This morning, I went to my first florist appointment. This was the florist that I won the gift certificate from at the bridal show back in August. I had an idea of what types of flowers we wanted when I went, but I had no idea he was going to ask so many questions, that I didn't really have answers for!!!! He did have A LOT of pictures for me to look at for ideas, which was really helpful. He also had a lot of great ideas from weddings he has done at the Tides in the past, in fact, he just did a wedding there this past weekend. We went through each area where we needed flowers, including the ceremony, reception, bouquets, etc. He wrote down what types of flowers I wanted in each one. He also reccommended some other flowers to include to make the bouquets and other arrangements look fuller. He also recommended not doing daisies for any corsages/boutenierres, as they will die fast in the August heat. So, for those he suggest roses. At the end, he added up what each thing would cost and gave me a total. I have to say it was a little bit higher than we were hoping to spend, so if we decide to go with him, we will have to cut out some things, or see if we can work with him on the prices.
I am glad to have one out of the way, so I know what to expect at my next appointment this afternoon. The lady I am going to see this afternoon has done quite a few weddings at the Tides, so I am excited to see her work. I will update later on with what happens later.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Time to Catch up!!
Well, the last few weeks we have been pretty busy with other stuff, and we haven't really done any wedding planning at all. I have been looking for lots of ideas online and getting a list together of what we need to do still, but I haven't really done much.
Today, we finally decided on our Save the Date Magnets. The company we ordered them from was having a sale that ends on Tuesday, so I was motivated to get it done today! I had to work on finding a nice picture of Gregg and I to put on it, and my sister found one that we both really liked, so hopefully it will look good on the one we chose. Here is a picture of the Save the Date Magnet we chose:
It takes a few days to get the proof back to approve, then once we approve it, it takes about a week and half to get them. I guess I need to start getting all the address together over the next week or two so we can send them out once we get them!
Since I am off of work on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Jewish holidays, I want to try to get a bunch of stuff done! I am going to try to make a few appointments with some florists to get an idea of how much flowers are going to be. I would like to get this out of the way in the next few weeks as well. Here are some picture of the flowers we are thinking about for our table centerpieces:
I really like this one as a centerpiece. I like it because of the colors, the only thing I am thinking is to get the orange daisies in Pink, since that is one of our colors. Hopefully, the florist can do something like this.
I still have to finalize what other flowers we need as far as bouquets, corsages, boutonierres, etc. We also need to decided what we would like to do as far as decorations for the ceremony. Here are some pictures of a ceremony at the Tides :
I am hoping the florist can take care of the decorations like this.
Well, I think this will be a busy planning week for the wedding! I will have to update more as we get things done!
Monday, September 15, 2008
Busy Weekend-But no real wedding planning!
Well, this weekend we were extremely busy with a lot of things to do. That being said, we didn't do any wedding planning.
On Friday night, we went to Gregg's house for his sister's birthday party. There was a lot of people there and we had a great time hanging out with everyone.
On Saturday afternoon, we had to go to an engagement party for Curt and Nicole. Curt is one of the groomsman in our wedding. Curt and Nicole are getting married about a month before us and Gregg will be a groomsman in their wedding, so it will be a very busy summer for us next year! Their party was in Middletown at Nicole's parents house. It was nice to hang out with all of the guys that will be in the bridal party for our wedding, as they are all in Curt and Nicole's wedding as well.
Since we were going to Great Adventure on Sunday, we just headed to Sharon and Andrew's house on Saturday night after the party. We got there around 9 and had some time to hang out with the kids before going to bed. Amanda was very mad at me since I didn't sleep by her last week, so we decided to have a big slumber party in the family room, so the kids were very excited. I was the first to fall asleep though, and the kids watched TV with Gregg before falling asleep.
On Sunday, we went to Great Adventure. Sharon, Andrew and the kids have season passes and they get free tickets for September, so Gregg and I, and my mom and Charlie went with them for the day. It was SO HOT!!! We got there at about 10:30 just as it was opening, luckily it wasn't so crowded and we didn't have to wait on too many lines. After awhile, it was just so hot, the kids were getting tired, so we just decided to head home. We had a lot of fun going on a bunch of rides!!
