** Kat & Pauls Wishes Wedding 3.8.11 WG/AG/DP @ UK Lochside **

[KitKat5]

That's pretty! I wouldn't let him touch it lol. I've lost many glasses to a clumsy DF.

they're all the same eh?!

I just caught up with your PJ--- and I just LOVE your tea party. I'm in love with it. Can I come?!

Also, your DF proposed during Wishes--- that's when mine WANTED to propose, and was GOING to propose, until about the week before when I casually mentioned how upset I was that Wishes was being replaced for the summer! He about had a heart attack.

Thanks! I cannot wait for the tea party! Its going to be so much fun!! The more the merrier!!

I have to say...DF proposing during Wishes was not what I expected at all!! Im actually not a huge fan of fireworks, pretty as they are, they are far too loud for me! Saying that though I wouldnt change the way he did it for the world (well I wouldn't of minded him getting down on one knee, and he says he wanted me to cry, tears of happiness of course! ) It was lovely and romantic and totally caught me off guard! It's a shame your DF couldnt propose during Wishes but he did do it in such a lovely way! And to have pics of the actual moment I just think is the best!!

 

[KitKat5]

This evening I went to Debenhams (a department store) and registered for wedding gifts and oh my god...it was sooo much fun!! I went with my mum as DF wasn't loving the idea of registering! To be honest...I don't care if we get gifts or not but if people want to buy us something I'd at least like it to be something we actually want!

It didn't take long and we managed to ring up nearly £2000 worth of stuff for the house! I figured I might aswell scan everything we like/want and let people decide if/what they want to buy us. I even got a free bottle of wine! Woo! We registered for everything from towels, to plates and bowls and breadmakers...I'm kind of excited to see what we get (if anything) It'll be like Christmas in the middle of the year!!

Today in the post I also got the self laminating luggage tags I bought off ebay, although I did only get 5 when I ordered 10 so I must chase that up! They came with boring old white paper so I'm going to ditch that and use some bright coloured paper and put black Mickey heads with guests names on them on one side and their details (probably just surname and contact number) on the other side so they can use them on their luggage for the holiday!

I'm still waiting for the Mickey hole punch but it's coming from the states so I know it's going to take a while to get here but I'm just so excited I can't wait!!

DF's also on a roll and started ticking things off his to do list! Well done him! I'm still waiting for him to arrange car hire...hopefully he'll do that soon! We don't have long left after all!!

 

[BecBennett]

I really wanted to register, it looks like so much fun! Unfortunately there's no where to register in my city so I just did the Disney one. Like you though, I'm not expecting anything. I gave up on the vision of thousands of beautiful gifts piled high when I decided on a small destination wedding

 

[KitKat5]

I really wanted to register, it looks like so much fun! Unfortunately there's no where to register in my city so I just did the Disney one. Like you though, I'm not expecting anything. I gave up on the vision of thousands of beautiful gifts piled high when I decided on a small destination wedding

Oh that's a shame...it really was such a great experience and me and my mum had sooo much fun!

You just reminded me actually...I registered with Disney too and havent heard anything from them! I'll have to look into that!

I've told all the people coming to the wedding that we dont want presents...we're just over the moon they are coming to the wedding! Some people who are coming to our at home reception in May have been in touch asking what we want so now they'll have a big list of things to pick from!!

 

[KitKat5]

In all my excitement yesterday i forgot to tell you about some exciting news my parents gave us yesterday!

Seeing as our wedding trip is also their holiday they decided they wanted to get away from everyone for a while and decided they'd try and get into BLT for a few days. Well instead of just booking themselves in they booked a 2 bed apartement so all of us can go!! And our room has a castle view too! Super excited!! The plan is to check in early and hang out by the pool for the day and then cook dinner in our room, maybe get a baby sitter so we can go to the bar for a few drinks and then come back to our room and watch Wishes from our balcony!

We're doing some serious hotel hopping this holiday and I'm really excited about it! We're starting at the BCV on the 7th and 8th and then moving onto AKL CL for 9th and 10th and then back to the villa in Kissimmee for a few days before heading to BLT on the 18th and the Contemporary on the 19th and then back to the villa until we fly home! Although it's kind of a pain to keep packing and unpacking it's so going to be worth it as we dont know when we'll be going back to Florida so we want to do as much as we can!

