Dress Shopping experience - great salon versus horrible salon

So yesterday I had three appointments at bridal salons - and while I found 'The One' (need to find a pic) - I also had the good and bad extremes of a dress shopping experience. The good was at Lillette's!!! Let's just say that I love Gerry! She was so patient with me (and my mom and sister) - she didn't push me in one direction over another - and she must have helped me try on 20 gowns (in 90 minutes since I had another appointment). As I told her when we left, if it kills me, I will buy my dress there!

On the other side of the spectrum was another salon - where I experienced the 'Pretty Woman' syndrome. When I told her that I'd like to spend less than $1,500 on my gown (come on - we all know there are beautiful in that range) - she told me that she just doesn't think she'd be able to find me anything! She was so demeaning and condescending - I warned her that I would leave if she couldn't reach deep within herself to find some courtesy and salesmanship. So I tell her I like plain - not a lot of beading or embroidery - and she tells me that I must sparkle on my wedding day - so I need embroidery and beading. So I tried on one dress to placate her and gave her a piece of my mind and left.

Obviously I'm not going to post the name of this salon on here - but I was very surprised because it's one of the more popular salons. Feel free to FM if you want the name.

The morale of the story - I loved Gerry - go to Lillette's - you won't regret it!

ETA - the dress (Maggie Sotero) that I will buy will ultimately be half of the budget I expressed to the other woman!