The big news of today is that I am going to run another marathon in January!!! After last year's marathon, I wanted to do the Goofy Challenge at Disney. The Goofy Challenge is really a crazy race, but I have to do it at least once. The Goofy Challenge consists of running a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday during the marathon weekend...yes you read that right, the full marathon is the day after the half marathon!!! Well, this past January, I had said I wanted to do it this year but never got around to registering and next thing I knew it was sold out. I kind of forgot about it for awhile, but lately I kept saying to myself that I wished I had signed up. Well, I recently found out that there are several travel companies that offer package deals where you book at least three nights hotel room and you can add the race entry to your package. So, after some investigating, I found out that we could stay at Pop Century and I could get into the Goofy Challenge!!! So, we decided to go to Disney for another long weekend in January so I can do this CRAZY race!! Funny thing is, that I can't wait!!!
I will have more of a wedding planning update this week, as we have a bunch of stuff to do this week, including booking our hotel block and ordering Save the Date's.
On Friday night, we went to Gregg's house for his sister's birthday party. There was a lot of people there and we had a great time hanging out with everyone.
On Saturday afternoon, we had to go to an engagement party for Curt and Nicole. Curt is one of the groomsman in our wedding. Curt and Nicole are getting married about a month before us and Gregg will be a groomsman in their wedding, so it will be a very busy summer for us next year! Their party was in Middletown at Nicole's parents house. It was nice to hang out with all of the guys that will be in the bridal party for our wedding, as they are all in Curt and Nicole's wedding as well.
Since we were going to Great Adventure on Sunday, we just headed to Sharon and Andrew's house on Saturday night after the party. We got there around 9 and had some time to hang out with the kids before going to bed. Amanda was very mad at me since I didn't sleep by her last week, so we decided to have a big slumber party in the family room, so the kids were very excited. I was the first to fall asleep though, and the kids watched TV with Gregg before falling asleep.
On Sunday, we went to Great Adventure. Sharon, Andrew and the kids have season passes and they get free tickets for September, so Gregg and I, and my mom and Charlie went with them for the day. It was SO HOT!!! We got there at about 10:30 just as it was opening, luckily it wasn't so crowded and we didn't have to wait on too many lines. After awhile, it was just so hot, the kids were getting tired, so we just decided to head home. We had a lot of fun going on a bunch of rides!!
The big news of today is that I am going to run another marathon in January!!! After last year's marathon, I wanted to do the Goofy Challenge at Disney. The Goofy Challenge is really a crazy race, but I have to do it at least once. The Goofy Challenge consists of running a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday during the marathon weekend...yes you read that right, the full marathon is the day after the half marathon!!! Well, this past January, I had said I wanted to do it this year but never got around to registering and next thing I knew it was sold out. I kind of forgot about it for awhile, but lately I kept saying to myself that I wished I had signed up. Well, I recently found out that there are several travel companies that offer package deals where you book at least three nights hotel room and you can add the race entry to your package. So, after some investigating, I found out that we could stay at Pop Century and I could get into the Goofy Challenge!!! So, we decided to go to Disney for another long weekend in January so I can do this CRAZY race!! Funny thing is, that I can't wait!!!
I will have more of a wedding planning update this week, as we have a bunch of stuff to do this week, including booking our hotel block and ordering Save the Date's.
Monday, September 8, 2008
update
Well, since school started last week, I have been really busy and I haven't had much time to do any wedding planning. It is a very good thing that I did so much during the summer, because I don't have a lot of time to get things done during the week now.
Over this past weekend, I was down at Sharon's house for a scrapbooking weekend! On Saturday morning we had a little time before we started scrapping, so we headed over to David's Bridal so Sharon and the girls could try on some dresses for the wedding. We found two Bridesmaid dresses that we really like, they are two very different styles though. Unfortunately, the store we were at did not have my dress, so it was hard to imagine what the dresses would look like next to mine.
We also had the girls try on a few more flower girl dresses, but I think we are going to stick with the original ones they tried on when I went for my dress.
We decided that we need to go back to the Davids Bridal where I ordered my dress, so we could see what the bridesmaid dresses will look like next to mine. So, we are going to try to find a day in the next couple of weeks, when the kids are off of school, so Sharon and the kids can come up to try them on.
Before we left, I showed Sharon the veil that we ordered last week for me. We also looked for some hairpieces that would look nice with my veil, but the kids were getting bored so we decided to head home and look more another day.
