Meredith & Matt's PJ-June 19th, 2011 Germany/LSS - Completed TR and Blog Feature!

[irishwishes]

Sounds like you have really good reason to be frustrated!!!! Some people are just so ... clueless, you know? People just don't think about things like paying for meals. But trying to bring extra plus ones is just tacky. I'm sorry you have to go through it. I feel like it's something every couple has to deal with when planning a wedding, and I'm NOT looking forward to it, heh. Hang in there!!!!

Thanks for the support!! I'm just getting as much stuff done as I can without knowing for sure. I told the DF I need to know by tomorrow who's not coming.

I know exactly what you're going through, you're right, we do all go through it, but knowing that doesn't make it any easier!

We didn't invite kids either, but in the end there was only 1 child coming with her parents, so we felt a bit mean saying that she had to sit out the wedding all by herself, so she ended up coming. That was ok with me, because it was my decision, and not something pressed upon me by random family members.

I don't really have any advice to offer. In the end we had a cut off RSVP date and made sre everyone knew we had to know exact numbers by that date. People must have started getting scared of me or something, because the amount we had on the RSVP day was the amount that came to the wedding I was so worried that I'd get people calling months afterwards, as our RSVP date was pretty early (Nov 1st for a March 1st wedding...) but nope, no one!

Having said that though, we still got a heap of people - once we arrived at the parks - asking to come for dinner reservations that I'd made 6 months beforehand. Thank God Disney is so accomodating, because I don't think we went to 1 ADR with the amount of people we had booked for...

It's all very frustrating at the time, but once it's all done and over with, it's just all part of the wedding experience!

You're right...every bride has to go through it!!

i'm so sorry this is happening to you i know if i was in your shoes, i'd freak out. which is why i un-invited everyone

i would start reaching out to people asking if their planning is going good, etc. i would also go as far as making people give me their flight info, reservation info, etc so they know you mean business. not that you'll do anything with it... it will just seem more official also throw in, "now please let me know if you make ANY changes, we get charged for every little thing."

i really hope this all works out for you. it's coming up so soon!! good luck

Thanks for the advice! I love reading your updates!! I know what you're going through is SOOO much more frustrating but the way you write it is very entertaining.

 

[irishwishes]

WE ARE DOWN TO THE 2 WEEK MARK!!

I think the guest count stuff has finally calmed down and hopefully there's no more surprises in the next 2 weeks. If there are I hopes it's before we have to give our final count. I'm not messing with the seating chart anymore and it's staying the way it is even if people drop out. I'm tired of changing it and stuff is getting printed this weekend anyway!

This weekend has been set aside for gathering all the stuff I have to ship down. We are using my sister's cake server set so we have to dig that out. Hopefully we'll find it today because I don't want to have to buy one. I know it's important to some people but it would be something we'd use once for the wedding...then it'd be put away, never to be seen again!

I had a spa day with my sister and roommate from college yesterday. It was wonderful...I love getting facials They are just so relaxing and I think I have more "pretty" days after I get one. I don't know if I'm crazy or maybe other people have this but.....there are some days I wake up and look at myself and say....oh my face looks ok today therefore "pretty" day and other days I wake up and look Oh! not a pretty day today. HAHA So I enjoy my post facial days. Then we went to a delicious lunch in Rittenhouse Square and we had an awesome time! It got me REALLY excited for the wedding and I loved being able to say to my roommate...I'll see you in a couple weeks!

I finally finished printing, stuffing and labeling the welcome folders. I have separate piles for ones to ship...ones to hand out on the plane....and ones to give to people before we leave. There are 2 families who are staying offsite and it would be too difficult to get the folders to them once we're down there. So we're just going to give them before we leave and HOPE they remember them. I'm not taking responsibility after I give them out. Ok here are some pics of the finished product

stuffed and ready to go

welcome letter

tips pages

hidden Mickey's

itinerary, transportation schedule

passport cover

one page of the passport

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Wow, everything looks great! You must be so excited with the day finally approaching!

 

[figmentfan814]

How exciting to be so close! I have been swamped the last month getting home late and have been missing my time on the Dis, so it was nice to get the chance to catch up. The welcome packets look great, I like the idea of giving it to some people on the plane too which will help them pass the time The passports are so cute, I love the final product.

I am the same way about the pretty versus not pretty days, so I can definitely relate

 

[donald&daisy]

Lol, I think everyone has "pertty" days and then not-so pretty days. You must be getting SOOOOO excited!!! I'm excited for you! And I love you little passports, it makes me want to make some but I'm not very crafty.

 

[irishwishes]

Wow, everything looks great! You must be so excited with the day finally approaching!

Yes, I'm getting very excited and can't wait to be on vacation from work!

How exciting to be so close! I have been swamped the last month getting home late and have been missing my time on the Dis, so it was nice to get the chance to catch up. The welcome packets look great, I like the idea of giving it to some people on the plane too which will help them pass the time The passports are so cute, I love the final product.

I am the same way about the pretty versus not pretty days, so I can definitely relate

Thanks! I really like the end result of the passports and I hope people really like them. I actually gave one of my friends her welcome folder this past Thursday because she is over the top excited. I wanted to give it to her so she could start really plan out her weekend. She is a Disney fanatic and a planner!

