Ah, the drama of transportation. First, the details.
We need a limo (or transportation of some sort) to pick up the boys at our apartment at noon the day of the wedding. It then has to take them to Mayfair so they can make sure everything is set up, and then at 2 p.m. start seating guests (well, the boys excluding Richard and Danny.) This limo must then return to my parents' house, and pick up me and my bridesmaids to take us back to Mayfair for 1:45 p.m., in time to hide out in the bridal room before the ceremony starts at 2:30.
A mode of transportation must then return to Mayfair at midnight to pick up Richard and I and take us to our wedding night hotel. If you count that up, it's roughly two hours in the afternoon and then an hour at night.
Now, the conundrum. Most limo companies only do four hour bookings, and they must usually be consecutive hours. This makes sense for most weddings that involve moving between ceremony and reception, but not for ours. Thus, Richard is calling in his connections, hopefully.
I'm hoping a resolution will appear before us soon...
269 days to go.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Whoa...
Uh yeah, we're getting married in 300 days! No, I have no idea why that number is so exciting, but it just seems so much close than 320 or whatever.
Things are ticking along and we're (and by we're, I mean I'm) finally ticking things off my list. We've asked one of my cousins to be our master of ceremonies, so that's exciting! He was one of the first people to visit when I was born, and apparently used to babysit me and read me his economics textbooks to get me to go to sleep. Plainly that didn't instill a love of math or anything in me, but that's neither here nor there.
All of our dresses have arrived, which is ridiculously exciting. My mom, Amanda and I went to try ours on last week and I about died. It finally hit me that yes, I am getting married! I think it was that it's the actual dress that I will be wearing that finally did it, but who knows. It could also have been the bridesmaids dress because we'd never seen it in all black before.
Flowers for the bridesmaids (and by extension, the groomsmen) have been chosen as well. I may have made them stick their faces in the bouquet to make sure none of them were allergic to it, but luckily no one is (not even Vanessa, who's usually allergic to everything), so they're all set! I chose mine awhile ago, so now it's just the centrepieces, corsages, boutennieres and other table flowers left.
It's getting closer, slowly but surely!
Things are ticking along and we're (and by we're, I mean I'm) finally ticking things off my list. We've asked one of my cousins to be our master of ceremonies, so that's exciting! He was one of the first people to visit when I was born, and apparently used to babysit me and read me his economics textbooks to get me to go to sleep. Plainly that didn't instill a love of math or anything in me, but that's neither here nor there.
All of our dresses have arrived, which is ridiculously exciting. My mom, Amanda and I went to try ours on last week and I about died. It finally hit me that yes, I am getting married! I think it was that it's the actual dress that I will be wearing that finally did it, but who knows. It could also have been the bridesmaids dress because we'd never seen it in all black before.
Flowers for the bridesmaids (and by extension, the groomsmen) have been chosen as well. I may have made them stick their faces in the bouquet to make sure none of them were allergic to it, but luckily no one is (not even Vanessa, who's usually allergic to everything), so they're all set! I chose mine awhile ago, so now it's just the centrepieces, corsages, boutennieres and other table flowers left.
It's getting closer, slowly but surely!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Working on the details
Finally, I have addresses for mostly everyone on our guest list! The bridesmaids are coming over on Sunday to help me put together our save the date cards, which at this point will involve printing labels, stuffing envelopes and tying ribbons. This may become an experiment in whether we can make our own invitations or not. The cards will be going out at the beginning of October, so yay!
In other news, we're still searching for a cupcake tier for our wedding cake. I'm hoping an event rental company will have some for us to choose from, along with something for our place cards.
333 days to go!
In other news, we're still searching for a cupcake tier for our wedding cake. I'm hoping an event rental company will have some for us to choose from, along with something for our place cards.
333 days to go!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Engagement photos!
Richard and I had our engagement photo shoot with Jonathan on Sunday. When we woke up, it was pouring rain and my heart sank. As the day went on, it got brighter and brighter, and by 5:30 it was actually sunny. I don't know which god to thank, but I'll go with the Egyptian sun god Ra, just for kicks.
We started off at the playground at Steveston Community Centre, where we played on the swings. We then moved to the pier at the end of No.1 Road, before ending up at Garry Point.
We both had an awesome time, and cannot wait to see the photos. Hopefully they're amazing!
354 days to go!