Tonight, I made a list of all the things we still need to do in the upcoming weeks for the wedding and I was amazed at how many things were on my list! I never imagined it would be this much work planning a wedding. Some of the things on the list include: finding a hotel/booking a hotel block for overnight guests, ordering/sending Save the Dates, finding airfare for our Honeymoon, figuring out centerpieces/flowers and finding a florist, and that is just the beginning. My goal is to work on these things little by little over the next couple of weeks.
Over this past weekend, I was down at Sharon's house for a scrapbooking weekend! On Saturday morning we had a little time before we started scrapping, so we headed over to David's Bridal so Sharon and the girls could try on some dresses for the wedding. We found two Bridesmaid dresses that we really like, they are two very different styles though. Unfortunately, the store we were at did not have my dress, so it was hard to imagine what the dresses would look like next to mine.
We also had the girls try on a few more flower girl dresses, but I think we are going to stick with the original ones they tried on when I went for my dress.
We decided that we need to go back to the Davids Bridal where I ordered my dress, so we could see what the bridesmaid dresses will look like next to mine. So, we are going to try to find a day in the next couple of weeks, when the kids are off of school, so Sharon and the kids can come up to try them on.
Before we left, I showed Sharon the veil that we ordered last week for me. We also looked for some hairpieces that would look nice with my veil, but the kids were getting bored so we decided to head home and look more another day.
Tonight, I made a list of all the things we still need to do in the upcoming weeks for the wedding and I was amazed at how many things were on my list! I never imagined it would be this much work planning a wedding. Some of the things on the list include: finding a hotel/booking a hotel block for overnight guests, ordering/sending Save the Dates, finding airfare for our Honeymoon, figuring out centerpieces/flowers and finding a florist, and that is just the beginning. My goal is to work on these things little by little over the next couple of weeks.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
We ordered my dress!!
On Friday afternoon, my sister and the kids came up to go dress shopping with me and my mom. We headed over to David's Bridal in Wayne to see what I could find. I had looked online and in their catalog and picked out quite a few dresses that I wanted to try on. When we got there, we had to fill out some paperwork and they asked me to pick three dresses to start with. Since I had picked about 15-20 dresses that I liked in the catalog before going it was hard to choose only three to start with. In addition, we saw a few others in the store that were not in the catalog. I finally narrowed it down and picked three different styles to start with, and figured we could go from there.
While the salesperson was getting the dresses set for me, we looked around at some flowergirl dresses and other stuff in the store. Ally and Amanda were so excited to walk around and look at the dresses.
When the salesperson was ready, I started to try on some dresses. It was actually kind of hard because they were all so beautiful. Some of them we eliminated right away because we did not like they way they looked, but there were some that we loved. There was one dress though, that I really loved!!! When I put it on, I knew it would be the one that I would love the most, it felt perfect!! It was the second or third dress I tried on, but I kept trying others on to make sure it was the right one. After trying on about 15 or so dresses, I narrowed it down to two, the one that I LOVED and one other that I really liked. We decided not to order it right then so I could go home and think about it a little bit. My sister had also taken a lot of pictures of the different dresses and I wanted to look at those as well.
Well, after thinking about it, my mom and I decided to go back on Sunday to try a few more on, and of course try the two on that I loved from the other day. Well, I found a few more that looked really nice, but I still kept coming back to the one that I LOVED!! It was the last one I tried on and I knew again that it was the one I wanted. We decided it would be the one and decided to order it!! While I had it on, we tried out some different shoes to see what would look good, we tried on some different veils, and headpieces as well.
Before leaving, we ordered my dress and veil. The veil that we picked out has two pieces to it, with a really long piece that can be worn during pictures and the ceremony and then taken off during the reception. It looked beautiful with the dress. The dress takes 4-5 months to order so it should come in sometime at the beginning of January. The veil had to be ordered as well, and that should be here sometime in October.
I would post pictures, but I really don't want Gregg to see the dress and he sometimes reads the blog, so I am not going to post any pictures.
While the salesperson was getting the dresses set for me, we looked around at some flowergirl dresses and other stuff in the store. Ally and Amanda were so excited to walk around and look at the dresses.
