he toddled to the bedroom and plonked himself on the bed.






This kind of free and easy life with nothing to do and with lots of sleep everyday is something that the both of us have always yearned to have but now that we've gone through it, we rather have back our busy lives 😁

On hindside, the MCO is a very economical and healthy way of life for us. We get to sleep early, wake up late and get 12 hours of sleep (for hubs but definitely not for me!), eat homecooked food 3 meals a day, we hardly spend any money on some days and even on weekends we eat at home and don't go out 😂

Our MCO Day 3 brunch of roast pork bones porridge:




Sherilyn cooked mushroom pasta as she wanted to finish off the box of cream that she used for the tiramisu and strawberry lemon cakes that she baked earlier this week.




Very toothsome mushroom pasta with grated lemon zest, washed down with a mug of matcha, our antioxidant drink everyday.




We had old cucumber soup, blanched broccoli and celery and sauteed pork with big onions for dinner but I forgot to snap photos of the dishes except for the soup 😑



This is the very reason why I have to move my arse from my cozy bed so early in the morning to exercise, else this is going to be me when the MCO is over 😂

First Term School Holidays Cum Movement Control Order Home Quarantine

This school holidays cum 2 weeks Movement Control Order home quarantine, our baking queen has been working hard in the kitchen, concocting cake recipes. Two days ago she whipped up a Tiramisu cake, which tasted so eye-rollingly delish that I had to give it a 9/10 rating.  Today she made some refreshing mini lemon sponge cakes decked with fresh strawberries and fresh strawberries cream and frosting.

Easy Tiramisu 
This slice of decadent Tiramisu is made using store bought vanilla chiffon cake. She then soaked the chiffon cake with homemade coffee syrup and made a homemade mascarpone (cream and lemon juice). The dusting on the Tiramisu is from grated bitter chocolate and coffee powder.  This Tiramisu tastes even better than the ones we'd tasted from high end cafes! Sherilyn says that with a wee bit more improvement on it, she is ready to churn out these babies for sale!



One spoonful and I knew that this Tiramisu recipe is a keeper!

Zesty Lemon Sponge Cake With Strawberries
The cake base is homemade lemon sponge cake, which she baked yesterday. Today she made the frosting and dehydrated some caramelized lemon slices. The dusty pink colored frosting is cream mixed with homemade strawberry syrup (made yesterday).  This velvety soft cake, though with frosting and cream, is light and not cloy, mildly sweetened and such a hearty temptation with juicy strawberry slices!






Sherilyn has put in 100% effort and love into these cakes. All her cakes are sugar reduced, per my request. My condition to buying the cake ingredients for her - make her bakes diabetic-friendly.  She's been pestering me to help her sell these cakes but I am just wondering whether anyone would want to buy them.  Would you buy them? 😬

Friday, 13 March 2020

I was at Cass' school at 7-ish this morning to attend a talk.  It's a UPSR exam (a government exam for Year 6 students) goal-setting talk, where parents of Year 6 students are invited to attend this motivational talk together with their kids. Attendance is not compulsory though. I attended this talk when Alycia and Sherilyn were in Year 6 in that school.  During their time, the parents and students had to take an oath where the parents promised to do their best to nurture and encourage their children to study hard and the students promised to strive hard academically to achieve their targeted number of As in the UPSR exam. This year, the oath is omitted.

At the entrance of the auditorium, the parents' temperatures were taken and we were asked to sanitize our hands.  In previous years, parents' attendance were higher. This year, in bad light of the Covid-19 outbreak, attendance was lower. I could still park my car at the car park right outside the school vs parking at least 500 - 800 meters away in previous years.






The parent and student had to write out the latter's targeted number of As he/she is hoping to achieve in their UPSR exam on a piece of student's achievement progress  form.  As you can see from the form, this year is all about exams and targets! But Cass is still so chill and totally unperturbed, which ain't very good.


