This weekend, we traveled up to Maryland for Thanksgiving and got a bunch of wedding stuff done! On Friday morning, I went to do my trial hair styling. We tried a few different things, and we decided to go with a very simple, but pretty, style. My hair will be blown dry straight, and will be part up and part down (just a top layer up, and the rest down). I LOVE my hair straight, so I'm excited!
Later, on Friday afternoon, we went to the Bolger Center to do our final menu tasting. You may remember I wrote earlier about how they screwed up our first tasting, and we didn't get to taste everything we wanted to, so we had to schedule this second tasting. Since then, my mom got fed up with our contact person's lack of communication, and switched to a new contact person, Debbie. We met Debbie for the first time when we arrived at this tasting. She's a bit dryer and more abrupt than our old contact person, but she seems much more together, and according to my mom, she's a much better communicator. We tasted a few more delicious dishes, and made our final menu choices! We will be offering three entrees: filet mignon, sea bass (which is absolutely amazing), and butternut squash ravioli (vegetarian entree, which in MY opinion was even BETTER than the sea bass! I was initially going to get the fish entree, but now I think I am going to get the ravioli! I don't even like squash, and I loved it, so that should tell you something about how good it is!). There's also a yummy field greens salad, and our appetizers will be coconut chicken, crab cakes (hey, it's in Maryland, this is a requirement! lol), lamb skewers, and a really delicious brie & cranberry pocket thingy. Everything is really tasty, and I am very excited about that!
At Thanksgiving dinner with my family on Thursday, we also firmed up plans with my aunt for my bridal shower, which will be in Maryland the Sunday of Presidents Day weekend in February. We were originally going to do it on Saturday, but my cousin has a poms competition that day, so instead, everyone will come into town for the weekend, we'll all go to her competition on Saturday, and the shower on Sunday! It's going to be a traditional "all-girls" shower, so that should be interesting.
I also got my veil this morning! When we got back last night, there was a package slip in our mailbox, so I went to the leasing office and picked up TWO packages - one was a bunch of books my mom got me for my birthday/Hanukkah, and the other was my veil! It's exactly what I expected, very simple and pretty, and a perfect length! I haven't tried it on with my dress yet, but that's what fittings are for, right? As I mentioned in my last post (I think...), I ordered my veil from Etsy, and I couldn't be happier with that choice. The same veil in a store cost about $250, and I got it for under $50! I highly recommend Etsy, and especially "simplebeautyveils", the seller I bought the veil from.
That's about all for now. Next big step is invitations - I will be working on that this week, and hopefully we'll have our final order in in the next couple of weeks! We're sending out the invitations in January, so I'm starting to get excited about that.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Engagement Party #2, and a few more checks
My parents came into town this weekend for our Atlanta engagement party, which I'll get into in a few minutes. Naturally, since they were here, we got a few more wedding planning things done, too.
My parents arrived on Friday night. We picked them up at the airport, then they went to their hotel and we all went to bed. Saturday morning, we got up bright and early and headed out around 10 am. First we went to Men's Wearhouse, where we figured out tuxes for the groomsmen and Marcus got fitted for his tux. The groomsmen are going to have blue (matching the bridesmaids' dress color) vests and ties, and Marcus will have a white vest and black tie.
Next we headed out to shop for veils. I had already found one that I really liked online (on Etsy, which is an amazing website - if you've never seen it, check it out!), but my mom insisted that I needed to go try on a few veils in person first so that I knew what I wanted. The first place we went was Bridals by Lori, which had been recommended by several people on the Atlanta boards on The Knot. Apparently this store is featured on Say Yes to the Dress, so it was fairly busy, but we were able to get good service. The store was ridiculously huge (THREE floors!), but we found our way to the veils department, and started looking around ourselves. Eventually, a salesperson noticed us and sent one of the managers over to help us. I tried on a couple of veils, and my mom quickly realized that I already knew what I wanted. The veil I liked at this store would have cost about $250, and the one I found on Etsy costs about $40...so my mom agreed that getting it online was the way to go!
We stopped for a nice lunch, then decided that we didn't really need to go to the second bridal shop we had planned on, since we had already pretty much figured out the veil thing. So instead, we went back to our apartment, where we spent several hours working on some smaller wedding items, including programs, reception music checklist for the DJ, a photo list for the photographer, and the guest list for my bridal shower. Then Marcus and I got changed, and we headed to the hotel so my parents could change for the party.
