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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
2 weeks to go
- I went to my final fitting and was blown away by the bustle that my seamstress put on my dress. Seriously people, it is beyond AMAZING!
- I tried out yet another manicure place. No good. I mean it's good, but not great. I think I'm just going to go a-natural. No one cares about my nails.
- Shipped my ring off for inspection, polish, and cleaning. I am super picky about how my ring is polished. The jewerly store we bought my ring from will do an in-store polish, BUT they never do it right. My ring always comes back with ridges in it. Thank goodness this has no impact to my ring other than cosmetically. Anways, they have a specific jeweler that works offsite that I do trust. The drawback is that it takes about a week to have it sent, inspected, and shipped back.
- Got my wedding band cleaned and polished up nicely. I know I haven't worn it, but I have played with it A LOT. Well not so much recently, but I did when I first got it.
- Menu cards are DONE! All thanks to the awesomeness that is our friend S. She's 5 months preggers, came over on Saturday, and spent hours crafting with me. Not to mention, she bought my lunch. Seriously, I should have bought her lunch and then some for all the help.
- S also helped me start/finish a whole slew of other projects that I am not going to share with you just yet. I want to keep it a surprise for all of you!
- Our ceremony is almost there. Again, the amazeballs S has been helping us finalize things! Thank goodness she officiated her friends' wedding last year.
- Finally figured out our centerpieces! I know it's weeks before the wedding and we FINALLY found something we both love. It's so perfect. Our florist LOVES it. As does our planner. Yay!!
Countdown:
3 weeks
1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Hotel update
For those of you that have not booked a room, I have some bad news. The Westin is completely filled up. Yes, that's right, a hotel in Waltham has zero vacancies. But have no fear, as the other hotels in the area have rooms available.
We recommend that you book at the Courtyard Marriot that is down the street. We know of a few guests that will be staying there. While we did not set up a room block there (I didn't think we would run out or rooms), the price is comparable to the rate we negotiated at the Westin.
Courtyard Boston Waltham
August 19-21, 2011
Room: $101 (non-refundable, advanced purchase)
Parking: Free
Wi-Fi: Included
If enough people stay here, we will look into having the shuttle service both hotels.
We recommend that you book at the Courtyard Marriot that is down the street. We know of a few guests that will be staying there. While we did not set up a room block there (I didn't think we would run out or rooms), the price is comparable to the rate we negotiated at the Westin.
Courtyard Boston Waltham
August 19-21, 2011
Room: $101 (non-refundable, advanced purchase)
Parking: Free
Wi-Fi: Included
If enough people stay here, we will look into having the shuttle service both hotels.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
3 weeks to go
Alrighty, now that we can't do a monthly update anymore, I'll move on to a weekly update. Here's what happened last week and over the weekend.
19 days. Holy shit.
- We had a dance lesson in which we discussed an ending to our first dance. Am I giving away too much?
- We picked out songs for the ceremony and reception entrances.
- We got to know our awesome DJ. I can't even begin to tell you how amazeballs Max is. He's so awesome, that he took our selection for our first dance, and slowed down the tempo like we requested. Who does that? Our DJ. That's right. He rocks.
- Applied for our marriage license and received our marriage license. They weren't kidding when they said it only took 3 days.
- Part one of the escort cards has been completed. \
- Shipped out the thank you cards for our shower gifts.
- Started writing our ceremony.
- Designed our programs. Now I just need to work on the details
19 days. Holy shit.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
1 month!
EEEEKKK, less than a month!
1 Month before the wedding
- Design your wedding programs - Still working on this...I keep changing my design.
- Apply for your marriage license - Taking off from work early to take care of this today. It didn't dawn on me to do this last week when I took an entire day off work to do the final walk through and take care of other wedding business.
- Have a final gown fitting - Scheduled
- Choose all of your wedding accessories - You know...somtimes I just like to procrastinate. Really, I'm waiting for the final fitting so I can see how it looks together
- Visit your hair stylist, work on a style with your veil - Already had this taken care of back in May.