My sister has also picked out her MOH dress. It's from Davids Bridal and I think it's perfect for her! I think it's the kind of dress she could wear again as it doesn't look too 'bridesmaidy'. Just need to sort out her shoes now!

Speaking of shoes...I need to find some too! I've totally gone off my original ones!!

My previous MOH is currently planning my hen night, due to take place 19th February...I don't know what we're doing, it's a surprise, but I'm really looking forward to it and I'll be sure to post photos of the night! Another excuse to go shopping! yay!

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Yay Kat you will love BLT!!! It is one of my DVC homes and I think it is lovely!! Be sure to check out the Top of the World Lounge for a great view of the fireworks!!

 

[KitKat5]

Yay Kat you will love BLT!!! It is one of my DVC homes and I think it is lovely!! Be sure to check out the Top of the World Lounge for a great view of the fireworks!!

I cant wait!! I think it looks fab so I can't wait to actually get to stay there! I will be sure to check out the Top of the World Lounge too!!

 

[KitKat5]

I am shattered! I went to zumba this evening after work, for the first time, with my sister. It was sooo much fun but it really tired me out! But I'm going to stick with it!!

I got an email from Warren today too. Floral is now all sorted but we're going to remove some things from the reception table as I started thinking there was too much, so I guess it's not totally all sorted! DF was really happy about the thought of saving some money, even if it's just a little bit. But shame for him, Warren sent me some pictures of things I could include at the tea party! Super excited! I want it all!! But DF said no so I have to pick! Help! Here's what he sent me...

I love these lanterns and I'm pretty sure I'm going to include them!

I think I'm steering towards the place cards too? But I'm not sure?! The queen of heart lollipop is cool too! Too many decisions!!

DF also got his test results back and the doctor said they were 'satisfactory' which I still don't think sounds great but they dont want to pursue it so I guess that's all good! We celebrated by having chinese! Kind of defeats the point of going to zumba but ho hum!!

 

[KitKat5]

After talking it over with my mum, we've narrowed it down and decided to just go with the lanterns and the drink me bottles for the tea party. As much as we loved the cookies and queen of hearts lollipop we decided that we've got more than enough food and don't really need to add any more!! So I sent it all off to Warren and will hopefully hear back from him soon with all the changes so I know what it's actually costing us!! The exchange rate is going up slowly so hopefully it'll go up a bit more before we have to pay the final bill...in 2 weeks!! I'm actually really excited about paying it! Bizzare right?!

I had to email my manager at work today to tell him the name I'd like on my name badge when we get home. When I wrote it out I just stared at it for ages! Then I had to email it to a friend as it just looked so weird! To think I'm going to be Kat Greenaway in just under 7 weeks!! I've been a Schwartz for so long (nearly 27 years!) and now in just a little while I won't be anymore...kind of sad really. I did think about having both surames but, seriously, I dont think I could fit it all on one line! And then if I had to add my middle name in too?! It's getting silly! I did try and convince DF to take my surname but he wasn't having none of it!! So a Greenaway I will be!

I'm currently in the process of printing all our newsletters and countdown calenders. I'm going to make a start on the luggage tags in a mo but must go out and buy black card and a white pen tomorrow so I can finish them off!

It's scary to think after 3 years of planning it's all coming together and actually very nearly completed!

One of my good friends at work today suggested to our manager that on the day of our wedding they have a buffet to celebrate! He thought it was a good idea and there's even talk of a Disney theme! There's only 12 of us now plus 4 managers and they've all had to listen to me talk/moan/plan for the last 2 years so I think they deserve to celebrate too! I'm kind of sorry I'll be missing it but I did tell them to take pictures for me!!

 

[neener3]

I was really excited to pay ours!!! It's amazing that it's all done.

Keep up with the zumba, I love it! I've been doing in since September, and our instructor has added weights. SO now we dance with weights....ouch. LOL.

 

[BecBennett]

I would have gone with the lanterns and the place cards, but whatever you go with will look awesome!

My colleagues were talking about having cake on my wedding day too. I said no, they have to do it before I leave

I'm not rushing into changing my name, I'll probably do it eventually, but like you said, it's been my name for 26 years, why would I want to jump in and change it!?!

