Sunday, July 31, 2011

July was a busy wedding planning month!

Time is running out!! Each of my remaining updates are going to start off with, "I can't believe there's only...". There's only a little over two months until the wedding is here! Crazy! So I've been keeping very busy with EVERYTHING wedding-related. In the last month or so, we finally found the bridesmaids dresses. That was an awesome day spent with my bridesmaids and closest friends. They are all going to look so gorgeous in their dresses. We found our dress and even watched Bridesmaids at the end of the day! We finalized the groomsmen' tux rentals. I feel so bad because these rentals are so darn expensive...YIKES!!! I can't believe the cost of the rental costs more than the cost of the bridesmaid dress. The invitations are also in their final, final form and are going to be sent to the printer any day now. I can't wait to see these. So many long hours of intricate details planned and revised with Sherdellah to get these to the best form ever. I've also made so much progress on finalizing a bunch of music details for the reception. Though I'm really quite not happy with the music that's going to happen at the ceremony. Let's just say that St. Lorenzo is overly strict and rigid about everything. UGH! Not fun. We also met with our DJs and MCs. Yes there are two and they both are gonna rock it at the reception!! By the way, I think I've changed our first dance song like 5 billion times now but I think I've finally landed on the one. I also found the best damn wedding florist in this world. I think I found my new best friend. That's how I feel every time I talk to her. It's so incredible. I just want to hang out with this girl all the time. It's crazy!! We also finally did our registries but it's not done yet. That's another whole headache in itself that I need to tame. Oh yea, and there was this last minute curveball of losing Tony as one of our groomsmen but I'm so glad that Glenn agreed to having Stephen stand in. Beyond excited for that!! Next big creative thing is for me try and take a stab at making my own slideshow!! Bachelorette Party is coming up this weekend in Vegas. It's going to be a blast! They better not take me to any damn strip clubs. GROSS!

Monday, July 4, 2011

Less than four months away!

So now I am in countdown mode apparently if I'm going to label all my subjects with the time left I have before the wedding. OMG, this past year has gone by so fast. Too fast. I can't believe I have less than four months. It's pretty nerve wracking to think that I have to go through this big day. CRAZY! This year has gone by too fast. I think about my Disneyland pass and how I renewed it when I got engaged and now it's been a year since we got engaged and my pass is expiring...BLAH.

I can't even remember if in the last post I wrote about being freaked out that I haven't found the bridesmaids dresses but if I didn't, yes I'm freaked out about finding this because I need to be mindful of the cost but the style too. It's hard to look for one when I can't take days off and I have to do it on the weekends. We're going to go on a mission this next Saturday and hopefully we'll find one in one day.

So the bridal party get-together was a semi-success I think. There wasn't a lot of drinking which was nice because there wasn't a lot of cleaning afterwards. Ivy and I were worried about the food because we weren't sure if we could rely on everyone to come with food. Maybe pot luck was a bad idea but if you can compare this to a co-ed bridal shower, don't the others host the shower for you? Anyway, I set up a cute table with some favors that hopefully the others appreciated. There was just one no show. Hmm....

I spent all weekend this weekend to put a list of songs for the ceremony and reception. Honestly, I've been looking forward to this wedding day forever and knew that there would come a point in time that I would have to be selective of songs. But when it comes time to actually do the task and have so much pressure of doing other things, it's not so fun anymore.

I also finally confirmed what our registries are going to be after giving much thought if I should have online registries or brick and mortar songs so I made a mix of Crate and Barrel, Bloomingdale's, and Amazon.com. I just needed to confirm this to give to Sherdellah for the invitations but I actually now have to go back and fill the registries with items.

Speaking of invitations, I'm a bit concerned about the final outcome of our invitations. I had to go cheap with Sherdellah because that's what I could afford for custom invitations without hiring some of the really good designers. I'm doubting the front cover right now and I'm really hoping she's going to pull through with the rest of the invitations for the first official round of proofs. Some of the design portions of the invitation I feel like I could've done myself and don't see the distinction of getting out what I'm paying for to do something custom. I still have faith and have to believe she will pull through though.....AHHH....STRESSSSSSSS coming out of every pore in my body. No wonder I was diagnosed with bronchitis crap.

I think we're nearing being able to finalize the logistics for the days around the wedding honing in with what hotels are good. Geez, finally! This was like a six month dilemma. Now all I have to do is book the party busy

OMG so much left to doooooooooooo .....so many little things...these next few months are going to be a whirlwind!!!!!!!!! CRAP...so I better stop blogging and get at them.