Yet Another Bridal Show

Tonight, I went to another Bridal Show at the Holiday Inn Parsippany. Originally, Gregg and I were supposed to go to this show to see the original DJ company that I had met with as they were doing a showcase there. Since we booked with Premier DJ over the weekend, we didn't really need to go to this show, but I decided to go anyway since Gregg was working late tonight.

At first, I was not really happy with the show, as it was so crowded and the space was so small, at times it was impossible to navigate through the crowd. At any rate, I ended up talking with a florist, videographer, travel agents, and some other people about wedding stuff. I also talked to the Sales rep from the Holiday Inn about hotel rooms for our guests, as they offer a free shuttle to/from the Tides that we can use if we book a room block there. Gregg and I will have to go back in September so we can see the rooms and get the rates, but it is definetely a possibility for the wedding.

The best part of the show was all the giveaways and door prizes they were having. At the door, everyone got a bunch of door prize tickets that we could put into the baskets at the different vendors. At the end of the show, they were going to pick a winner for each vendor fora variety of different prizes. I was very excited, because I won TWO door prizes!!!! The first prize that I won is $250 off from a florist in Lodi. They also gave me one of the sample bouquets that they had on display at their booth. Here is a picture of the flowers:

These are not my favorite flowers but it was cool getting to bring it home! I have it in a vase, hopefully the flowers will last a little, as they are already starting to die. We will definetely go check out this florist in Lodi since we have the $250 gift certificate.

I also won another door prize, but unfortunately, I won't be able to use it. I won an engagement photo session and free guest book from a photographer, but it is only valid if you book a package with him. Since we already booked our photographer, this will not be of much use for me. The photographer that I won this from was actually one of the photographers that I met with a few weeks ago. The one reason that we didn't book with him was that his prices were a bit on the high side.

So, all in all, it was a nice trip to the show, I am really glad I went even, since I wasn't planning on going as of this morning. I got a lot of great information, I just have to go through it all now!!!