Are the photographers supposed to cost this much? Yikes.
Not much to update. As usual. :) I will be trying on the dresses this weekend, calling Dad to discuss the photographer thing tonight, and hoping that what they're charging is normal, and then the next step will be to buy the dress that I find to be the most perfect, book the DJ and order a cake. I'm hoping those last two things can wait a few months, though. I'm pretty sure they can.
Thank goodness I have a year to deal with all this stuff. Seriously, if I was dealing with looking for a new job, finding a dress, and having to talk to my dad about photographers/caterers/everyone else that wants money from us all at the same time, I don't know that I'd be able to pull it off. This way, at least I have something to look forward to every now and then, to fit between the nerve-wracking appointments for interviews.
I really, really need to find a cool job AND dress though, ok? So everyone put their ju-ju together out there for me and send me those cool vibes, will ya? Thanks!
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Update to nothing...
Ok, so I made appointments to go try on dresses, have two trusty girlfriends that will be accompanying me to help me figure out what looks good and what looks bad, and I'm so excited I could burst!!
I had lunch with one of the bridesmaids yesterday who happened to get married about 2 years ago, I think it was. It was before I knew Jesse, so I'm not sure, actually. Anyway, she advised me not to wait too long to pick out a dress. I've heard this from more people than I expected, actually. And it's not that I was waiting for any particular reason to go and look, I was just not ready.
And now that I am, it's like I've released every butterfly that could possibly exist in my belly when it comes to wedding-day jitters. I'm kinda worried that I won't look good in any dress, which is probably just a bit of my own self-consciousness creeping forward. I'm not usually a super self-conscious girl. But I've never tried on a wedding dress. Yeah, it's a bit intimidating it turns out. Just the thought of it is intimidating. What's wrong with me???
On other fronts, I've signed and sent the contract for the reception location, and now the caterer is asking me questions that I'm unsure of how to answer. We're working it out, though. I just don't feel like trying to decipher certain aspects of an event, such as how long the clean up should/will take, that isn't going to happen for almost a year! (The reception site has a very stringent policy on clean-up, and apparently the caterer warned that he will need to staff accordingly to make sure that the clean-up can happen in the time allotted, so we don't wind up running into surprise fees for OT on the space rental.) I asked the caterer to prepare his proposal with what he thought would work best, as he's been doing this sort of thing for MUCH longer than I have, and I trust him not to screw with us on it.
And the only thing I feel I'm behind on is contacting a photographer. That's kinda giving me a bit of heartburn, but I'll put it on the list for next week and get it done. December is going to be a busy month, I think. Between finding a new job, football madness, trying on the dresses, and decorating for the holidays, I don't know when I'll find time to eat and sleep!
Somehow, I think I'll figure it out, though...
I had lunch with one of the bridesmaids yesterday who happened to get married about 2 years ago, I think it was. It was before I knew Jesse, so I'm not sure, actually. Anyway, she advised me not to wait too long to pick out a dress. I've heard this from more people than I expected, actually. And it's not that I was waiting for any particular reason to go and look, I was just not ready.
And now that I am, it's like I've released every butterfly that could possibly exist in my belly when it comes to wedding-day jitters. I'm kinda worried that I won't look good in any dress, which is probably just a bit of my own self-consciousness creeping forward. I'm not usually a super self-conscious girl. But I've never tried on a wedding dress. Yeah, it's a bit intimidating it turns out. Just the thought of it is intimidating. What's wrong with me???
On other fronts, I've signed and sent the contract for the reception location, and now the caterer is asking me questions that I'm unsure of how to answer. We're working it out, though. I just don't feel like trying to decipher certain aspects of an event, such as how long the clean up should/will take, that isn't going to happen for almost a year! (The reception site has a very stringent policy on clean-up, and apparently the caterer warned that he will need to staff accordingly to make sure that the clean-up can happen in the time allotted, so we don't wind up running into surprise fees for OT on the space rental.) I asked the caterer to prepare his proposal with what he thought would work best, as he's been doing this sort of thing for MUCH longer than I have, and I trust him not to screw with us on it.
And the only thing I feel I'm behind on is contacting a photographer. That's kinda giving me a bit of heartburn, but I'll put it on the list for next week and get it done. December is going to be a busy month, I think. Between finding a new job, football madness, trying on the dresses, and decorating for the holidays, I don't know when I'll find time to eat and sleep!
Somehow, I think I'll figure it out, though...
Friday, November 03, 2006
This is new...
I'm kinda in the mood to shop for dresses, suddenly. I don't know why. But I think I might need to call and make some appointments at places for early December.
We have the church set, as I've mentioned previously. We have the reception site set, although the contract hasn't been sent to us yet, but I followed up on that today so hopefully we'll be done with that by end of next week. The event planner at the Brewery suggested that I get a wedding planner for at least the day of our wedding, so I have someone specific to deal with all the vendors/issues/little things that pop up along the way. I thought about it and feel it's a good idea, so I might start meeting with someone about a month before the wedding, so we can make sure we're all on the same page, and then they can help with directing the DJ where to go on the day of the wedding, and make sure the cake is set up properly, and help my twin with the centerpiece set-up and all that good stuff. I also noticed that the chairs at the Brewery are unacceptable, so we'll have to rent some. Which sucks. But hey, we get free beer! Woo!
Next on the list of to-do's is to meet with the caterers. We have found that the caterers we want are available on our wedding date, which made us very happy, so now they're working up a proposal and should be getting back to us within the next 2 days here, I hope. I can't wait to see what they come up with!
But I'm definitely in the mood to start trying on dresses. Time to round up my super-honest girlfriends for a tip to a couple different salons, I think! As long as they can give me appointment times that don't interfere with football on Saturdays, of course. If not, then the search might have to be put off until January...we'll see!
We have the church set, as I've mentioned previously. We have the reception site set, although the contract hasn't been sent to us yet, but I followed up on that today so hopefully we'll be done with that by end of next week. The event planner at the Brewery suggested that I get a wedding planner for at least the day of our wedding, so I have someone specific to deal with all the vendors/issues/little things that pop up along the way. I thought about it and feel it's a good idea, so I might start meeting with someone about a month before the wedding, so we can make sure we're all on the same page, and then they can help with directing the DJ where to go on the day of the wedding, and make sure the cake is set up properly, and help my twin with the centerpiece set-up and all that good stuff. I also noticed that the chairs at the Brewery are unacceptable, so we'll have to rent some. Which sucks. But hey, we get free beer! Woo!
Next on the list of to-do's is to meet with the caterers. We have found that the caterers we want are available on our wedding date, which made us very happy, so now they're working up a proposal and should be getting back to us within the next 2 days here, I hope. I can't wait to see what they come up with!
But I'm definitely in the mood to start trying on dresses. Time to round up my super-honest girlfriends for a tip to a couple different salons, I think! As long as they can give me appointment times that don't interfere with football on Saturdays, of course. If not, then the search might have to be put off until January...we'll see!
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