Courtney & Darrell's (Princess110607) Planning Journal - Marriage License ?

[princess110607]

my fiance has two daughters who we are incorporating into the wedding. They are both so excited though we have not yet told them WHERE it is going to be. I am afraid for our sanity to tell them now! haha! It is really awesome that your daughter is so accepting and wants to do something sweet for you like sing. High School Musical would be a good tie-in!

They are going to be super excited when they find out! First I told my daughter that I was engaged then I told her where....she was so excited that she didn't want to talk anymore...she just wanted to call everybody and tell them When we went to Disney last year she didn't know that we were going until we were at the airport! The look on her face was priceless!

Love reading all your planning info. Your flowers are beautiful. I can't believe they are not real. I also love the way you and your daughter have matching gowns. Everything sounds like it's working our great.

Linda

Thanks for the compliments I'll post a pic soon of my finished flowers. I'm very pleased with how they are shaping up.

 

[princess110607]

I know it's been forever since I last posted! I think my PJ should pick up now that the planning session is over with and things are rolling full course.

Latest update is that we got our BEO. ACK It's not too far off...but just looknig at the number..geez...lots of mula! The thing that I am having the hardest time justifying is the cake. $800 smack-a-roos for a cake! And we are only having 18 people attend the wedding. Does this sound right? I'm going to email Carol to see what other options we have.

Other then that the BEO looks ok. We still haven't gotten our floral part back...but hopefully that won't be too high b/c we kind of stayed low on that stuff.

Let's see what else....we bought our airline tickets last night....i ordered my MOH gift...i'm still having "issues" with his mom...i set up my alteration appt...and this weekend I'm dedicating all my time to the wedding. I packed up my car last night full of DIY wedding stuff to work on over DF's house this weekend.

Oh one last thing...here's two pics of a trial run of my flowers and the bouts:

 

[orangetiggs]

everything looks great, if you dont mind me asking how much is your wedding coming too??

 

[princess110607]

Our BEO (excluding floral) is about $14000. That doesn't include floral, photography, or any non-disney stuff!

BUT...we are having cindy's coach, a dj, dessert party, and 2 characters...so that racks up.

 

[orangetiggs]

Thanks, we are not haveing a dj or characters so I'm hoping ours will come out around the $10k min really. Thats what I'm hoping but we cant plan anything till we have a contract!! 2 months to go!

 

[oneyodafan]

Your flowers are gorgeous! I love all your planning!

 

[princess110607]

Yay!!! I have some exciting news I haven't talked about it much on here b/c honestly its been a stressful topic...but I have to tell someone and since I can't tell my family yet...I thought of you all!

DF and I have been contemplating on where to live once we're married. We basically had 3 choices....his house, my house, or a new house. We went and looked at some houses. Nothing really struck our eyes for the money wanted. We found that it was also very stressful to look for a house...and to have the wedding stress and house stress..it just wasn't going to work right now. So we decided that we should make a decision btwn my house and his.

To make a long story short we have been seriously discussing this for about 2 or 3 months. A few weeks ago I pretty much told him that this decision is going to be in his hands. Not that it shouldn't be our decision...but given the fact that I'm more flexible with things and can adapt to change better....I thought he needed to make an honest decision about this.

So he thought and thought....and finally last friday night he told me his decision. We went to dinner at our favorite wing spot....Rocky Run. He pretty much drove me NUTS beforehand. He didn't drive me nuts b/c I had to wait to here his response...he drove me nuts b/c he was worse then a girl picking out his outfit! We got to the restaurant and we actually turned around and went home so he could change his shorts !! I tell ya...he's a handful!

So anyways....we get back to the restaurant and eat our wings. FINALLY we start talking about the house. Leading up to this I had a pretty good feeling that he was leaning towards my house...but it wouldn't be the first time he'd change his mind. He starts talking very negative about my house. So of course I'm going oh gosh here we go again. He asks my opinion on what I think we should do...and I calmly tell him that I don't have anything else to say and that he knows how I feel (inside I'm about to scream!). He then says he has to go to the bathroom. A few mins later the waitress come over with an envelope that says "Sweetie" on it. Inside there was a sweet little paragraph saying how he has decided we should live in my house!

After that he comes back...I give him hugs & kisses...and then he pulls out his long list of why he chose my house. My favorite was: After all Courtney does for me I know this decision would make her happy .

 

[lurkyloo]

Congratulations!!!

I am going through something very similar at the moment - DF will move into my house temporarily, but he really wants to get a new place and I don't - so I know how excited you must be. What a great guy you have!

 

[princess110607]

Thanks lurkyloo! Making a house decision can be sooo stressful and is a BIG decision. I can see why your DF would want a new place...you know to start your new life together...but you also have to look at all the circumstances...look at the big picture. Good luck...I'm sure you'll reach a happy decision!

 

[princess110607]

It's been awhile...hasn't it? I've been without a camera for a few months so I haven't updated my PJ. I don't want to bore you all with just words....hopefully I can update this soon!

My question for now is...I'm less then 3 months out...I should be applying for our marriage license right? This is the site is the application I found on the boards: http://199.241.8.125/index.cfm?FuseA...eStore_id=2953 . Is that right? So I send this in...wait to here back...and then send then info back in to them and then finally get my paperwork/license?

Thanks girls

 

[lpizzuro123]

Love the picture in your signature. The dress is beautiful. Where did you have your photos done?

Linda

 

[princess110607]

Love the picture in your signature. The dress is beautiful. Where did you have your photos done?

Linda

Thank you! Randy took our pics near the Grand Floridian

 

[Tabetha]

I would do it now - since the form is good for 60 days, and it'll take some time to process the back and forth stuff...