Checking things off the list

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• FI booked the trasportation. Haha, we're getting an Escalade because my dress is so darn big.
• Finalized our vows and sent the final version of our ceremony to our officiant
• Finalized everything with our DJ - we finally spoke with him after he ditched us a week earlier
• We met with Milla, our venue coordinator and gave her the final headcount and a boat load of money.
• I went out with our day of coordinator (DOC) Michelle for dinner on Friday and went through the final details. Thanks Michelle! (I couldn't ask for a more organized person to make sure everything is done on Saturday - haha, besides myself).

But we still have a lot to do!

• Get our marriage license (yeah, that's biggie!)
• Clean my jewelry
• Pick up my dress!
• Press FI's shirt and polish his shoes
• Wrap the rest of the presents (officiant, reader, FI)
• Finalize the seating chart. This is giving me the biggest headache!

Always Ask for a Discount

Pin It now! i bought envelopes from crane & co., and asked if they give discounts for rockefeller group tenants (i work in the mcgraw hill building). at first she said no, but then she gave me a 10% discount. love it!! i'm all about not paying full price for anything. wherever you are, try to get a discount - ask if they give corporate discounts for employees of your company or for employees of your building. if you're a student, most of the times, they'll be student discounts. you could just plain out ask for one for no reason - just say you're getting married and planning a wedding. most of the time it works. the worst that could happen is you pay full price.

You Are Here - 53 days

Pin It now! where are we...we're 53 days away!

that means finishing up all the planning and being good and blogging about it. i've been pretty bad about posting every day which i really wanted to do. only 53 more days to do it!

You're Invited - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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our invitations are out! i took them to the post office on friday and they are out of my hands. good riddance! i love love love how they came out, but they were a labor of love with lots of mistakes, frustration, and lessons learned along the way.

if i were to do it again....

1. i wouldn't buy a printer just b/c one person on a wedding website loved it and swore by it. do your homework! make sure you on can print any size paper and on any size envelope. a photo printer does not equal a better printer.

2. now i know kinko's can cut paper to any size and will charge you by the CUT, not by each piece of paper you cut.

3. thicker envelopes don't mean they're better. sometimes they mean you won't be able to print on them

4. family will always be there for you....to create a beautiful design and invitation concept; to help you cut, glue, and seal; to use their work printer until it was on its last legs to make sure all the envelopes were properly printed.

5. start early. changes will me made (esp. at the last minute when fi suddenly decides the wording isn't what it should be). delays with delivery will happen. things will always take longer than you think. the post office doesn't have enough stamps (for real!).

6. you can create something beautiful from scratch and on your own without burning a whole through your wallet. you just need inspiration, patience, time, support, a kitchen table and a big glass of wine.