It's been both busy and relaxing the past couple of weeks. Christmas is on it's way, so I've been busy decorating and shopping and trying to immerse myself in the holiday spirit. All while trying to spend as little money as possible, of course, which brings me to the topic of wedding invitations.
Wedding invitations have been stressing me out for months. I've been trying to find some place to get them that didn't cost us an arm and a leg a process that ended up being incredibly daunting. After being pushed by a friend to check out psprint.com for a second time, I allowed myself to have an open mind about it and do a little more research on the site before getting too frustrated. I did and after coming to terms with the fact that my invitations will be a little bit larger than typical wedding invitation size, I decided it was worth it. They were having a 60% off sale that was over in a weeks time, so my window of opportunity was small. Tim and I sat down two nights after I decided to go with them and we designed our invitations. I was so, so happy with them, not to mention the fact that we saved well over $400!
I'll provide you with a little sneak peak!
I also compiled the (for the most part) final guest list. It's come to about 204 people! Yikes! We ordered our favors in, too. It was suggested that I show them to my family so that I don't cause a fit of hysterics at the wedding, but I don't think I really want to do that. We'll see.
A few other things I'm struggling with with the wedding:
- Ceremony or full on Catholic mass. Tim and I really would prefer a simple Catholic ceremony, no Eucharist. I know our families would rather a full on Catholic mass, but I just don't feel like it's right for us. This is probably the one thing that I really have pretty strong feelings about, but I know that family will have rather strong feelings about as well. Not too sure which way we're going to go here.
- We need a way to transport our guests from the hotel to the reception and from the reception to the ceremony. The hotel doesn't offer a shuttle (fail!) but they gave us the name and number of a limo company to try. I am also going to ask the MiL to ask the limo company she booked for the parents/grandparents and see if they offer it and how much it would cost to add it on.
I've heard rumors that my wedding shower is in March. I don't know if this is true, or if this is my mom's way of throwing me off. She's good at that. Either way, knowing makes me so excited. March makes is so much closer than May! I am really stoked to get past this waiting stage and get things moving!
There are still a number of things I have to get finished before the wedding things start.
- I need to lose some weight. I'm hoping like 10-15 lbs by March. I definitely think this is doable, especially with such motivation.
- I need to order bubbles for after the ceremony. I don't want to get these too early and have them dry out and be completely useless.
- I need to order our guest book. I am doing a photo book with pictures of us in it and providing a few Sharpies for people to sign it. Right now the last pictures I have are us at Halloween, so I need to wait until I can fill it up into springtime. It is in the works, though!
- I need to get my shoes and my veil for the wedding.
- I want to get highlights in my hair. I was looking at pictures of me on Facebook and I definitely love how I look with highlights, so this is something I'd really like to do, for me.
- I would also like a dress to wear for the rehearsal dinner.
- Gotta find a place to actually hold the rehearsal dinner...
- And obviously I need to find a cute outfit for my bacholorette party. Whatever that's going to be. I haven't heard a single word about that yet. Eep!
Those are my main points right now. The things I need to focus on regarding the wedding. Anyone have any thoughts/suggestions for any of my issues?
On another note, since I am going to start my diet (again) in January, I need to start cooking right again. Not only that, I could tell Tim was getting frustrated with me for not cooking nice dinners. Last night I tried a pasta with broccoli and an onion sauce. It smelled a lot worse than it tasted, actually. I wasn't too disappointed.
That's about it for now. I'm starting to get antsy and feeling a little artsy again, so maybe you'll be getting more posts or art and cooking and hopefully some wedding updates!
