Well, I no longer have three boxes of invitations sitting in our apartment. As of today, all of our invitations have been mailed out! Austin dropped off the last few at the post office today!! I can't believe we're finally sending them all out! I remember when I first started working on them about eight months ago, I thought that the day to actually be able to send them out would never come!
Be on the lookout for yours and don't forget to send back your RSVP card!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Another month closer
Its been a while since I've posted anything, and that's mostly due to the fact that there isn't anything really to say. I know that with the wedding only two months away, I really should be gearing up for the wedding and working on all of the details but I haven't been. After working and planning an organizing everything for a year and a half, I've gotten burnt out on it all.
I'm already a week into March and I can't say that I've actually gotten anything accomplished yet. All of our invitations are all addressed and sitting in a couple of boxes ready to be mailed out. Austin and I are still in the process of looking for his wedding band but we still haven't been able to find anything that he really likes (that I can afford). Luckily, Austin has been productive. We sat down last week and he finally booked our honeymoon, we're going to Cozumel for a week! He found a great all-inclusive, adults only resort and got a great deal on it. We will be leaving on the Wednesday after the wedding and we'll be gone for a week. That means no phone, no email, no texts, no internet for a whole week! I'm pretty excited about being gone for a whole week, but I know that when I come back I'll have a tone of emails to sort through. But I wont think about that until I get back. No use worrying about something that far in the future.
This weekend, I am going to be productive with wedding stuff. The past month, other than the invitations, I haven't done anything. I know I need to suck it up and get to work so I will. I have an appointment set to have a hair trial on Wednesday and I also have my (hopefully final) dress fitting on Saturday. I know Austin is going to be getting fitted for his tux on Sunday, so I'm going to talk with our ushers/readers to make sure that they get fitted. We are also going to be taking our invitations to the post office some time this week, so another thing checked off of our list. Austin and I also decided that we're going to be taking lessons in order to dance our first dance for the wedding so we should be getting that scheduled soon.
Wow. It looks like I'm back on track and back to being productive!!
I'm already a week into March and I can't say that I've actually gotten anything accomplished yet. All of our invitations are all addressed and sitting in a couple of boxes ready to be mailed out. Austin and I are still in the process of looking for his wedding band but we still haven't been able to find anything that he really likes (that I can afford). Luckily, Austin has been productive. We sat down last week and he finally booked our honeymoon, we're going to Cozumel for a week! He found a great all-inclusive, adults only resort and got a great deal on it. We will be leaving on the Wednesday after the wedding and we'll be gone for a week. That means no phone, no email, no texts, no internet for a whole week! I'm pretty excited about being gone for a whole week, but I know that when I come back I'll have a tone of emails to sort through. But I wont think about that until I get back. No use worrying about something that far in the future.
This weekend, I am going to be productive with wedding stuff. The past month, other than the invitations, I haven't done anything. I know I need to suck it up and get to work so I will. I have an appointment set to have a hair trial on Wednesday and I also have my (hopefully final) dress fitting on Saturday. I know Austin is going to be getting fitted for his tux on Sunday, so I'm going to talk with our ushers/readers to make sure that they get fitted. We are also going to be taking our invitations to the post office some time this week, so another thing checked off of our list. Austin and I also decided that we're going to be taking lessons in order to dance our first dance for the wedding so we should be getting that scheduled soon.
Wow. It looks like I'm back on track and back to being productive!!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
February is almost over!
Wow! This month has just flown by! I can't believe that February is almost over, that means we have less than three months to get everything done! Surprisingly, I'm really not that stressed out about things.
I finished putting together, addressing and stamping all 185 invitations this past weekend, and with that taken care of I feel like there is so much less to worry about! I've also been meeting with our florist and event coordinator to get all of the details worked out. Since I changed which flowers I wanted, that is going to push the cost up a little, but I think it will be worth it. Lucky for me, birds of paradise are in season in May. This means that our flowers aren't going to be too expensive. I also reconfirmed our menu since there was a catering company change recently. I've gotten sketches of our cakes and I love the way they are going to look! I've also ordered our guest book and cake serving set and personalized cocktail napkins for the bar! Austin's mom was kind enough to book our transportation for the wedding night and for the wedding party.
