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Wedding Countdown: Just Under 12 Months!

by | Jun 29, 2016 | Personal, Working Woman

It has been quite a while since my last update, it has been quite the roller coaster of emotions. Work had been rather stressful & my brain was on over drive with them bad hormones, causing stress & not such a great outlook on life. Since my last post, it has gotten better, my brain has been tamed & I have since better learned how to manage things at work.

 

The wedding day has been hurtling our direction rather quickly at the moment. Instead of wedding planning, I’ve now decided it should be called wedding countdown. Thankfully since my last wedding update post, things have been going pretty well. From my previous list of things to do, these are the ones left:

  • Book accommodation for the night before & upgrading to the suite. Suite is booked & deposit ready to be paid on my scouting visit next Friday.
  • Organise wedding cake. Mum has volunteered to make the cake, I will need to still supervise though (teehee :P)
  • Make bouquets. I’ve decided to go fake flowers as real were going to cost around $400 to $500 versus around $150 for fake. Just ordered the bouquets, just have to assemble them together now.
  • Confirming makeup artist for myself and bridesmaids if required. MUA booked, just need to book the trial now.
  • Make/buy wedding favours. More ideas for these, just have to put them into action now
  • Get remainder of jewelry – wedding rings & other accessories. Already sourced some earrings. We’ve sourced my wedding rings, just need other jewelleryand Matt’s rings.
  • Get the remainder of documents to the celebrant for the Notice of Intended Marriage. Just need to organise a meeting closer to the date
  • Confirm guest list. Guest list is still being finalised, but hoping to get numbers between 80 to 100 guests
  • Send out save the dates. Should be sent out in the next few months or so
  • Send out invitations. Needs to be designed, made & sent out 3 months before
  • Get sized for wedding dress, alter dress. Getting sized next Friday (eek!)
  • Get possible cheongsam/qipao for tea ceremony. Found one I like, I just have to get measured for it & order it tailor made.

I’ve also managed to order the robes for myself & my bridesmaids (on sale!), plus get some more cool ideas for the invites & favours. I must say, I’m rather impressed with what we’ve achieved so far, just have to keep up the effort till the day. I’m rather looking forward to the married life & settling down & not having to live between 2 places each week. Funnily enough, I’ve done that most of my life & I’ve hated the moving. I will be glad to be able to settle into my own space & kitting it out in my style.

 

I know I keep talking about it, but one of the major things I need to be doing is decluttering & getting rid of things that I don’t need. I’ve got a whole heap of things that probably could be sold off in a garage sale & things that just need a place to be put. Living in a small 3×2 cottage lot means that things have to be quite compact & I’m currently living from my room. Most of belongings are stuffed into my room – travel bags, shoes, clothes, books, magazines, toiletries, games, TV and the list goes on & on. Once my parents & brother move out, I will be busy revamping the place inside & out. It is a bit of gargantuan task to be undertaking, but one that is long overdue. I haven’t unpacked some things from my first move in 2008. That’s 8 years that things have been sitting in boxes everywhere. I expect to be overwhelmed but that’s ok, I just need to get a start on.

 

I’ve got lots more to blog about, but unfortunately in between working full time and trying to plan a wedding, that doesn’t leave much free time between that and sleeping. I value my sleep quite a bit, hence why it’s now time to bid you all good night! I’m hoping to be back soon as I’ve got quite a bit more on my mind lately & want to get it down here 🙂

Wedding Planning Update #2

by | May 24, 2016 | Wedding

Another month down, another month closer to becoming a Mrs! So far we’ve got 90% of vendors locked in, with only a few more to go. The few things left to do are:

  • Book accommodation for the night before & upgrading to the suite
  • Organise wedding cake
  • Make bouquets. I’ve decided to go fake flowers as real were going to cost around $400 to $500 versus around $150 for fake
  • Confirming makeup artist for myself and bridesmaids if required
  • Make/buy wedding favours
  • Get remainder of jewelry – wedding rings & other accessories. Already sourced some earrings
  • Get the remainder of documents to the celebrant for the Notice of Intended Marriage
  • Confirm guest list
  • Send out save the dates
  • Send out invitations
  • Get sized for wedding dress, alter dress
  • Get possible cheongsam/qipao for tea ceremony

I’m sure there a few things I’ve left out such as the kitchen tea/bridal shower & hen’s night but those are not as pressing at the moment. I’m wanting to get the big ticket items & important things out of the way as early as I can so that we can start populating our calendars with meetings for the run up to the wedding.

The wedding planning has died down a little lately, which is great. We’re hoping to get most of the planning sorted by July this year, so we’ll have the rest of the year to focus on ourselves. We’re also looking at moving in together pretty soon, so that will be quite an effort in itself too. Count down is on! Just over a year to the wedding & we’re looking to be in relatively good shape. Now to work on our wedding bodies 😉

Wedding Planning Update

by | Apr 26, 2016 | Wedding

It has been just under 4 months since we’ve gotten engaged & only about 2 months since we started really planning and thinking about the wedding. It actually has been a pretty painless and fun process to be quite honest. To date, we’ve done the following:

  • Picked a date
  • Picked a venue for the ceremony and reception
  • Put a deposit for the venue
  • Picked my bridesmaids & maid of honour
  • Met a celebrant and put a deposit for services
  • Tried on a dress, liked it & put a deposit for it
  • Met a photographer/videographer, liked them & getting ready to decide payment options
  • Arranged meetings for a decorator and DJ
  • Sourced a potential florist
  • Tentatively arranged accommodation for the night before and night of the wedding
  • Spoke to a makeup artist to source quotes
  • Sourced potential bridesmaids and traditional attire online
  • Sources potential custom made rings

I think we’ve done pretty well to have done so many things in such a short amount of time and with relatively little stress. I’m more just so excited about things and wanting it all to happen right now! The best part for all the services I’ve spoken to & organised is that we are getting discounts for every single thing for the wedding! Am hoping that this will continue & we can come under budget for the wedding. So far we are doing pretty good & am watching my spending really closely so that we will make it as close under budget as possible. Winter weddings are most definitely a good way to save some money! I picked out my wedding dress over the weekend, but that is a story for another day! I got the most gorgeous gown for half price & I cannot wait to be a princess on the day!