Avery and Andy's Crazy Adventure--3/27/2011 ***SNEEK PEEKS***

[Princess85]

So Kristi just called and the carriage isn't available for my wedding!!!!!! Oh. My. God. It is the ONLY reason I got sold on having a Disney wedding. And now my options are change the date or don't have the ponies. I called Andy almost in tears saying I couldn't have the ponies and that was not a good enough option for him. He told me to do whatever I had to make sure I get everything I want. So we decided to look in Sunday, March 27th. It doesn't apparently change our minimums at all but I know my Grandma won't be happy with the idea of a Sunday wedding. I managed to get ahold of Darcy in time as our invites were suposed to be printed today and thankfully she hadn't started them yet. Now on pins and needles waiting for Kristi to call me back and confirm. My wedding is only 5 months away and now there's more changes. AHHHHH!!!

 

[SheriBerry]

I just found your PJ and I love your plans so far! You're getting married the day before us! I may have to stalk your wedding (feel free to stalk mine as well) Good luck with the rest of your planning!

 

[Princess85]

I'm going to be a married lady in 5 months and 1 hour from now!!! And that means I move in 2 months today! I've been so busy making sure all our immigration stuff is in order, we have to go to Vancouver in 2 weeks for my fiancee visa interview! But thats not exciting wedding stuff and there's been alot going on in that front so I'll save the immigration talk!

So after having my freak out about our LOA and having to change the date, again, I can finally say March 27,2011 12pm. With ponies. If 3rd time isn't a charm for date changes I give up! So we got our agreement sent over on Monday and found out thankfully we don't need to put another $2,000 deposit down!! I've also decided since we have our invites, which thankfully hadn't been printed yet when we found out about the carriage, that we are going to skip sending out the save the dates again. Kristi is sending us about 5 with the updated information just for our safe keeping. I'm feeling that with at least 2 months off after the wedding, I'm going to create the world's greatest scrapbook so everything I can get for keepsakes the better!!

On another front, because of the immigration craziness, we decided to hire an officiant. The laws are just confusing about who can and cannot preform a ceremony and I can't risk the licence not being legal because I can't be in the country if it isn't!! So I sent Andy a link for the 4 I had narrowed it down to and I think we are leaning towards Rev. Jack Day. He just looks like the sweetest man and having the southern accent will be a nice nod to Andy's family. And I really like that we can pretty much write our own thing and he's good with it. I've been so hellbent on making this whole thing customized that its exhausting!! Nevermind trying to find 60 songs I want on a ipod for the reception. Goodness sakes.

So hopefully we will have our planner assigned to us very shortly, I'm freaking out because its only 5 months away and we don't have one!!! But I did print out another copy of the planning kit and have already started filling it out again just to make sure I'm ready as soon as we find out who it is!! And then it dawned on me the list of things I have to do in 5 months. Its a very very good thing immigration won't let me work for 3 months, I'm going to need it to make sure I get to make it everything I want!!!

 

[FutureMrs.B]

Well I'm glad to hear that everything is working out for you and especially that you were able to get your ponies. I hope that you'll hear from your planner soon and that everything with immigration goes smoothly.

 

[Princess85]

Immigration is crazy!!! I'm moving 2 hours south...only 1 of which is in the US. It shouldn't be so difficult!! But thank you for motivation!!

On another note, I figured as my present today I'd order some shoes. I am really hoping they are going to fit ( I have a size 11..gross I know) but I really hoping to be able to wear them for the wedding....

I feel like because they were such a steal, they're not going to be any good! But I chose overnight shipping so I will know really soon if I can rock them or not!! I need hot pink pumps. If anyone is in love with pink, its me and I really want to incorporate it somehow! And I will be switching to just married flip flops for the reception, or at least part of it!!

 

[FutureMrs.B]

Luv the shoes. I am a pink lady myself. I recently got my pink shoes as well. I really hope they fit and are comfy for at least a few hours. And I am right along with you as soon as we get to the reception bye my precious pink pumps hello comfy flip flops!

 

[Princess85]

I just have this idea in my head that I want the pink pumps for pretty much like 2 pictures. I just think they would pop so good on the dress. Expecially after being on here and seeing other girls get exactly what I want!!

