Weddings are every bit as magical as any fairy tale. Little girls often dream of having their dream wedding, with fairy lights and beautiful gowns and pretty flowers. I know I did.

But every future bride knows (at some point or another) that as much as we want our wedding day to be perfectly magical, the planning phase is almost always like walking through hell and back. Especially on such a tight schedule and a limited budget.

When we got married last year in 2017, we only had 5 months to prepare. With a baby on the way, we didn't have the luxury to have a huge budget for our wedding, nor the time (and mobility) to run errands for the wedding preparations. But that didn't stop us from having our dream wedding.

That's when we stumbled upon Vangail's Perfect Union, an events coordination shop that's based in Cebu City. For less than 200,000php, we had our dream wedding!

It was a windy morning on the fourth day of January. I stood alone in front of the entrance of the church, the large wooden door closed. I was wearing a long white gown, my veil softly swaying as the wind carried the delicate fabric to its gentle wings. All I could hear was the muffled sound of the wedding march on the other side of the door and my own beating heart.

It was the day—the day I'll change my name and become his forever.