The HM also announced that after the week-long school holidays, all Year 6 pupils have to undergo a psychometric test.  The entire talk was in Mandarin and I was struggling to comprehend everything that the principal said. Luckily this time I didn't doze off, unlike in previous years 😂

The talk ended earlier than expected (YAY!). After I left the school, I sent my car for a wash and  walked to PappaRich for breakfast alone.  For once I was hoping that the sun will be out so that I could do my daily dose of 'virus-killing' in the sun when I walked but today has been a gloomy day.  The scene is very, very gloomy in every aspect of our country 😥




The below short article, written by a reporter from The Star papers is an excellent way to describe the economic condition in our country now:

The economy is *slowing*.
Businesses are *suffering*.
Foreign capital *fleeing.*
Stock market falling.
Ringgit *weakening.*
Living cost *rising.*
Personal wealth *shrinking.*
Consumer confidence *slipping.*
Public anxieties *growing*.
Coronavirus *spreading*
while Politicians are still busy *fighting.*
The country rotting.

What a bleak and overcast start to the new year.  When will all these doom and gloom ever flit from our country?

The first term school holidays start tomorrow and it looks like we will all be home bound for 9 days!  Our pastor has just Whatsapp-ed us to inform that the Chinese church service, Sunday school and youth meetings will be suspended for 2 weeks. The English service will still proceed at 9 a.m. as usual.  We may still go to the mall but cinema and arcade will be off limits for them - just a quick lunch and  book shopping perhaps. 😐

Who Pays For The Bridesmaid Dresses?

Planning your wedding is a colossal task, especially if you are planning to have a fairytale-like wedding.  Everyone has advice and opinion. If you were to read just half the books, web sites, etc. written in the last decade about wedding etiquette and protocol, you'd be reading and planning for months on end!  Different races have different custom and traditional practice. From the altar to the wedding banquet, what to wear, what your bridesmaids should wear, who should pay for what, establishing your bridesmaids' responsibilities, among others.

Outfitting the bridesmaids comes with cost and who shells out for their attire?  Is the bride responsible for purchasing all of the bridal party dresses, or do the bridesmaids buy their own dresses?  What about the alteration costs—or what if one of the bridemaids doesn't have the budget for the gown?  The lines can sometimes get a little blurry!



Typically, bridesmaids are expected to pay for their own dresses and accessories, as well as hair and makeup appointments and transportation to the wedding.   As a bride, if you’re asking your friend to be your bridesmaid then the chances are you want them to be assisting and chaperoning you on your big day. So forking out some money for that shouldn’t be an issue. It's also a gesture of your appreciation to them for their time, help and friendship.

If the bride can afford to, it's a very thoughtful gesture for her to pay for the dress or a portion of the cost for each of her bridesmaids.  These days more brides are paying for their sexy bridesmaid dresses, especially if they pick a more expensive dress for their bridesmaids to wear.




It's very important that you have a clear communication line with your bridesmaids, particularly when it comes to money. Cost is something you should talk about upfront before any purchases or decisions are made. While the bride may have a vision in mind, talking about what is reasonable, within budget and suitable for all the bridesmaids means there are fewer chances of friction when it comes to buying the dress.

You really don't have to spend a fortune on ​your bridesmaids' dresses. There are many top online shops that offer beautiful wedding dresses at different budgets. At Babyonlinedress, for example, you will find thousands of styles ranging from wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, mother of the bride dresses, flower girl dresses, special occasion dresses and wedding accessories.  These dresses are sold at factory prices.



Sit down with your bridesmaids and be upfront with them on what they expect from you and vice versa.

Wednesday, 11 March 2020

As the Covid-19 cases in our country increase by the tens and twenties daily, people's fear of contracting the virus is fueled to the point of being hypochondriac / OCD / paranoia.  I was at BIG Pharmacy yesterday to get some meds for the mil and I saw a long bee line outside the pharmacy. On some days, the queue will be almost 10 shop lots long till the end of the road! Each customer is only allowed to buy a maximum of 5 pieces of face mask a day.



I only wear a face mask whenever I'm at the hospital and it's only in recent weeks that I practise face mask wearing. In the past, I don't even bother to wear face mask whenever I'm in the hospital. I'm a heavy user of hand sanitizer though (only recently). I stash a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my handbag and there's a huge bottle at the entrance of our house. I sanitize my hands before I go out and once back home, I wash my hands with soap and water, pronto.  At the supermarket, I wipe the trolley handle with antibacterial wipes before touching it.

