Moments from this engaged life

of a Chinese-American bride-to-be

• "Wait. You mean Caucasians don't wear multiple dresses?" -Anthony
• Finding a long sleeved, velvet purple qipao for my mother to wear before I found one for myself
• Shopping at the mall with my mother for the first time in a long, long time. Dropping my five different shoe stores to scope out gold shoes. Did not find any. 
• Invited my mom to come see a qipao I found on craigslist. She and my dad forgot and ended up going to church that morning. Tried on the qipao, thought it was beautiful but not quite what I was looking for. Showed my mom pictures two days later and she loved it. Now I'm going back to get it. Wise mom. 
• Inviting my relatives in Malaysia to my wedding via WhatsApp
• Not wedding related: fresh rambutans for the first time in a decade, bought and shared by Cyrus and Anthony
• Sometimes $60 almost-perfect options are bumped to perfect because of the cost savings and, maybe even more importantly, the time savings
• Thank you Craigslist. Thank you!