Saturday, August 9, 2008
Dress!
Today Mom & I went shopping and I ordered my dress! I know its crazy early, but we figured why not get it now since I already know what I want. So I have a dress! well, I'll have it in 4-6 months, but still. Dress! Whee! :D
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
We have a plan!
... and we're waffling like there's no tomorrow.
I've decided its time to really sit down and figure out the "meat & potatoes" of what our wedding is gonna be. The fun stuff (decorations, dresses, favors, etc) is basically all picked out, now to figure out what we're doing and when we're doing it.
So I've sat the dear fiancee down and we've had chats. They're always short as he gets very frustrated about it all, primarily because of all the 'rules' and limitations and exceptions and all the crap we've gone through that has nothing to do with us. Nearly everything we've considered was because of someone else, catering to their wants, making others happy. And it sucks. It takes the fun out of what should be a kick-ass awesome day.
But we have a plan. Its a bit funky, but its a plan all the same. And I think we can do it at a reasonable price.
Now to just figure out venues. We keep finding places, and then changing our mind. and finding something else, but realizing it has 3-hour time limits or the reason it seems so inexpensive is it doesn't include tables & chairs. < sigh> sometimes I would just love to hire a planner so I don't have to do the searching. I'm all about making things, but I loathe all the searching.
But we have a plan! At least we have a plan :)
I've decided its time to really sit down and figure out the "meat & potatoes" of what our wedding is gonna be. The fun stuff (decorations, dresses, favors, etc) is basically all picked out, now to figure out what we're doing and when we're doing it.
So I've sat the dear fiancee down and we've had chats. They're always short as he gets very frustrated about it all, primarily because of all the 'rules' and limitations and exceptions and all the crap we've gone through that has nothing to do with us. Nearly everything we've considered was because of someone else, catering to their wants, making others happy. And it sucks. It takes the fun out of what should be a kick-ass awesome day.
But we have a plan. Its a bit funky, but its a plan all the same. And I think we can do it at a reasonable price.
Now to just figure out venues. We keep finding places, and then changing our mind. and finding something else, but realizing it has 3-hour time limits or the reason it seems so inexpensive is it doesn't include tables & chairs. < sigh> sometimes I would just love to hire a planner so I don't have to do the searching. I'm all about making things, but I loathe all the searching.
But we have a plan! At least we have a plan :)
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Loose ends and details
Unlike Wisp, I am tying up loose ends right now. Most of my major vendors are booked, including the most recent:
-Florist: I love my florist, he took my 'vision' (read: inexensive, simple, and bold colors) and is making it come true, with the focus on 'inexpensive'. I hate the idea of spending much on something that will die in days.
-Chair covers: Prince's parents decided that the hall needed chair covers, so I found a vendor to come and put them on for a very reasonable price. The burgundy satin sash matches my bridesmaids dresses perfectly.
-Centerpieces: All items are collected except for 22 12" mirrors. These things are STUPIDLY expensive.
-HONEYMOON: We will be spending 12 glorious days in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic. I seriously can't wait. Details of the location and the travel agent who helped me figure things out and get an seriously sick price... contact me.
Major things left:
-Cake: Prince is in charge. Poke him.
-Tuxes: Pick out Prince's tux to buy, choose rental tux for GM.
The list of minor things is terrifyingly long... its 6 typed pages. Highlights include:
-Nagging bridesmaids to order their dresses
-Finalizing and sending out invites!
140 days left. OMG WHAT?
*dies*
(Also, I had to change my blog name to Loki for my newly formed food blog, to be launched shortly).
-Aurora/Loki
-Florist: I love my florist, he took my 'vision' (read: inexensive, simple, and bold colors) and is making it come true, with the focus on 'inexpensive'. I hate the idea of spending much on something that will die in days.
-Chair covers: Prince's parents decided that the hall needed chair covers, so I found a vendor to come and put them on for a very reasonable price. The burgundy satin sash matches my bridesmaids dresses perfectly.