I told DF that I think he should have to change something too, not only do we have to go from Miss to Mrs, but we lose our name, they don't do anything! I suggested that we both change our names to something new and he said "But I don't want to change my name, it's who I am..." I didn't really expect us to both change our names, it was really just said in jest, but I just hope he realises that I feel exactly the same about my name.

 

[KitKat5]

I was really excited to pay ours!!! It's amazing that it's all done.

Keep up with the zumba, I love it! I've been doing in since September, and our instructor has added weights. SO now we dance with weights....ouch. LOL.

Carol got back to me yesterday to let me know how much we still owe so we're going to get it done over the next few days and I cant wait for it to be all paid!

I went to zumba again yesterday. I love it! Its so much fun! I'll def keep it up! No weights for us just yet...not sure Im looking forward to that or not?!

I would have gone with the lanterns and the place cards, but whatever you go with will look awesome!

My colleagues were talking about having cake on my wedding day too. I said no, they have to do it before I leave

I'm not rushing into changing my name, I'll probably do it eventually, but like you said, it's been my name for 26 years, why would I want to jump in and change it!?!

I told DF that I think he should have to change something too, not only do we have to go from Miss to Mrs, but we lose our name, they don't do anything! I suggested that we both change our names to something new and he said "But I don't want to change my name, it's who I am..." I didn't really expect us to both change our names, it was really just said in jest, but I just hope he realises that I feel exactly the same about my name.

I'm actually really excited to change my name. I'll be getting everything changed as soon as I come home! Im sad that I'll have a different surname to what Ive had all my life but I cannot wait to be Paul's wife and share his name! The only thing I may hold off on changing is my passport *** it's so expensive to do! But the picture is awful so I may do it just to get a new picture!

 

[sw33t_angel]

Loving everything for the tea party! And that MOH dress is beautiful!!

I think I might need to jump on the Zumba train.... but I am a HORRIBLE dancer and the most uncoordinated person ever.... but I need to do SOMETHING

I have also had that thought of losing my last name-but I will be so happy to share the name of DF AND I hate my drivers license, so I need a new picture for that one anyways....

Your date is coming so fast!!

 

[KitKat5]

Loving everything for the tea party! And that MOH dress is beautiful!!

I think I might need to jump on the Zumba train.... but I am a HORRIBLE dancer and the most uncoordinated person ever.... but I need to do SOMETHING

I have also had that thought of losing my last name-but I will be so happy to share the name of DF AND I hate my drivers license, so I need a new picture for that one anyways....

Your date is coming so fast!!

Thank you! I'll be sure to let my sister know you like her choice of dress! She'll be pleased to hear it!

I had to get a new passport for our trip last April. After 8 attempts to get a decent photo I gave up and just used one of the not so awful one's but I cannot wait to come home from the wedding as I think the first thing I'll do is get a new one with a decent picture!!

Zumba is sooo much fun! You really should do it! There a few women at our class that are a bit 'dance challenged' but they really give it a good go and it doesnt matter if you get it wrong, its just a real fun class!

I cannot believe we only have a few weeks left! I seriously dont know where the time has gone!? Im sooo excited though and so are our guests! When we get together its all we talk about!

 

[KitKat5]

What a roll I have been on today! I've actually completed jobs that have been sitting around the house half done for weeks! Yay me!

I went into town with my mum this morning to pick up a swimming costume I'd had delieverd into a local store. I'm not a fan of swimwear. I don't have a swimwear body. I have a shortish, roundish, wobbly kind of body that would be better suited to a wet suit. But I found a super cute swimsuit at the beginning of the month and DF talked me into buying it (he said 'buy it' and I said 'ok'. Didn't take much talking in to really! ) I tried it on when I got home and surprisingly it looks super cute on. I'm not quite ready to share a picture of me in it but here's one from their website...

I can actually see me lazing around the pool at AKL with my new Dior sunglasses (when I buy them!) and my super cute swimsuit and a cocktail...Oh I can't wait!!

I actually loved it on...it's got a way of hiding all those unwanted lumps and bumps, must be the ruching?! I'm tempted to buy more...in various sizes...so I have plenty for the future as it won't last forever and I want this to be the only swimsuit I wear for the rest of my life!

While I was out with my mum I also got a fascinator to wear for the tea party! I wasn't looking for one. I was actually looking at some clutch bags for my mum for the wedding and we found this fascinator (in the sale! ) and I had to have it!