I had my second fitting on Saturday for my dress. I went in about a month ago for my first fitting and they had to take it in an inch on each side. On Saturday, we realized it needed to be taken in another half inch on both sides. I guess for all of the fitting issues to have, this is the best one! Most women tend to try to lose weight for their wedding, I can't seem to keep it on! As far as I know, I haven't changed my eating habits really, so I'm not sure how I'm losing all of this weight.
Austin has also been getting things ready for the honeymoon. I'm not sure what all he has taken care of yet, but I do know he's getting it all taken care of. He also submitted all of his paperwork to get his passport (finally!!). He wont give me too much information about what all he has planned, but I know its going to be great.
I finished putting together, addressing and stamping all 185 invitations this past weekend, and with that taken care of I feel like there is so much less to worry about! I've also been meeting with our florist and event coordinator to get all of the details worked out. Since I changed which flowers I wanted, that is going to push the cost up a little, but I think it will be worth it. Lucky for me, birds of paradise are in season in May. This means that our flowers aren't going to be too expensive. I also reconfirmed our menu since there was a catering company change recently. I've gotten sketches of our cakes and I love the way they are going to look! I've also ordered our guest book and cake serving set and personalized cocktail napkins for the bar! Austin's mom was kind enough to book our transportation for the wedding night and for the wedding party.
I had my second fitting on Saturday for my dress. I went in about a month ago for my first fitting and they had to take it in an inch on each side. On Saturday, we realized it needed to be taken in another half inch on both sides. I guess for all of the fitting issues to have, this is the best one! Most women tend to try to lose weight for their wedding, I can't seem to keep it on! As far as I know, I haven't changed my eating habits really, so I'm not sure how I'm losing all of this weight.
Austin has also been getting things ready for the honeymoon. I'm not sure what all he has taken care of yet, but I do know he's getting it all taken care of. He also submitted all of his paperwork to get his passport (finally!!). He wont give me too much information about what all he has planned, but I know its going to be great.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Another Busy Weekend
Well, this weekend was pretty busy for both of us. Not only did we celebrate Valentine's a little early, we also celebrated Austin's birthday and I had my first wedding shower! Since Austin's birthday is the day after Valentine's and Valentine's was on a Monday this year, I decided to just go ahead and give Austin his presents this weekend.
Friday night I had tickets to the Stars vs. Black hawks game for Austin's Valentine's gift. Since the Black hawks are the reigning Stanley cup champions, the crowd was sold out. I was also able to get a new Stars jersey for my favorite player, Steve Ott. I had tried to order one directly from the NHL but apparently they didn't want my money so I bought it at the game. I guess it was good luck since we went down 3-0 at the end of the first period but managed to come back and tie up the game, eventually winning in a shootout! Shortly after we got home, my MOH, Jessica, got into Dallas! We spent the night talking about all of the exciting things that have been going on in her life and her upcoming trip to France this summer. We also spent a good portion of the night going through old cd's and seeing all of Austin's old music.
Saturday Jessica and I went to my bridal shower hosted by a friend of Austin's mom. I had no idea that there would be about 40 people that so many people would show up just to shower me with gifts! Melanie met us there and spent the day taking pictures for us.
We also decided to treat Jessica's mom and aunt to dinner at Blue Goose Saturday night since they've both been pretty great with helping get Jessica down here. Even with Jessica's job and school and her mom's job, she's always been able to make sure that Jess has been able to be here for all of the important events. After dinner, Dan and Mel came over with Dani to try out all of our new glasses and bar ware and we were up a bit too late... Luckily I'm the only one that woke up with no hangover since I had an appointment with Savy pretty early in the morning.