Lol, I think everyone has "pertty" days and then not-so pretty days. You must be getting SOOOOO excited!!! I'm excited for you! And I love you little passports, it makes me want to make some but I'm not very crafty.

I'm not really that crafty either so I think you could totally do it! I took some passport designs off the Disign board and combined a few.

 

[irishwishes]

So I'm sitting here at work and thinking about all the stuff I could be doing at home if I wasn't here. I only have 2 shifts left including this one and then I get to do all the exciting stuff before we leave! I have 3 days off before we leave next Friday and they're all planned out already.

Tuesday:
gather things to pack
look over my "don't forget list"
get tips together in envelopes
get papers organized

It's more of an organizational day than anything to see what I'm forgetting

Wednesday:
Pick up dress
Meet with dogsitter
more packing

Thursday:
Hair appt
nail appt
mall trip to pick up last minute items
have to finish packing

Friday!!
wake up before dawn and head to the airport!!


I shipped everything for the reception and ceremony this past Thursday. I really hope I didnt forget anything because I was rushing around. I had a couple meetings at work that morning so that put me behind and I had to get to UPS by 6:30. I had to ship Thursday because I worked yesterday and today so I wouldn't have been able to ship things till Monday if I didn't do it Thursday. Monday would have cut it WAY to close for me so Thurs was the only choice. After I was done packing everything it looked like a bomb had gone off in my room! I couldn't believe where everything came from. It took me an hour to clean everything up! We'll see how much I forgot to ship once I start packing everything else.

Alright, l have to get back to work since now people are waking up and starting to come in to the ER.....I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL TUESDAY!!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Only a few days until you head to WDW....I am so jealous! I really wish I could go back....and also relive my wedding

It is good that you have a schedule of to dos. Sometimes it is easy to get overwhelmed and forget things, but it looks like you have it under control!

 

[irishwishes]

Only a few days until you head to WDW....I am so jealous! I really wish I could go back....and also relive my wedding

It is good that you have a schedule of to dos. Sometimes it is easy to get overwhelmed and forget things, but it looks like you have it under control!

Thanks!! I always love the picture of your TTD session!

 

[irishwishes]

I've been busy running around for the past couple days getting ready. I just picked up my dress and I still love it!! I'm finishing up some laundry and then I'll start making piles of stuff to pack

Tomorrow I get my haircut and nails done and then I really have to pack everything in suitcases. We'll see how organized I am tomorrow night. Things are just scattered everywhere right now.

I already shipped stuff and I got the delivery confirmation yesterday so that's a relief. I wanted to post a pic of our unity candle before but I forgot...so here you go

We're leaving in less than 2 days!!!!!

 

[Sccrmnky2005]

Yay!! So excited for you!!! Love the unity candle!!

I'll be ready on saturday! Can't wait!!

 

[donald&daisy]

Good luck! I hope you have a safe trip down and an amazing wedding! Can't wait to hear all about it!!!! Yay!!!

 

[irishwishes]

So I'm laying here in bed waiting to get up to go to the airport. I was sleeping okay but there is a HUGE storm passing through right now so I'm surprised everyone else is still asleep except the dog. We leave in less than an hour and I hope this storm passes before than. My dog is really freaked out by storms and I'll feel aweful leaving her right in the middle of one

Anyway...we're leaving for Disney today!!! There's 20 of us on the group flight going down this morning and I'm going to cross my fingers that our rooms are ready before 3:00. Ok time to roll out of bed and get moving! I'll try to post through the trip

 

[Tale as old as Time]

Yay! It's finally here! I can't wait to see pictures of your beautiful wedding Have a blast

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Happy Wedding Day!!!

I hope it was even more amazing that you imagined! I cannot wait to hear all about it

 

[tinkerbell 766]

Happy Wedding day - hope it's all you dreamed of!!!

 

[donald&daisy]

I hope you had an AMAZING Wedding Day!!!!!

 

[irishwishes]

We're married!!!! The day was so much fun and worry free! Our planner Amy was amazing and Regina and Amy were awesome!!!! All I did was wake up and left if up to our photographers and Amy to get us through the day. We couldn't have asked for a better day and we hope our guests had as much fun as we did.

I'm posting on my iPhone so it's a little hard but I just want to say Mickey and Minnie were awesome...well worth working them in to the budget. Oh and I cant wait to post pics of our cake!!

Now we just get to have fun in the parks for the next week!

 

[Nichole33]

Congrats!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!

 

[kirasaurus]

QUOTE=irishwishes;41541307]We're married!!!! The day was so much fun and worry free! Our planner Amy was amazing and Regina and Amy were awesome!!!! All I did was wake up and left if up to our photographers and Amy to get us through the day. We couldn't have asked for a better day and we hope our guests had as much fun as we did.

I'm posting on my iPhone so it's a little hard but I just want to say Mickey and Minnie were awesome...well worth working them in to the budget. Oh and I cant wait to post pics of our cake!!

Now we just get to have fun in the parks for the next week![/QUOTE]

I'm so happy you had such a wonderful day! We'll be waiting for pictures and details!
In the meantime, enjoy disneyworld