It's my Hen's night this Saturday 4th July. Quite apt i think. The Americans will be celebrating Independance Day, And i will be celebrating my loss of independance (well sort of)! Or maybe it's a new kind of independance? Luke and I will be starting our own family, and we will be independant from our parents. I like that :)
It's going to be an action packed day. Hair and Make-up trials in the morning, then we'll trip on out to South Bank for some fun. I don't know what kind of fun yet, the girls have stuff planned AND THEY WON'T TELL ME WHAT IT IS!!!! hahaha oh well. I can see myself being hugely embarrassed though. hmmmm.............Then after my embarrassement has been complete, we'll be having dinner at Ahmets, an awesome Turkish restaurant (I think it has Belly Dancing on saturday nights ;P ) Then back to Luke's house where we'll be staying and watching girly movies and eating some junk food :)
Luke is having his Bucks night the same night. He'll be going to paintball skirmish and then out on the town with some of his mates. He'll have fun :) He went to paintball a few weeks ago and was covered in bruises and even a couple of sores where people had shot him point blank and broken the skin! Ouch! Oh well, that'll learn him :P haha
Can't wait!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
It's time to Party Harty!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I need to get my backside into gear!
With just 6 weeks and less than a handful of days to the wedding, i seriously need to get my little tushy into gear. I have looked and looked and looked at ceremonies and run sheets and all that jazz, but i just can't get one made up for my own ceremony. No matter how hard i look at it and try to piece things together, i CANNOT get any semblance of order. I need help. Serious help. The expensive kind.
There's so many things to consider.....
Pre-ceremony music
Processional music
Will my dad give me away, or will dad AND mum give me away OR will BOTH sets of parents gives us to eachother?
Will i have my veil over my face?
Will dad lift it off? Or will Luke?
What hymns will we sing?
Will our pastor give a little sermon? If so, how long?
How will the vows work?
Register signing music
Recessional music
Is is too late to elope?
Monday, June 22, 2009
Take a gander over here -----> Test Blog
Now i know that some of you don't like to comment on how other people's blogs look.....but....i need someone to tell me if this is going to be too complicated....... So tell me what you think......
Saturday, June 20, 2009
It's a piece of cake.....
Cake. What can i say about cake. It's glorious. It's also gloriously bad for you. Especially when there are layers of chocolate and cream invloved. Or maybe even layers of fondant icing.
It's a piece of cake <---- Check it out
Do you know how hard it is to find a nice simple, uncomplicated wedding cake? It's extraordinarily hard. It's even harder to find one that a certain fussy Hubby-2-be would like. I scoured the internet for hours and hours. I compiled a folder of images to show him. When i had enough to show him so he could help make a decision, the conversation went something like this....
Me: Hey, can you look at these cakes with me and we'll see if we can make a decision today?
Luke: I guess so
*Open up the images and start to scroll through them*
Me: do you like any of these?
Luke: They're ok
*continue to scroll through them*
Luke: no....no....no.... no...no....maybe.....no..... kinda.....no....no.... that's ok.......maybe.... *indecipherable noise*........no
Me: AHHHHHHH! You insuferable man!
Luke: *dopey look* What?
Of the 30 or so pictures i had found, he "liked" 2 of them. Then i found this one......
Isn't it pretty :) And our beautiful cake topper to go with it.....
And the best bit......LUKE LIKE'S THEM!!!
:)
Sunday, June 14, 2009
A dress! A dress! My kingdom for a dress!!!
That was the dress I wanted. It looked magnificent. However it was going to cost $2200. I thought about, and i thought about it some more, but i couldn't justify spending that much on a dress. Then a "friend" who runs an online bridal shop said that she could have it made for me for $1000. Well, i jumped at the chance. I thought all my christmases had come at once. So i sent my measurements away and my deposit. In January. She said i would have it in February. February rolls round, and i asked her where my dress was. She said "oh, just 2 more weeks, i promise".
So I waited.
And I waited
And I waited some more.
March.
"Oh I'm really sorry but my dressmaker has run away with your deposit and won't be making your dress." She tells me.
I nearly fainted. I rang up the dress shop wher i had tried it on. Due to the "economic crisis" (what a cop out) the dress was now going to cost me $2750 and i wouldn't get it till 2 weeks before the wedding!!!! I did faint. At work. hmmmmm.
I had a cry and resigned myself to the fact that i was going to have to find a new dress. Then my "friend" rang me and said she could get another dressmaker to make it. I thought i'd give it another chance.
So a new set of measurements and another deposit are sent. And i settle down to wait a little longer. And i waited.