It's just on a little silver hair clip so all I've got to do now is figure out how I want my hair (up) and then when it's done I can just pop it in! Easy!

Aswell as buying stuff for the wedding/holiday I also finished up some projects. This month we are sending all our guests a little package that includes their newsletter and count down calender, all their Disney accomodation info and also a luggage tag. Here's what I made...

I only took a picture of the front but the back says 'guests of Kat and Pauls Disney wedding' written in Disney style writing. I'm waiting for a few more tags to arrive in the post so I can finish them off and also make 2 for DF and I. I've given some of them out already (to parents and sister/BIL) I think they're cute (maybe that's just because I made them) and I hope everyone likes them and uses them!

I also completed our door hangers...

I'm really happy with how they came out!

While we were picking up stuff in our local craft store we saw these adorbale little pink sparkly crowns and got 1 for each our little bridemaids.

My mum is going to make boxes for them to go in and we're going to include a postcard from the Disney princesses when we deliver them! We sent them all a postcard from the princesses when we were away in April asking them to be our bridesmaids and I had some leftover as there were originally 6 little bridesmaids so I thought I might aswell use them up and who better to send them to?!

And last but not least I FINALLY made the RSVPs for our at home reception in May. We've had the invites for ages but I've been hunting high and low to find RSVP's but all the ones I found worked out more expensive than our invites! So I decided to make some! They are totally plain and we just added one not so hidden Mickey at the bottom. It's the wording that made me giggle...

The piture isn't very clear, this is what they say...

..................................................... will

__Gladly attend
__Regretfully decline
__Regretfully attend
__Enthusiastically decline
__Will decline to respond but ultimately attend
__Think you are just trying to get a gift out of me

And then at the bottom it has our RSVP by date.

Our invites aren't formal so we wanted a fun RSVP and this made us both laugh so that's what we went for!

I've also written out all our RSVP envelopes so now I just need to write out the invites and buy stamps. Lots of stamps! Which will cost more than what it cost to buy the invites and make the RSVP's no doubt!

Oooo and one last thing...my aunt...who isn't coming the wedding, has been asking me about my gift list. I sent her the info yesterday although she'll get it in the post next week anyway and today she sent me a message on facebook to let me know she had ordered us a present! So excited! To be honest I'm not expecting many people to buy us presents but I know both my aunts will. I was so excited I went online to try and figure out what it was! Have I mentioned I'm not very patient?! Anyway...how typical is this...I put a rice cooker on the list for DF as he loves rice and I think that's what they got! He was really happy! I'm not a huge rice fan and when DF makes it it's always plain but I'm thinking if we are getting the rice cooker maybe I'll try making some different types of rice? I like egg fried rice from the chinese so maybe we can try that?! Either way I'm super excited for the present to arrive but I'm not sure if presents will just arrive if and when people buy things or if we will have to wait until after our reception?! When we registered they did put an end date of 21st May so maybe we'll have to wait until then?!

 

[KitKat5]

I also wanted to post my BEO. I know how helpful they can be so here's mine for anyone thats interested...

Total $22640.48

Floral...

Tea Party...

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Wow Kat love all the things you have got done!!!
Is the swimming cozzie from Next because I am considering the same one!!! I was given a £25.00 Next giftcard for Christmas and want to buy a strapless cozzie so as not to have strapmarks when I put on my dress on VR day!!! I have Jimmy Choo sunglasses though and not Dior ones!!

 

[BecBennett]

I love the RSVP's! They're so funny!

 

[KitKat5]

Wow Kat love all the things you have got done!!!
Is the swimming cozzie from Next because I am considering the same one!!! I was given a £25.00 Next giftcard for Christmas and want to buy a strapless cozzie so as not to have strapmarks when I put on my dress on VR day!!! I have Jimmy Choo sunglasses though and not Dior ones!!

Thank you! I'm very pleased with myself!

Yeah it is from Next! I love Next It looks fab on I have to say! And it does come with straps too, but like you, I dont want strapmarks before the wedding (or after!) so I'll be ditching those!

I love the RSVP's! They're so funny!

Yeah they made me giggle...I found them online and both DF and I agreed they were very us!

 

[SaidYes]

Wow! I love all your ideas! And that bathing suit is sooo cute! Look forward to hearing more