When the salesperson was ready, I started to try on some dresses. It was actually kind of hard because they were all so beautiful. Some of them we eliminated right away because we did not like they way they looked, but there were some that we loved. There was one dress though, that I really loved!!! When I put it on, I knew it would be the one that I would love the most, it felt perfect!! It was the second or third dress I tried on, but I kept trying others on to make sure it was the right one. After trying on about 15 or so dresses, I narrowed it down to two, the one that I LOVED and one other that I really liked. We decided not to order it right then so I could go home and think about it a little bit. My sister had also taken a lot of pictures of the different dresses and I wanted to look at those as well.
Well, after thinking about it, my mom and I decided to go back on Sunday to try a few more on, and of course try the two on that I loved from the other day. Well, I found a few more that looked really nice, but I still kept coming back to the one that I LOVED!! It was the last one I tried on and I knew again that it was the one I wanted. We decided it would be the one and decided to order it!! While I had it on, we tried out some different shoes to see what would look good, we tried on some different veils, and headpieces as well.
Before leaving, we ordered my dress and veil. The veil that we picked out has two pieces to it, with a really long piece that can be worn during pictures and the ceremony and then taken off during the reception. It looked beautiful with the dress. The dress takes 4-5 months to order so it should come in sometime at the beginning of January. The veil had to be ordered as well, and that should be here sometime in October.
I would post pictures, but I really don't want Gregg to see the dress and he sometimes reads the blog, so I am not going to post any pictures.
Lots of Wedding Planning
Well, over the last few days I have done A LOT of stuff for the wedding. First, on Thursday it was exactly one year to the wedding, so Gregg and I celebrated by going out to dinner that night!
Earlier that day, I had done some other wedding planning things. First thing in the morning, I met with our Travel Agent to finalize plans for our Honeymoon. We had to book before the end of the weekend as the sale rates that were advertised were expiring. We booked the trip to Sandals Ocho Rios for Aug. 30-Sept. 6, 2008. We are very excited about our honeymoon plans!!! We made sure we purchased trip insurance just in case of any hurricanes. Hopefully, all will be well when we go there next year. The nice thing about working with a travel agent is that they can change your plans at the last minute if there are weather related problems.
The other thing I worked on that day was meeting with a videographer. The company that I visited on Thursday was reccommended by our DJ. The lady I met with was very nice and they do very nice work, but their package did not include as much as the other company I had met with. I had also contacted several other companies and did not get nearly as good as package as we were offered by Multivision. So, we decided to book with Multivision as our videographer. They threw in a lot of extra sections to the video and offered the most coverage at a reasonable rate. They even worked out a payment plan for us to follow to pay it off.
All in all, Thursday 8/28/08 was a very productive day!! We booked our honeymoon, videographer and went out to celebrate one year until the wedding!!
Earlier that day, I had done some other wedding planning things. First thing in the morning, I met with our Travel Agent to finalize plans for our Honeymoon. We had to book before the end of the weekend as the sale rates that were advertised were expiring. We booked the trip to Sandals Ocho Rios for Aug. 30-Sept. 6, 2008. We are very excited about our honeymoon plans!!! We made sure we purchased trip insurance just in case of any hurricanes. Hopefully, all will be well when we go there next year. The nice thing about working with a travel agent is that they can change your plans at the last minute if there are weather related problems.
The other thing I worked on that day was meeting with a videographer. The company that I visited on Thursday was reccommended by our DJ. The lady I met with was very nice and they do very nice work, but their package did not include as much as the other company I had met with. I had also contacted several other companies and did not get nearly as good as package as we were offered by Multivision. So, we decided to book with Multivision as our videographer. They threw in a lot of extra sections to the video and offered the most coverage at a reasonable rate. They even worked out a payment plan for us to follow to pay it off.
All in all, Thursday 8/28/08 was a very productive day!! We booked our honeymoon, videographer and went out to celebrate one year until the wedding!!
Babysitting the kids!!
Last weekend, my sister and Andrew had tickets to the Giants-Jets Preseason game, so Gregg and I headed down to their house to watch the kids while they went to the game. We had so much fun with the kids and did a lot of different things. We went swimming, we watched a movie downstairs while we ate dinner, we played some air hockey, did some arts and crafts, played the Wii, made brownies, rode bikes and played basketball, amongst other things. Gregg and I had a lot of fun hanging out with the kids and playing. Here are some pictures of our FUN day:
Since it was late when Sharon and Andrew got back, Gregg and I just slept there. The kids were all excited that we were staying and we ended up having a campout in the living room. It was a lot of fun and we can't wait to watch the kids again!
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