So I am very excited because its the weekend of the Grand Wedding Showcase!! It takes place at 4 different hotels over 4 days and pretty much brings every vendor in thats any good. So Andy and I are going to lie and not tell anyone we're getting married at Disney and see what they come up with when we say "whimsical and mad hatter". I know its kinda sorta wrong but I need to see some ideas in real life and not just on the computer!! I will try and take lots of pics for inspiration! And in case anyone's wondering Andy is just so thrilled. I'm pretty sure if there wasn't free food and booze this wouldn't be happening!!!

 

[Princess85]

So I got a call on Friday from Diane, she called to let me know that she will again be my planner so it makes the transition fairly easy! However I did warn her that everything is different now!! So I narrowed my menus down to 5...yes it seems insane but I can't make up my mind and I am hoping price will be the deciding factor because they all sound so good!!!

Menu #1
Salad w/ 3 dressings
Canadian cheddar cheese soup
Parm crusted chicken
2 pepper rubbed beef with sweet onion sauce (carving station)
Mashed potatoes with prociutto and cheddar cheese
Pasta station with tomato basil and alfredo sauce

Menu #2
Tomatoes w/ mozza and basil, balsamic reduction
sweet & sour cuke salad
pasta salad
petit veggie medley
cheddar and bacon mashed potatoes
Beef bourgugnonne
Roasted turkey breast with cranberry
Assorted rolls and butter

Menu #3
Medley of field greens and herbs salad
Red skin potato salad with dill
pasta salad
Orzo pasta with fresh herbs and cheese
Roasted garlic ginger chicken
slow roasted strip loin
Assorted rolls and butter


Menu #4
Dilled cucumber salad
Medley of field greens
Pasta salad
Herb roasted pork loin
Crushed peppercorn strip loin
Potato and carmelized onion gratin
farfalle or penne pasta station (tomato basil, pesto or alfredo sauces)
focaccia bread

Menu #5
Medley of field freens
sauteed chicken with roasted garlic thyme demi
deep fried garlic infused turkey breast
tri-color tortellini tossed with juliene chicken breast with pesto sauce
grilled veggies
roasted potatoes with dill
assorted rolls and butter

So we'll see what she comes back with. On a side note, the shoes fit however they are 4 inches high so walking will be a challenge!!!

 

[redlight]

The menus all look delicious. I'd have a hard time deciding too. I'm not a heel wearer, and four inches sounds very high to me.

 

[daisygirl902]

Just joining in - I too had to have pink shoes - I found a pair very similar to yours, and was SO glad I chose them...

I love all of your plans so far - the bridesmaids dresses are amazing, and love all the bright colors...and the mad hatter theme is fantastic.

I had a caricature artist at my wedding in September and it was one of the highlights of the day - guests are still taking about how cool it was, and they all walked away with an amazing and unique favor...

If you are still under the minimum, consider adding the MK shoot - it was such a great experience, just the experience alone is worth it if you are Disney Fans! Plus the pictures are stunning...you really can't go wrong!

 

[Princess85]

Thank you! The pink shoes are awesome but like I said very high. I'm thinking I only want them for pictures anyways so I'll just switch over to flip flops for the reception. I really just want a picture of me sitting with the dress flowing everywhere and these hot pink shoes, I see it in my head perfectly!!

Saturday night we had been at the Grand Wedding Showcase all day (which was super fun) and decided to narrow down our first dance song. So I danced in the shoes!! Only problem is they pretty much put me and Andy's height and he wasn't too fond of that. But we danced to about 5 different versions of "Nothing Else Matters" and I'm pretty sure we picked the one we're going to dance to!! I don't know why but he won't budge on the song (I tried "Thank you for loving me" by Bon Jovi "Dance with me" by Johnny Reid "Shameless" by Garth Brooks etc. etc. etc.) So Metallica it is, its far more suited to us anyways.

I'm super pumped about the characturist! I think its going to be alot of fun and this way I don't have to worry about favors! I was working on our ceremony script last night! I sent it over to Andy to read but I have a feeling he's gonna think its too long/too mushy, so we'll see what he says!!