The engagement party was at Marcus's aunt and uncle's house, and it was for Marcus's GA family - the Atlanta and Savannah contingents. I had met most of them before, but not all, so it was fun to meet some more of his Savannah family! And my parents were meeting most of them for the first time, so that was fun too. His family and my family are so similar, it's a little scary! They're both loud, fun, and CRAZY! Our wedding reception is going to be insane (in a good way!)! Anyway, we ate lots of yummy food, talked a lot, and opened more gifts - including our food processor, which I am SO excited about! It was a great party, Marcus's aunts (the planning committee) did a great job! So, two engagement parties down, one to go (which will be in Florida in December, for Marcus's FL family).
On Sunday, we went to an early brunch with my parents, Marcus's aunt, and one of our friends. Then we came back to the apartment and hung out watching a couple of Marcus's home videos before taking my parents to the airport for their flight home. It was a good visit, both productive and fun/relaxing (for once).
Another thing I've been working on lately - my bridal shower! My crazy Aunt Jenny finally emailed me to start planning it. Right now we're looking at Presidents Day weekend, and this will be a traditional "girls only" shower. I emailed her a preliminary guest list complete with addresses, so we'll see how the planning goes. I'm a little scared, honestly, my aunts are nuts, so I'm kind of expecting anything and everything at this shower, haha. It should be fun, though, so I'm excited.
Next on the wedding planning docket: Thanksgiving weekend! We will be traveling up to Maryland for Thanksgiving, and have several big things on the agenda, including our (hopefully) final menu tasting, which should allow us to finalize and order our invitations! Stay tuned!
My parents arrived on Friday night. We picked them up at the airport, then they went to their hotel and we all went to bed. Saturday morning, we got up bright and early and headed out around 10 am. First we went to Men's Wearhouse, where we figured out tuxes for the groomsmen and Marcus got fitted for his tux. The groomsmen are going to have blue (matching the bridesmaids' dress color) vests and ties, and Marcus will have a white vest and black tie.
Next we headed out to shop for veils. I had already found one that I really liked online (on Etsy, which is an amazing website - if you've never seen it, check it out!), but my mom insisted that I needed to go try on a few veils in person first so that I knew what I wanted. The first place we went was Bridals by Lori, which had been recommended by several people on the Atlanta boards on The Knot. Apparently this store is featured on Say Yes to the Dress, so it was fairly busy, but we were able to get good service. The store was ridiculously huge (THREE floors!), but we found our way to the veils department, and started looking around ourselves. Eventually, a salesperson noticed us and sent one of the managers over to help us. I tried on a couple of veils, and my mom quickly realized that I already knew what I wanted. The veil I liked at this store would have cost about $250, and the one I found on Etsy costs about $40...so my mom agreed that getting it online was the way to go!
We stopped for a nice lunch, then decided that we didn't really need to go to the second bridal shop we had planned on, since we had already pretty much figured out the veil thing. So instead, we went back to our apartment, where we spent several hours working on some smaller wedding items, including programs, reception music checklist for the DJ, a photo list for the photographer, and the guest list for my bridal shower. Then Marcus and I got changed, and we headed to the hotel so my parents could change for the party.
The engagement party was at Marcus's aunt and uncle's house, and it was for Marcus's GA family - the Atlanta and Savannah contingents. I had met most of them before, but not all, so it was fun to meet some more of his Savannah family! And my parents were meeting most of them for the first time, so that was fun too. His family and my family are so similar, it's a little scary! They're both loud, fun, and CRAZY! Our wedding reception is going to be insane (in a good way!)! Anyway, we ate lots of yummy food, talked a lot, and opened more gifts - including our food processor, which I am SO excited about! It was a great party, Marcus's aunts (the planning committee) did a great job! So, two engagement parties down, one to go (which will be in Florida in December, for Marcus's FL family).
On Sunday, we went to an early brunch with my parents, Marcus's aunt, and one of our friends. Then we came back to the apartment and hung out watching a couple of Marcus's home videos before taking my parents to the airport for their flight home. It was a good visit, both productive and fun/relaxing (for once).
Another thing I've been working on lately - my bridal shower! My crazy Aunt Jenny finally emailed me to start planning it. Right now we're looking at Presidents Day weekend, and this will be a traditional "girls only" shower. I emailed her a preliminary guest list complete with addresses, so we'll see how the planning goes. I'm a little scared, honestly, my aunts are nuts, so I'm kind of expecting anything and everything at this shower, haha. It should be fun, though, so I'm excited.
Next on the wedding planning docket: Thanksgiving weekend! We will be traveling up to Maryland for Thanksgiving, and have several big things on the agenda, including our (hopefully) final menu tasting, which should allow us to finalize and order our invitations! Stay tuned!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
