The wedding has taken a back seat the past couple of weeks as I have been busy with work. This year I am the AST coordinator at my school. The AST is the ACT Scaling Test and it is completed by all year 12 students in the ACT to help with their final scaling of results before they are issued with an ATAR (the special number that then allows them to be accepted in different university courses). We had a trial this week just gone and as it was my first time doing this solo, I focused all my time and energy on it.
Well, it went off without too many hitches and now I am back to focusing on the wedding...
Which is only 6 weeks and 6 days away.
YAY!!
We paid off the wedding cake the other night. It was nice to have paid off something in full! We are getting our cake from Cakes of your Dreams! We visited there back in October and were blown away by how awesome the cakes were. I had had a quick peek at their website before hand and was very impressed but seeing the display cakes up close and personal was enough to make us order a cake before we walked out of there. The exact cake we are getting is not up on their website but it is a conglomeration of a few cakes that they have photos of.
I've been working on my craft items. The error I made in the magnets has been corrected and I have successfully completed 47! I am about to order more magnets so I can finish the rest.
A heap of organza bags arrived in the mail all ready to have sweet treats placed in them just before the big day! I will be adding small embelishments to the bags so as to tie them in with the theme. I will do this when the magnets are done.
Dave has got his suit. He modeled his jacket for me the other day and he looked spunky! We need to sort out the ties for the groom and the best man, and their cufflinks.
Emma and I have our hair trial on the 31st of March which just happens to be the same day as the hen's night. We will have awesome hair when we hit the town!
Dave, Rob and Ken have been busily planning the buck's night. I don't know much about it but they had a meeting yesterday whilst enjoying Grill'd for lunch and as far as I know, things are starting to roll. The buck's night is on the 24th of March (same day as Emma's baby shower!)
So it is all systems go and I am getting more and more excited each day!!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
RSVP Time!
The invitations have been sent!! I popped them into the mailbox on my way to work yesterday. We have had a couple of RSVPs already. We are doing all the RSVPing via the website seeing that every single person we sent an invite to more or less has a facebook account they use on a regular basis! Why not roll with the times eh?
All the loose ends are starting to be tied up and the organisation of the buck's night and the hen's night are well underway. Rob, the best man, and Dave, are in the process of organising the buck's night (a trip to Sydney to see naked chicks in bars apparently!) and the lovely Emma is currently organising my hen's night, which I am very much looking forward to!
In a way I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed by all the things that still need to happen. Two months is not a long time and it will be here before we know it. This week we are focusing on paying off the smaller items so we don't have to worry about them closer to the date. I am also finishing off a bunch of craft items. I am still working on correcting that mistake I mentioned in my last post - almost there though... only a couple more to go and then I can move onto the next stage of that particular project.
Oh and here is another sneak peek! I put this up on facebook yesterday as part of my #febphotoaday thingy... I've made over 60 of these and they will serve a particular purpose at the reception!
I am also racking my brain over things I may have forgotten. I am going to make a list of stuff that has been done and if you can clearly see something I have missed or want to suggest something you think is a good idea, leave a comment!!
All the loose ends are starting to be tied up and the organisation of the buck's night and the hen's night are well underway. Rob, the best man, and Dave, are in the process of organising the buck's night (a trip to Sydney to see naked chicks in bars apparently!) and the lovely Emma is currently organising my hen's night, which I am very much looking forward to!
In a way I am starting to feel a little overwhelmed by all the things that still need to happen. Two months is not a long time and it will be here before we know it. This week we are focusing on paying off the smaller items so we don't have to worry about them closer to the date. I am also finishing off a bunch of craft items. I am still working on correcting that mistake I mentioned in my last post - almost there though... only a couple more to go and then I can move onto the next stage of that particular project.
Oh and here is another sneak peek! I put this up on facebook yesterday as part of my #febphotoaday thingy... I've made over 60 of these and they will serve a particular purpose at the reception!
I am also racking my brain over things I may have forgotten. I am going to make a list of stuff that has been done and if you can clearly see something I have missed or want to suggest something you think is a good idea, leave a comment!!
- Dress for me and suit for Dave sorted. Just need the ties for the boys.
- My hair, makeup, shoes, underware and jewellery are sorted.
- Ceremony location, decorations and chairs booked and confirmed.
- Photographer arranged (actually, the photographer was the first thing sorted after we got engaged seeing that she was there when Dave proposed - Thanks Emma!! And yes she is my bridesmaid too... go the multitasking!)
- Celebrant booked, just need to meet with her to finalise paperwork (mental note to ask Dave to email her)
- Cake booked - just need to confirm some specific details closer to the date (the reason why will become apparent at the reception!)
- Reception venue sorted - must email them and make an appointment to finalise the menu, drinks, and a few other bits and pieces.
- Decorations are well on their way to being finished. Chair covers and napkins for reception have been booked.
- Bird cage which will act as a wishing well has been arranged, and also a pin board for the seating arrangements.
- MC arranged (thanks Rebecca)
- Music at the reception is being sorted (this is Dave's domain!)
- Wedding night accomodation sorted.
- Car sorted (using Dave's car coz it's awesome!)
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Bits and Bobs
The wedding has taken a little bit of a back seat this past week as I returned to work for 2012. I am rather excited about being back and am very much looking forward to tomorrow as it is our first day with students.
It was 11 weeks yesterday until the big day. The countdown is going to be really easy from here on in... 10 weeks in the school term and I get married on the first day of the school holidays! I feel sorry for my students as I am sure I am going to mention this fact to them numerous times over the coming weeks!
I had my calico dress fitting yesterday! I saw it hanging on the wall and said to Anita that it looked like a robe you might wear in a church! I also told her that I could see where she was going with the design!
I put it on and wow! That's all I'll say! Wow!
In about a month I'll be trying on the real thing! YAY!
The invitations arrived a while back! I want to mail them out on Valentines Day as it will be exactly 2 months to the wedding. Must start working on putting names on each of them...
I am fairly certain everything else is more or less organised. I just need to book Emma and I in for hair and makeup trials, and the lovely Glenda at work said I could borrow some miscellaneous items from her daughter, things like the wishing well, etc. Just got to finish the craft items... (I may have made a mistake in quite a few of the magnets and may have had to unpick about 80% of them and redo them. I may have also changed my mind about some of the colour being used and may be in the process of unpicking another area of the magnet and redoing it in a better colour... yes, I am pedantic and Dave just shakes his head at me!!)
It was 11 weeks yesterday until the big day. The countdown is going to be really easy from here on in... 10 weeks in the school term and I get married on the first day of the school holidays! I feel sorry for my students as I am sure I am going to mention this fact to them numerous times over the coming weeks!
I had my calico dress fitting yesterday! I saw it hanging on the wall and said to Anita that it looked like a robe you might wear in a church! I also told her that I could see where she was going with the design!
I put it on and wow! That's all I'll say! Wow!
In about a month I'll be trying on the real thing! YAY!
The invitations arrived a while back! I want to mail them out on Valentines Day as it will be exactly 2 months to the wedding. Must start working on putting names on each of them...
I am fairly certain everything else is more or less organised. I just need to book Emma and I in for hair and makeup trials, and the lovely Glenda at work said I could borrow some miscellaneous items from her daughter, things like the wishing well, etc. Just got to finish the craft items... (I may have made a mistake in quite a few of the magnets and may have had to unpick about 80% of them and redo them. I may have also changed my mind about some of the colour being used and may be in the process of unpicking another area of the magnet and redoing it in a better colour... yes, I am pedantic and Dave just shakes his head at me!!)
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