We started off at the playground at Steveston Community Centre, where we played on the swings. We then moved to the pier at the end of No.1 Road, before ending up at Garry Point.
We both had an awesome time, and cannot wait to see the photos. Hopefully they're amazing!
354 days to go!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saving the date
I didn't realize it was hard to find the proper colour of purple for the save the date words. I think I've printed out the wording seven times trying to find the perfect shade, but I think I've finally found it.
The guest list is coming together slowly. Richard and I have completed ours, so now we're just trying to coordinate schedules for the two sets of parents to get together and finalize the list so I can print the correct number of cards and get them all addressed so I can send them in early October.
In other news, I've got emails out to a few wedding commissioners regarding officiating our wedding. I suppose that's an important part huh?
We've also finalized our processional music for the boys, girls and myself. We now have to find about 45 minutes of music to be playing while the guests arrive and are seated, so we're thinking some basic background music, nothing too fancy or overwhelming.
Our engagement photos are on Sunday! I'm really looking forward to them.
361 days to go!
The guest list is coming together slowly. Richard and I have completed ours, so now we're just trying to coordinate schedules for the two sets of parents to get together and finalize the list so I can print the correct number of cards and get them all addressed so I can send them in early October.
In other news, I've got emails out to a few wedding commissioners regarding officiating our wedding. I suppose that's an important part huh?
We've also finalized our processional music for the boys, girls and myself. We now have to find about 45 minutes of music to be playing while the guests arrive and are seated, so we're thinking some basic background music, nothing too fancy or overwhelming.
Our engagement photos are on Sunday! I'm really looking forward to them.
361 days to go!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
One more year!
This time next year Richard and I will be married! We'll have walked down the aisle, said our vows and sealed it with a kiss.
We've been engaged for nearly six months now, and it's gone by ridiculously quickly. I can only hope that the next year will do the same. We've done so much in preparing for it already, and I can't wait to see it all come together next year.
I'm on vacation until August 17, so I'll be spending the next couple days organizing our guest list and laying out the save the date cards. Hopefully I'll be able to get all the cards printed, and then have a ribbon tying party to finish them all up. I'm planning to send them out in early October, but I may as well get them all printed at least so I don't need to worry about them once I get back to work.
364 days to go (because it's now after midnight)!
We've been engaged for nearly six months now, and it's gone by ridiculously quickly. I can only hope that the next year will do the same. We've done so much in preparing for it already, and I can't wait to see it all come together next year.
I'm on vacation until August 17, so I'll be spending the next couple days organizing our guest list and laying out the save the date cards. Hopefully I'll be able to get all the cards printed, and then have a ribbon tying party to finish them all up. I'm planning to send them out in early October, but I may as well get them all printed at least so I don't need to worry about them once I get back to work.
364 days to go (because it's now after midnight)!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
One more thing off the list
Bridesmaids dresses are ordered! They should arrive in about three to four months, hopefully around the same time my dress does, and then they'll hang out in the vault until we start alterations. When that will be I don't know, but I was thinking March. We shall see.
I tried on the sample dress again today though, and I absolutely love it. I'm now deciding on what I want to do with my hair, as we've ascertained that I want an updo. Hopefully something wavy and pretty, since my hair is normally straight so I'd rather have something fun and pretty, especially for when I take my veil off after the photos.
In other news, I purchased the sand for the sand ceremony yesterday. Purple for me and black for Richard. Next up, finding the vases for them to be poured in to.
My biggest hurdle ahead? The dreaded guest list. *insert threatening music here, ala Jaws*. That's not going to be enjoyable at all. I'd love to be able to invite everyone, but with the venue restriction of 180 and the fact that we haven't won the lottery yet, we're going to have to chop the list. Ugh.
378 days to go!
I tried on the sample dress again today though, and I absolutely love it. I'm now deciding on what I want to do with my hair, as we've ascertained that I want an updo. Hopefully something wavy and pretty, since my hair is normally straight so I'd rather have something fun and pretty, especially for when I take my veil off after the photos.
In other news, I purchased the sand for the sand ceremony yesterday. Purple for me and black for Richard. Next up, finding the vases for them to be poured in to.
My biggest hurdle ahead? The dreaded guest list. *insert threatening music here, ala Jaws*. That's not going to be enjoyable at all. I'd love to be able to invite everyone, but with the venue restriction of 180 and the fact that we haven't won the lottery yet, we're going to have to chop the list. Ugh.
378 days to go!
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