- Visit your make-up artist the same day - see line above.
- Hair & make-up done, have your formal bridal portraits done - Uh, sorry, I ain't a Southern belle.
- Discuss and finalize details with wedding service providers - Leaving this up to our planner.
What we've been up to for the last month:
Now for the personal to-do list:
- Design your wedding programs - Still working on this...I keep changing my design.
- Apply for your marriage license - Taking off from work early to take care of this today. It didn't dawn on me to do this last week when I took an entire day off work to do the final walk through and take care of other wedding business.
- Have a final gown fitting - Scheduled
- Choose all of your wedding accessories - You know...somtimes I just like to procrastinate. Really, I'm waiting for the final fitting so I can see how it looks together
- Visit your hair stylist, work on a style with your veil - Already had this taken care of back in May.
- Visit your make-up artist the same day - see line above.
- Hair & make-up done, have your formal bridal portraits done - Uh, sorry, I ain't a Southern belle.
- Discuss and finalize details with wedding service providers - Leaving this up to our planner.
What we've been up to for the last month:
WeI found the last tie for the groomsmen. It took me 5 Macy's, but it's DONE. Also, we found pocket squares, too!- We celebrated Jake's birthday. It was very low key this year, just friends hanging out with food and board games; exactly what Jake wanted.
- Finished project flower girl basket
- We hung out with family for 4th of July and stuffed our belly's full of food.
- We "celebrated" our 4th dating anniversary. In that I mean we watched fireworks from our living room in a half sleepy state. Jake said "Happy anniversary" and I grunted "uh huh."
- I found out that I'm [VERY] lactose intolerant. I thought it was gluten for awhile. Thank god it's not. But going dairy-free is so much harder than going gluten-free, especially when I'm a cupcake baker!
- I started crocheting a baby blanket (not for me). - I am either hella crazy or beyond insane...I started it on 7/14 and want to finish it before the wedding. Just to drive home how much of a nut job I am, I've had to restart it 2.5 times!
- We had an AMAZING Jack and Jill shower. I will recap this way later, but I can't even begin to tell you how much excitement was in the air. No words can describe the feeling of being surrounded by family and friends who love and support us unconditionally.
- We had a final walk through with planner, caterer, and venue coordinator
WeI designed and ordered our thank you cards for the shower. I totally outsourced this project for the most part.- Completed project table numbers!
- Ordered a bow tie for my dad! I also picked one up for our ring bearer. If he wears it, it'll be SUPER adorable. If he doesn't, no biggie.
- Found a leotard for our flower girl. We'll let her and her mom worry about shoes and tights. Although, it might be a bit hot for tights.
- Finalized gifts for the bridesmaids. We are no where near as creative and personalized with our gift giving as others are. If anything, we are practical. While we are gifting the ladies hair and make-up services, I also wanted to get them something physical, something that they could keep and use. It's only fair, the guys get almost an entire outfit.
Now for the personal to-do list:
- Menus - they have been designed and redesigned. Now they just need to be redone in Adobe Illustrator (I started them in PowerPoint). They still need to be printed and assembled.
- Cardbox - I told myself by the end of the June...it's now the end of July. This was redesigned to make it way easier. I kind of outsourced part of it.
- Chair signage - do we even need signage? seriously?
- Welcome packages for out of town guests -I mean what welcome packages? No one is getting anything. Almost done!
- Communicate with our photog and cinematog what photos/moments MUST be captured.
- Seating chart - almost done, just waiting for the last of the rsvp's to roll in.
- Super secret wedding stuff - Almost there!
- Ring bearer pillow - so close to being finished
- Signage for guestbook and other things.
- Escort cards - I actually started these the other night.
- Put together ceremony
- Finalize with the florist
- Finalize
drunk busshuttle service to pick up guests from the reception and take them back to the hotel - Choose our wedding music and share your selections with your Band or DJ - We are meeting with Max, our DJ, tonight!
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