-Centerpieces: All items are collected except for 22 12" mirrors. These things are STUPIDLY expensive.
-HONEYMOON: We will be spending 12 glorious days in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic. I seriously can't wait. Details of the location and the travel agent who helped me figure things out and get an seriously sick price... contact me.
Major things left:
-Cake: Prince is in charge. Poke him.
-Tuxes: Pick out Prince's tux to buy, choose rental tux for GM.
The list of minor things is terrifyingly long... its 6 typed pages. Highlights include:
-Nagging bridesmaids to order their dresses
-Finalizing and sending out invites!
140 days left. OMG WHAT?
*dies*
(Also, I had to change my blog name to Loki for my newly formed food blog, to be launched shortly).
-Aurora/Loki
Monday, June 16, 2008
A flurry of action
I feel like I'm in the thick of things now.
- We put a deposit down on the location (NW DC)
- We talked to the hotel that's nearby for their rates, and are going to contact another shortly
- We're meeting with a photographer that came highly recommended (thanks, Devin and Beth!)
- I've started filling out the budgeting tools on theknot.com (don't love the community, but the tools and resources are pretty awesome)
- We're talking about ceremony musicians
- I designed some Save the Date cards (but I'm not sure if I love them yet)
This week:
- See if printing the Save the Dates ourselves looks cute or chintzy
- Design an outer card and get the materials to print them, if we're going that way
- Meeting with said photographer on Saturday morning
- Work out whether or not we want a photobooth (I vote yes!)
- Get more addresses from my parents
It seems like so much, especially when I think about all the OTHER things we have to do (contact the caterer, figure out something with flowers, find a tux shop, get my mom down to VA to the dress shop to see the dress I love, and, uh, EVERYTHING ELSE) but I'm trying not to freak out.
Oh, and we're closing for our house on August 5th. I think we've both lost it. (That is, incidentally, why we didn't get married this summer - we didn't want to be moving and planning a wedding all at the same time so urgently.)
Whew.
PS: A couple of things I forgot! I have the wedding website started, and have added the wedding party and some pictures and stuff to it.
And we've got 251 days to go! Yikes.
- We put a deposit down on the location (NW DC)
- We talked to the hotel that's nearby for their rates, and are going to contact another shortly
- We're meeting with a photographer that came highly recommended (thanks, Devin and Beth!)
- I've started filling out the budgeting tools on theknot.com (don't love the community, but the tools and resources are pretty awesome)
- We're talking about ceremony musicians
- I designed some Save the Date cards (but I'm not sure if I love them yet)
This week:
- See if printing the Save the Dates ourselves looks cute or chintzy
- Design an outer card and get the materials to print them, if we're going that way
- Meeting with said photographer on Saturday morning
- Work out whether or not we want a photobooth (I vote yes!)
- Get more addresses from my parents
It seems like so much, especially when I think about all the OTHER things we have to do (contact the caterer, figure out something with flowers, find a tux shop, get my mom down to VA to the dress shop to see the dress I love, and, uh, EVERYTHING ELSE) but I'm trying not to freak out.
Oh, and we're closing for our house on August 5th. I think we've both lost it. (That is, incidentally, why we didn't get married this summer - we didn't want to be moving and planning a wedding all at the same time so urgently.)
Whew.
PS: A couple of things I forgot! I have the wedding website started, and have added the wedding party and some pictures and stuff to it.
And we've got 251 days to go! Yikes.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Cake Topper and more
We went to a catering tasting the other night. The location was really lovely. Romeo kept calling it "cozy", which amused me. Twin fireplaces, dance floor in the middle, really lovely checkerboard flooring in the foyer. The catering was tasty, too, although not something either of us really is too concerned about. Just make it good, you know?
In slightly more exciting news, I found the most perfect cake topper you can possibly imagine for the two of us. I can hardly stand how cute it is!
In slightly more exciting news, I found the most perfect cake topper you can possibly imagine for the two of us. I can hardly stand how cute it is!
Friday, March 14, 2008
Showers and Bachelorette Parties
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
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, 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
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