And i waited. (lucky I'm a patient person)
May. I get an email.
"your dress will be here in a week, it's being couriered to me right now." Fair enough.
"I can't bring your dress to you. I'll send it to you" Ok
"Sorry, my husband was meant to take it to the post office last week, i just found it in the back of the car, I sent it express today" (now i'm starting to get really ticked off) Ok
A week later (so much for express), i turned up to luke's house after work one day and he said i had a parcel. He came out with a standard pre-paid express post parcel bag. A little smaller than an A3 page in size.
I didn't know what it could be, i hadn't ordered anyhting that size. I ripped it open.
*thud* That's the sound of me fainting in luke's front yard.
It was my dress. Folded up and shoved in an express bag.
*insert a string of expletives here*
I pulled it out and straight away i knew it was wrong. ALL WRONG!!! The colour was wrong. The material was wrong. Where there was meant to be beading, there was lace with some sequins sewn on. Where there was meant to be crystals scattered in the skirt, there was cheap beads. The size was wrong. The flower hitch was about 3 inches lower then wht it should have been. The layer of lace was missing, in it's place was some lace sewn to the edge of the outer layer. THERE WAS NO TRAIN!!!
Well i let her know in no uncertain terms that i would not be wearing the dress of paying for it. She told me to keep it and sell it if i wanted to. And it left me 2 months to get a dress. Most places require 3 months minimum.
I cried. It was bound to happen though. Everything else has been way to easy, something had to go wrong eventually. I just wish it wasn't my dress.
So i went on an emergency dress shopping expedition. I was going to wait till the saturday, but decided to go on the wednesday. And I'm lucky i did. I went to the shop that had the dress that was my second choice originally. I paid a deposit and headed home. Then i get a phonecall.
"We've just been informed that our shop will be closing today due to renovations, all our stock is being shipped to Sydney. When you have paid for your dress it will be couriered directly to you, or you can come and pick it up and pay for it today."
Oh hell no. I was not letting my dress go to Sydney. I was not going to have drama's with this dress like i had with the first one. I headed back to the city and paid for the dress and took it home that day.
And you know what. I like it just as much (maybe even more) than the first dress. I think i was meant to have this one from the start. It's beautiful. But i won't put pictures up, it's a surprise :)
So a happy ending to a long and drawn out saga. I've learnt my lesson.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Time for an Update
Heads up, this is a pretty boring post, but......time to update that list of mine........
This is what it looked like last time I posted it
1 Bonbonniere
2 Bridal Accessories - Handbag
3 Bridal Accessories - Tiara/Headdress/Accessories
4 Bridal Accessories - Veil
5 Bridesmaids Accessories - Handbags
6 Bridesmaids Accessories - Headpieces
7 Bridesmaids Accessories - Jewellery
8 Bridesmaids Accessories - Shoes
9 Bridesmaids Accessories - Stockings
10 Bridesmaids Accessories - Underwear
11 Change of name and address kit
12 Church/Ceremony – Rehearsal
13 Church/Ceremony – Vows, readings
14 Flowers - Church/Ceremony
15 Flowers - Reception
16 Gifts for attendants
17 Groomsmen’s outfits
18 Hair and Beauty - Manicurist
19 Health and Fitness - massage
20 Hens night
21 Lawyer – Update wills
22 Marriage license
23 MC
24 Music -- Church/Ceremony
25 Music -- Reception
26 Reception Venue - Decorations
27 Reception Venue - Table Centres
28 Something blue
29 Something borrowed
30 Something new
31 Something old
32 Speeches
33 Stationery - Bonbonniere cards
34 Stationery - Hymn/Ceremony books
35 Stationery - Menu/Wine list
36 Stationery - Place cards
37 Stationery - Table seating plan
38 Stationery - Thank you cards
39 Transport – Wedding cars
and this is what it looks like now....
Bonbonniere
Bridal Accessories - Tiara/Headdress/Accessories
Change of name and address kit
Church/Ceremony – Vows, readings
Flowers - Church/Ceremony
Flowers - Reception
Gifts for attendants
Groomsmen’s outfits
Hair and Beauty - Manicurist
Hens night
Marriage license
Music -- Church/Ceremony
Music -- Reception
Reception Venue - Decorations
Something blue
Something borrowed
Speeches
Stationery - Bonbonniere cards
Stationery - Hymn/Ceremony books
Stationery - Menu/Wine list
Stationery - Place cards
Stationery - Table seating plan
Stationery - Thank you cards
Transport – Wedding cars
:D YAY!!!! Not much left to do now :)
oh, and I have a very interesting dress related post coming up very soon, i promise :)