Sunday I treated Austin and several of our friends to the Stars vs. Blue Jackets game (which was a pathetic performance on our end...) for his birthday. Even though it was a sad job done on our end and we lost, it was still a lot of fun. We also were able to get the transportation booked for the day of the wedding, so we did get something wedding related done!
Now that we're under the three month mark, we are both in full wedding mode and trying to get it all done in time.
Friday night I had tickets to the Stars vs. Black hawks game for Austin's Valentine's gift. Since the Black hawks are the reigning Stanley cup champions, the crowd was sold out. I was also able to get a new Stars jersey for my favorite player, Steve Ott. I had tried to order one directly from the NHL but apparently they didn't want my money so I bought it at the game. I guess it was good luck since we went down 3-0 at the end of the first period but managed to come back and tie up the game, eventually winning in a shootout! Shortly after we got home, my MOH, Jessica, got into Dallas! We spent the night talking about all of the exciting things that have been going on in her life and her upcoming trip to France this summer. We also spent a good portion of the night going through old cd's and seeing all of Austin's old music.
Saturday Jessica and I went to my bridal shower hosted by a friend of Austin's mom. I had no idea that there would be about 40 people that so many people would show up just to shower me with gifts! Melanie met us there and spent the day taking pictures for us.
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| Here's the cake they got for me |
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| Jess had a very important job, collecting bows, ribbons and wrapping paper! |
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| Jess and Callie got us new towels!! |
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| I know, we're just adorable |
Sunday I treated Austin and several of our friends to the Stars vs. Blue Jackets game (which was a pathetic performance on our end...) for his birthday. Even though it was a sad job done on our end and we lost, it was still a lot of fun. We also were able to get the transportation booked for the day of the wedding, so we did get something wedding related done!
Now that we're under the three month mark, we are both in full wedding mode and trying to get it all done in time.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
100
This morning when I logged into my computer, I noticed that I had placed a reminder on today's date that as of today, I have 100 days until I am a married woman. That seems like no time at all! I remember when I got engaged over a year ago. I remember last May thinking that it was going to be such a long wait. I remember thinking that I was going to have too much time to plan everything. Now, I feel like there is almost no time at all.
I had put forth a to-do list for February and I haven't really gotten anything accomplished on that list, its been mostly handled by Austin and his mom. I have my second dress fitting on Saturday and I plan on talking with a friend who is going to do my hair. Since Ashley works at A Bridal Blossom, she'll be there for my fitting and hopefully I can figure out a time for us to get together to do a trial run. Fingers crossed! As to the limo, I've turned that over to Austin's mom who has been absolutely wonderful and a huge help. She found a company that will be able to handle things and exactly as we want. Austin is also working on the honeymoon and he's filled out all of his paperwork to get his passport. Now, all he needs to do is get his picture taken and actually take the application somewhere to get it finalized!
One thing not on my list that I've started on is the programs. I've started to look around and found a template that I had to modify a little in order to get exactly what I want, but its started. I've also selected all of the readings and Austin and I are working on getting the ceremony worked out. Once there is more information on that, I'm sure I'll make a post dedicated to them.
I had put forth a to-do list for February and I haven't really gotten anything accomplished on that list, its been mostly handled by Austin and his mom. I have my second dress fitting on Saturday and I plan on talking with a friend who is going to do my hair. Since Ashley works at A Bridal Blossom, she'll be there for my fitting and hopefully I can figure out a time for us to get together to do a trial run. Fingers crossed! As to the limo, I've turned that over to Austin's mom who has been absolutely wonderful and a huge help. She found a company that will be able to handle things and exactly as we want. Austin is also working on the honeymoon and he's filled out all of his paperwork to get his passport. Now, all he needs to do is get his picture taken and actually take the application somewhere to get it finalized!
One thing not on my list that I've started on is the programs. I've started to look around and found a template that I had to modify a little in order to get exactly what I want, but its started. I've also selected all of the readings and Austin and I are working on getting the ceremony worked out. Once there is more information on that, I'm sure I'll make a post dedicated to them.
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