And now to toilet papers! What's it with everyone hoarding TP? Feeling panicky till they get diarrhea? 😂  I think it's more of feeling secured and 'kiasu', thus the need to stockpile since everyone all over the globe is doing it too.

Since some people have been urging me to stockpile on TP, I have been obediently making trips to 99 Speedmart but what do I know?  All the TPs have been snapped up, including the most expensive brands since a few days ago and stock for my regular brand of TP hasn't arrived yet.

Below - scene at 99 Speedmart in the morning:


Only face tissues and serviettes are left on the shelves.

I went to 99 Speedmart again in the afternoon after fetching Sherilyn back from school and I saw lots of new stock, stacked up on the trolleys but I don't see my favorite brand of TP 😞



My hubs will surely shake his head in disbelief if he found out that his wifey has been switched into 'silai' / 'pat por' mode. I squeezed myself between the trolleys and boxes to check all the boxes of new stock but couldn't find my favorite brand of TP! 😆😆  I can't believe that I did such an insane thing too!

I'm going to check out the mart again later. And if there's still no stock for my favorite brand of TP, I'll buy the TP from the supermarket, which is RM3 costlier! Sorry if I made you panicky too. You really don't have to stockpile on TPs. Like I've written earlier, you can always use the bidet, bidet, bidet and wipe with a towel!

Yesterday was another super duper scorching hot day, with flash floods in the evening. I've never liked to be under the hot sun but lately, I'm seeing the sunlight in a new light.  I've been getting out of the shades to walk under the sun to 'rid' viruses from my body. I'm not sure if this helps but since the experts keep commenting that the Coronavirus struggles to survive in hot temperatures, there's no harm exposing myself to the hot morning sun everyday. Besides vitamin D, exposure to sunlight is thought to increase the brain's release of a hormone called serotonin. Serotonin is associated with boosting mood and helping a person feel calm and focused. I think there is indeed some truth to it as I  often feel happy and energized after soaking in the morning sun.




We witnessed the first Supermoon of 2020 on Monday, 9 March 2020 not from the planetarium but from our condo. As the skies have been very clear for the past few nights, the Supermoon was very clearly seen from night through pre-dawn from Monday through Wednesday.


On March 9, Earth experienced the full Worm Moon, the first of two consecutive supermoons of 2020. Compared to an average full Moon, supermoons are 7% larger and 15% brighter.

If you'd missed out on sighting this year's first supermoon, fret not.  The next supermoon, on the night of April 7/8, will be 2020's brightest, ~ 0.5% brighter than this year's full Worm Moon! So remember to mark your calendar and have a stroll outside with your loved ones that night to catch the supermoon!

Ways To Buy Cheap Wedding Dresses

Your wedding is one of the most important events in your life and needless to say, you want to look  your best in your dream wedding dress on your grandest day. But searching for that dream dress is not as easy as one would think.

Wedding dresses are usually super costly.   American brides fork over an average of $1,289 for their wedding gowns, according to a 2011 study by BRIDES magazine.  And according to The Knot, the average bride spent $1,509 on a wedding dress in 2017 and some spend much more than that!  My husband spent over RM10k just on our rented wedding attire with photography 20 years ago!

If you’re shopping on a budget for a bridal gown, here are some helpful tips to keep you from blowing your wedding budget on a dress:

1.  Buy secondhand
Why spend a premium on a dress that might be worn for a maximum of six to eight hours from ceremony to reception?  Buying a pre-loved dress means you get a gown that is almost flawless for 50% or more off the original purchase price.




2.  Buy your dress online
There are many online bridal shops that sell cheap wedding dresses at really affordable prices.  Since shelf space is not an issue online, there are dresses, sizes and colors to choose from that cannot always be available in a physical store. The online route usually opens the door to endless possibilities.

3. Plan a less formal ceremony
A lightweight dress for a beach wedding is likely to cost far less than yards of embellished silk satin for a glitzy hotel ceremony.  Couples who are open to an outdoor wedding or any other casual setting can save a lot on attire.

4. Opt for a short dress
Short dresses are typically less expensive than full-length gowns. They're more comfortable and you can move around in it cozily without the worry of stepping and tripping over the long train.  Short wedding dresses also lend themselves well to an easy-breezy destination wedding in the tropics.