 

[Krysssyann]

I love your ideas so far! I am interested to see what you hear back about menu prices because it is similar to what I am looking to plan for my September wedding. Could you PM me the process you got for the options you listed?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your shoe choice! I will be donning shoes very similar to those and cannot wait!

Will keep checking back to see how your planning is going! Interested to see how it all unfolds....now to start my own PJ!

 

[Princess85]

I actually got the prices for the menus but I was too busy getting my fiancee visa!!!!!!!!!!! It took 11 hours and flying across the country but I am officially moving down to the states December 28th!! So super pumped!! Here's the prices for the menus...

Menu #1
Salad w/ 3 dressings
Canadian cheddar cheese soup
Parmesan crusted chicken
2 pepper rubbed beef with sweet onion sauce (carving station)
Mashed potatoes with prosciutto and cheddar cheese
Pasta station with tomato basil and Alfredo sauce

$68.00++

Menu #2
Tomatoes w/ mozzarella and basil, balsamic reduction
Sweet & sour cucumber salad
Pasta salad
Petit veggie medley
Cheddar and bacon mashed potatoes
Beef bourgugnonne
Roasted turkey breast with cranberry
Assorted rolls and butter

$63.00pp++

Menu #3
Medley of field greens and herbs salad
Red skin potato salad with dill
Pasta salad
Orzo pasta with fresh herbs and cheese
Roasted garlic ginger chicken
Slow roasted strip loin
Assorted rolls and butter
$67.00pp++

Menu #4
Dilled cucumber salad
Medley of field greens
Pasta salad
Herb roasted pork loin
Crushed peppercorn strip loin
Potato and caramelized onion gratin
farfalle or penne pasta station (tomato basil, pesto or alfredo sauces)
focaccia bread
$77.00pp++


Menu #5
Medley of field greens
Sautéed chicken with roasted garlic thyme demi
Deep fried Garlic infused turkey breast
Tri-color tortellini tossed with julienne chicken breast with pesto sauce
Grilled veggies
Roasted potatoes with dill
Assorted rolls and butter

$68.00pp++


But we were having a really hard time deciding so I send Diane one more...

Salad with 3 dressings
sauteed chicken with roasted garlic thyme demi
peppercorn beef with sweet onion sauce (carving station)
tri-colored tortellini pasta station (tomato basil or pesto sauce)
grilled veggies
roasted potatoes with dill
assorted rolls and butter

Its really just a mix of all five so we'll see what she comes back with. Its really easy to have them price out a menu, just tell your planner what you want and they will take the menu to the chef of the venue and they will price it out. It only took Diane 2 days to get back to me! We also had our planning session but I will write more about that later!!!

 

[Krysssyann]

Thanks for the quick response AND more importantly...

CONGRATS on being so close for moving down to the states!!

 

[Princess85]

So its been 4 days since our planning session and I gotta say I still feel so disappointed by it because we had to do it over the phone. I've been following the boards pretty much religiously and I am finding I am feeling really bad for myself that I didn't get to go down and see it all in person. Yes, we discussed the same things and yes, I have just as many options but that would be so much fun!!!! It just doesn't seem fair to me, I'm spoiled I know. But with having to go to the west coast for the fiancee visa, there was no money left for a trip down to FL.

It was a very productive meeting though and I'm having a hard time believing the wedding is a little over 4 months away. I'm still waiting for Diane to get back to me about that last menu so hopefully once I do we'll get a budget rather quickly. She said that's all she needs so the faster the better I say!! I'm so excited I only have 26 more days of work and then I am finally moving down to the states and then I can really throw myself into planning the little details. Or spend all day looking at everyone else's weddings!!!

 

[*Pixiedust1438*]

The menus all sound yummy, and actually I think are all very reasonably priced for what you are getting! I understand feeling sad about not getting to go down to Disney to do the PS, but in the end I think you will be happy you saved the money! You are getting really close.. only 4 months!

 

[Princess85]

So I am extremely frustrated today! I have been waiting for my BEO for 2 weeks and I FIANLLY got it today, after I was told I was going to have it at the beginning of last week and its all wrong. I have 25 people coming to the wedding, it says 30. I had a very specific menu, as you can see from my craziness on here about it, it was all wrong. I had requested beer and wine only, there was liquor. It was just like "Who's wedding is this because its not mine!!!"

