My maid of honor is starting to plan my shower and bachelorette parties! At least, the east coast shower which will likely be in Baltimore (there may be a local Detroit one as well). I'm so excited, and these little things make everything seem SO REAL.
238 days to go, which means that I'm beyond the halfway point of planning. When I first really started, I had just over 500 days to go. I'm getting a bit nervous about booking the last few vendors, florists have been so much pricier than I though they'd be. Its making me annoyed at flowers in general, but I want to have them so I will suck it up. We'll start looking for a baker in a few months, they don't book up as fast since they can do more than one wedding in a weekend.
My dress will be delivered in about 2 months! I can't wait to see MY wedding dress, not just the sample. Some days I worry that I chose something too busy, but at the same time I look back at pics of all the other dresses I tired on and they all look so much worse than the one I chose.
This weekend I'm going to help pick out a bridesmaids dress for Annette for my wedding, and help her look at gowns for her wedding. I am so so excited about this! Next weekend I'll help Margreta choose hers and then Joan the following weekend (slightly complicated by her 22ish week pregnancy, but we'll make do!). So much wedding stuff to do, so little time.
How are my fellow blogger's doing?
-Aurora
Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wedding fears
Someone on theknot boards today put up a poll asking what people's biggest fears were. I have a lot, but I will limit my list to 10.
1) Almost none of Prince's family will bother to come out because they're all so stuck up that they can't bear to leave New York.
2) I will cry, a lot, and ruin my makeup and be all red and blotchy.
3) I will fall down in my big dress and high, slippery heals. I have to go up and down 2 flights of stairs TWICE during the ceremony.
4) It will snow.
5) I won't enjoy the day because I do my normal "can't trust anyone else to do stuff right" bit and be overly controlling about the few details I actually care about.
6) I will get a headache.
7) I will be so tired at the end that I won't enjoy my wedding night.
8) My wedding dress will dig uncomfortably into me. I did my best to pick a 'comfortable' dress but we'll see.
9) Someone important is late!
10) People don't dance and have fun.
That list was entirely too easy to make...
-Aurora
1) Almost none of Prince's family will bother to come out because they're all so stuck up that they can't bear to leave New York.
2) I will cry, a lot, and ruin my makeup and be all red and blotchy.
3) I will fall down in my big dress and high, slippery heals. I have to go up and down 2 flights of stairs TWICE during the ceremony.
4) It will snow.
5) I won't enjoy the day because I do my normal "can't trust anyone else to do stuff right" bit and be overly controlling about the few details I actually care about.
6) I will get a headache.
7) I will be so tired at the end that I won't enjoy my wedding night.
8) My wedding dress will dig uncomfortably into me. I did my best to pick a 'comfortable' dress but we'll see.
9) Someone important is late!
10) People don't dance and have fun.
That list was entirely too easy to make...
-Aurora
Friday, February 8, 2008
9 months to go!
With 9 months to go we've made pretty good progress. We have most of the vendors booked, though I still need to find an officiant, florist, and cake person. My invitations are being designed by an amazing woman who is a friend of a friend, and they're being done for a great price! The last few vendors will be booked within the next 2 months. After that I've got 2-3 months of crafty projects to complete like decorating my vases and such for the reception. I also need to figure out how to decorate my chapel. There's so much to consider you never think about!
My save-the-date cards/magnets went out and have started arriving at various houses. They look amazing and I'm very proud of them. Our guest website has also been launched: www.mcleansullivanwedding.com has all the info about the hotel, flights, and area.
I have nearly finished putting together my look for the day. My dress has been ordered, and I've found very "Aurora" shoes which I have dyed red, for a splash of color and fun. I've also decided to wear feathers in my hair, just for something a bit different. I am so excited about all these little touches. I've got most of my jewelry figured out. I will be borrowing Donald's mother's earrings, they're both 1k diamonds that were her mother and grandmother's engagement rings (something borrowed). My mother will be getting me a second pair of earrings for my second holes which will be small sapphires (something blue). I have a piece of handmade lace my great aunt made for my something old (not 100% sure where this will go). My something new will be one of many things! The only thing I need to find is a bracelet, and I want something a bit unique and art-deco without being gaudy. I'm picky, apparently.
That's all for now :)
-Aurora
My save-the-date cards/magnets went out and have started arriving at various houses. They look amazing and I'm very proud of them. Our guest website has also been launched: www.mcleansullivanwedding.com has all the info about the hotel, flights, and area.
I have nearly finished putting together my look for the day. My dress has been ordered, and I've found very "Aurora" shoes which I have dyed red, for a splash of color and fun. I've also decided to wear feathers in my hair, just for something a bit different. I am so excited about all these little touches. I've got most of my jewelry figured out. I will be borrowing Donald's mother's earrings, they're both 1k diamonds that were her mother and grandmother's engagement rings (something borrowed). My mother will be getting me a second pair of earrings for my second holes which will be small sapphires (something blue). I have a piece of handmade lace my great aunt made for my something old (not 100% sure where this will go). My something new will be one of many things! The only thing I need to find is a bracelet, and I want something a bit unique and art-deco without being gaudy. I'm picky, apparently.
That's all for now :)
-Aurora
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Moving right along
This afternoon, Romeo and I are going to head to the store where he got my engagement ring to look at wedding bands. The store has a yearly sale, and next year will be too late, so we may get this particular detail out of the way quickly. I'm excited.
And we've settled on a date! I emailed my sister and it turns out that for the kids who are coming from France (my cousins and her stepson), the best date in regards to their winter holidays from school will be (drum roll please) February 21, 2009.