5.  Don't try on dresses that are over your budget
Once you try on something that is beyond your budget, you most likely will like it and will then never be fully satisfied with the cheaper option.



You really don't have to spend a fortune on ​a wedding dress. There are many top online shops that offer amazing wedding dresses for different budgets. At Babyonlinedress, for example, you will find thousands of styles -- wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, mother of the bride dresses, flower girl dresses, special occasion dresses and wedding accessories.  These dresses are sold at factory prices.

Aim to be a budget-savvy bride. With the money saved on wedding attire, you and your groom can splurge on a lovely romantic honeymoon or spend it on your new house.

Best Pork Noodles In KL @ Restoran Sun Sea @ Taman OUG

The pork noodles at Restoran Sun Sea / OUG 山海茶餐室 is the hubby's favorite. I think it's one of the best pork and seafood noodles in the world. I kid you not. There's something about this stall's pork noodles that makes it stand out from the rest.  You really got to try the pork noodles to tell the difference yourself.  Be prepared for the crowd though, so be early in the morning. Also, when you're early you'll get a table inside the kopitiam, else you'll have to sweat it out under the hot sun outside the kopitiam. Best is to bring your tiffin carrier to 'tapau' the noodles so that you can enjoy them in the comforts of your own home.


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And be prepared for the cruddy surroundings in and around the kopitiam 👆. Be careful when you walk as the kopitiam floors are often wet.



Just close both your eyes to the scuzzy conditions; stash some wet wipes / disinfectant wipes in your bag to clean the table and chairs and wait patiently for your out-of-this-world bowl of pork and seafood noodles! That's what I do.

As I'm typing this post, my tummy is already rumbling, looking at the pix here that I took several weeks ago.

Hubs 'kar liu' (added ingredients) to our bowl of pork noodles. We shared this bowl, which has generous amount of minced pork, prawns, squids, lala, pork intestines, cabbage, lard and an egg.





There's also a curry noodles stall in this kopitiam with pretty delightful curry noodles.

Do the pix convince you to wake up early in the morning to make a trip to OUG to get your hands on a bowl of this pork noodles?  Give it a try and I wager that you'll get hooked on the noodles and will feel replete and totally satisfied.

Finding Your Dream Wedding Dress

Shopping for a wedding dress is one of the most exciting tasks in the 'Wedding To Do' checklist for a bride. I like to think of it as a wonderful and unique journey where brides explore the different options and finally find a dream dress that transforms them into the most beautiful bride that they've always dreamed of.

However, the path to finding this one and only perfect wedding dress is not as simple as one thought it would be. It is fraught with challenges and the options are endless. So, it is crucial to plan for this task and avoid drowning in the endless variety of wedding dresses presented to you.

Here are a few tips which I hope will help you find your dream wedding dress in-a-walk:

1. Stick to a few styles
 If you have ball gown wedding dresses or mermaid wedding dresses in your mind, stick to these styles and avoid the temptation to look at other styles. You don't want to be drowned with too many styles and be riddled with indecision.




2.  Venue and Theme
Decide on a wedding theme as the chosen theme will set to determine your choice of venue and directly impact your wedding dress selection.

3.  Establish Your Budget
Wedding dresses can be very costly.  However, there are options for every budget.  If you have a tight budget, you will have to stick to affordable choices. The latest designer wedding dresses will be too expensive to consider  while the ones from previous seasons are usually cheaper.  Keep this in mind when you go shopping.



4.  Body shape and personal preferences
You will only look amazing on a wedding dress if the silhouette flatters your body shape. How expensive and amazing a wedding dress is does not matter. Thus, look for dress styles that accentuate your assets and distract from less attractive parts.




If you are either petite or plus-size, you may have to tailor your wedding dress search to suit your specific requirements. Not all bridal salons stock dresses suitable for plus-sized or petite brides. One online bridal salon that stocks 15 different sizes ranging from US 2 to US 26W is Yesbabyonline.com.

Once you’ve taken a gander through the wedding dress tips here, start browsing the new wedding dress collections at Yesbabyonline.  With so many designs, styles, colors and budget to fit every pocket, it would be hard not to find your dream dress.

All the best in your hunt for your dream wedding dress!