I know that over the next 4 months there's going to be alot of BEO's and alot of revisions, but I need to make my first payment at the end of the month and I don't even know what I am budgeting for right now. I just wish there was some sort of idea because the way this looks the whole thing's gotta change. I supose I created this Bridezilla in me and I have to deal with her.

On a very good side note, its my bridal shower this weekend! My dad bought $200 of room nights off the registry for me and claimed it was from my stepmom, that daddy he's so sweet! He also tried to buy the ears but I couldn't find the grooms one on the website to save my life! We're going to have to get that all sorted out! ALSO, I move in 27 days. This means I have 14 work days left for the next 6 months and then its really time to have some fun with this. I didn't think I was going to be able to hit my budget with the small amount of time left so my dad said a couple days ago "You've been busting your a$$ saving money for the wedding so whatever you can't save, give me a number and I will take care of it" Thank goodness. I would have been choked if at the end of all this I actually had to pay for the whole thing all alone. I gotta at least have someone buy my ponies for me right?!?!

 

[pixie921]

So I am extremely frustrated today! I have been waiting for my BEO for 2 weeks and I FIANLLY got it today, after I was told I was going to have it at the beginning of last week and its all wrong. I have 25 people coming to the wedding, it says 30. I had a very specific menu, as you can see from my craziness on here about it, it was all wrong. I had requested beer and wine only, there was liquor. It was just like "Who's wedding is this because its not mine!!!"

I know that over the next 4 months there's going to be alot of BEO's and alot of revisions, but I need to make my first payment at the end of the month and I don't even know what I am budgeting for right now. I just wish there was some sort of idea because the way this looks the whole thing's gotta change. I supose I created this Bridezilla in me and I have to deal with her.

On a very good side note, its my bridal shower this weekend! My dad bought $200 of room nights off the registry for me and claimed it was from my stepmom, that daddy he's so sweet! He also tried to buy the ears but I couldn't find the grooms one on the website to save my life! We're going to have to get that all sorted out! ALSO, I move in 27 days. This means I have 14 work days left for the next 6 months and then its really time to have some fun with this. I didn't think I was going to be able to hit my budget with the small amount of time left so my dad said a couple days ago "You've been busting your a$$ saving money for the wedding so whatever you can't save, give me a number and I will take care of it" Thank goodness. I would have been choked if at the end of all this I actually had to pay for the whole thing all alone. I gotta at least have someone buy my ponies for me right?!?!

I'm so sorry to hear that your BEO is all wrong! I can't imagine what's up with that? Did you call your planner to ask what happened?

Hope you relax and enjoy your bridal shower. And how nice of your dad to be so willing to help you take care of things.

 

[BriarRose Bride]

Hey sugar, just joining in. Everything looks great! No worries, I am a fellow size 11 shoe gal, the pink shoes are gorgeous! I have a couple a pairs from the same brand, mostly mary janes, some are comfy and the others I had to get rid of, so I am keeping my fingers crossed for you that those are comfy!

I that you are using Metallica too, we are actually having the strings play Nothing Else Matters at the ceremony and it is something I won't budge on. I know it will be wonderful as a first dance too!!

I am subscribing to your thread, can't wait to read more!!

 

[Princess85]

I sent an email to Diane with all the changes but I have yet to hear anything back. I supose that doesn't really surpise me though. Hopefully it will sometime in the next week....

I've now started going back and forth on the logistics of the day, mostly surrounding "Nothing Else Matters" as weird as that sounds! We have the guitarist for the ceremony and for the cocktail hour and then we were going to switch over to the Ipod (which is something that wasn't even listed of BEO after we talked about it....) but I really think that it would sound better with the guitarist so I am thinking I am going to make the cocktail hour a half hour so he will still be there to play our first dance. Or I might walk down the aisle to it. Andy said we should just make the whole reception revolve around Metallica, but not too sure everyone would appriciate that!! But my sweet old grandparents are going to sit and talk about this beauitiful song on guitar and have NO idea who it is!! I'm going to make myself crazy if I keep this up!!