So that's also settled.
On Saturday we're going to take a tour of a location here (actually, in Maryland, pretty close to my office) where we might have the wedding. I don't want to get my hopes up, but having that detail out of the way would make things SO much easier - then we could move on to hotel blocks and such that we can do this early but not until the location is set.
It's a whirlwind!
And we've settled on a date! I emailed my sister and it turns out that for the kids who are coming from France (my cousins and her stepson), the best date in regards to their winter holidays from school will be (drum roll please) February 21, 2009.
So that's also settled.
On Saturday we're going to take a tour of a location here (actually, in Maryland, pretty close to my office) where we might have the wedding. I don't want to get my hopes up, but having that detail out of the way would make things SO much easier - then we could move on to hotel blocks and such that we can do this early but not until the location is set.
It's a whirlwind!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Checklist!
Wedding planning requires lots of checklists. Right now mine is about 15 items long. To do in the NEXT MONTH alone! Here they are:
1) Pick out bridesmaids dresses
2) Find and book officiant
3) Send out save-the-date magnets
4) Finalize contract with hotel for room block
5) Find possible alternate hotel with shuttle
6) Make list of florists to interview
7) Make list of bakers to interview/taste cake!
8) Order my dress
9) Invite GMs
10) Pick out Tuxes
Yep, there's more too. Sigh.
1) Pick out bridesmaids dresses
2) Find and book officiant
3) Send out save-the-date magnets
4) Finalize contract with hotel for room block
5) Find possible alternate hotel with shuttle
6) Make list of florists to interview
7) Make list of bakers to interview/taste cake!
8) Order my dress
9) Invite GMs
10) Pick out Tuxes
Yep, there's more too. Sigh.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Brides are Crazy: Part 1
Brides are some of the craziest people I have ever encountered. I am one of them, I do not deny being crazy. However, I will report the crazy to you for amusement sake.
A few months ago I bought a cake serving set from the Bombay Company. It looks like this:
I got it on sale for 25$. I thought it was perfect for my fall wedding! As it turns out, this is possibly the most coveted item for fall brides. Apparently last year people were buying 10 at a time and selling them on ebay. That's crazy enough... but what about this....
Bombay company is going out of business. This means no more perfect fall wedding cake cutting sets! And so, on theknot.com, people are selling their sets for upwards of 100$. I am not kiding.
I'm tempted to sell them for a stupid profit, but at the same time I love them so much and want to use them. A part of me is hoping to use it next year and sell it a few years later for a ridiculous price to some crazy bride who absolutely must have it.
On another note, I just did the math. I am nearly complete collecting items for my table centerpieces, and I will construct them for less than 5$ per table. Yay bargain shopping! Now I just have to find people to put them together for me on the day of the wedding so I don't have to.
A few months ago I bought a cake serving set from the Bombay Company. It looks like this:
I got it on sale for 25$. I thought it was perfect for my fall wedding! As it turns out, this is possibly the most coveted item for fall brides. Apparently last year people were buying 10 at a time and selling them on ebay. That's crazy enough... but what about this....Bombay company is going out of business. This means no more perfect fall wedding cake cutting sets! And so, on theknot.com, people are selling their sets for upwards of 100$. I am not kiding.
I'm tempted to sell them for a stupid profit, but at the same time I love them so much and want to use them. A part of me is hoping to use it next year and sell it a few years later for a ridiculous price to some crazy bride who absolutely must have it.
On another note, I just did the math. I am nearly complete collecting items for my table centerpieces, and I will construct them for less than 5$ per table. Yay bargain shopping! Now I just have to find people to put them together for me on the day of the wedding so I don't have to.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Rejected :(
Yesterday I received a rejection card from one of the ladies I asked to be a bridesmaid. I'm really upset about this. Part of me wants to talk to her about it, to try to convince her otherwise. But another part just wants to forget about it and move on. She listed her reasons why she won't do it, and while I agree with them I don't feel she's being fair or even willing to listen or give me a chance.
This is just another in a series of the downward slope our friendship has taken. She's been dissing me more and more lately, I was chalking it up to her being busy with school and work and what-not, but after these last few rejections I'm ready to just wash my hands of her entirely.
But that doesn't mean I'm not hurt. Oh, I am. I already had a big tear-fest over it.
And now I'm left with the dilemma of what to do with her spot. I don't have many close friends, let alone anyone I feel close enough with that I'd want to ask them to be in the wedding. So do we have asymmetrical attendants? Do I "promote" or "downgrade" someone else? I have no clue. Luckily, I still have a ton of time so I don't have to figure it out any time soon.
I still feel like poop though.
At least our Thanksgiving visit with my parents went well and Mom loves my ideas so far. I'm so glad to have supportive and non-meddling parents.
This is just another in a series of the downward slope our friendship has taken. She's been dissing me more and more lately, I was chalking it up to her being busy with school and work and what-not, but after these last few rejections I'm ready to just wash my hands of her entirely.
But that doesn't mean I'm not hurt. Oh, I am. I already had a big tear-fest over it.
And now I'm left with the dilemma of what to do with her spot. I don't have many close friends, let alone anyone I feel close enough with that I'd want to ask them to be in the wedding. So do we have asymmetrical attendants? Do I "promote" or "downgrade" someone else? I have no clue. Luckily, I still have a ton of time so I don't have to figure it out any time soon.
I still feel like poop though.
At least our Thanksgiving visit with my parents went well and Mom loves my ideas so far. I'm so glad to have supportive and non-meddling parents.
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