Nichole's Wishes PJ 10/24/2011 ~ WP/ADH/SCP ** OUR WEDDING DAY ~ The Reception

Just a little update today. First, I found my earrings!!

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They are from Swarovski and I couldn't be happier with them!! The curves and big crystal match the pattern on my dress. :love:

My dress was suppose to have been in by now (actually it was suppose to have been in by mid to late May), so I finally called the salon. They checked on it and a lady called me back. Unfortunately I only understood about every other word she said, but it sounded like they were going to overnight it to my house over 4th of July weekend. Well, DF and I live together and we will be gone for a couple weeks around that time, so this just wouldn't work. All she would say is "no, someone will have to be there to sign for it". :confused3: Needless to say, I was really frustrated and a little nervous at this point (all I could picture is my dress sitting outside on my porch for a week while we were gone!!). :headache::headache::headache: I finally just hung up with her and called the salon back and asked to speak with my salesperson. She was so nice and apologetic. She explained that this person didn't know what she was talking about and that the dress should be in in a couple weeks. It will be delivered to the store and I have nothing to worry about. Grrr!! I guess that is what I get for trying to check on things and not being patient!!

On a side note, we got these this weeked :woohoo:

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The Mickey and Minnie photo is from Disneyland (they also sent us "Just Married" buttons :)) and the Cinderella one is from WDW.

DF was sick last week and of course I am feeling it now. :sad2: Hopefully we will be all better soon so we can get ready for our trip to Michigan in a couple weeks!
 
Love the earrings, theyre beautiful! Hope you guys get to feeling better soon! Ready for more updates!! :goodvibes

Thanks! I find myself opening the box to peek at them and try them on all the time!

I finally have my BEO negotiated and was able to get the plated menu to $74 pp! :cool1::cool1: I am posting a link to BEO next.
 
After a round of negotiations, I am pretty happy with my BEO! I was able to get our welcome reception menu at a great cost and our plated menu down significantly without changing anything!. :woohoo::woohoo:

Our complete BEO is posted on the "Share your Budget?" page.

We have 3 full days of activities on our BEO, so I am very pleased with where we are at right now. We are actually $1,500 less than I was expecting!! :cool1::cool1: :cloud9::cloud9: :banana::banana: :woohoo::woohoo:

Our numbers are all over the place though. We were originally at 62 (which was my max number that I wanted to deal with), but after loosing a couple families we are down to 55. So we may invite a couple more people.

Everyone has also made their reservations, with the exception of 4 people - so we made our contract minimum for our room block! :goodvibes
 

After a round of negotiations, I am pretty happy with my BEO! I was able to get our welcome reception menu at a great cost -- only $11.50 pp (down from $15 pp) and our plated menu down significantly from $79 pp to $74 pp (without changing anything!). :woohoo::woohoo:

Our complete BEO is here.

We have 3 full days of activities on our BEO, so I am very pleased with where we are at right now. We are actually $1,500 less than I was expecting!! :cool1::cool1: :cloud9::cloud9: :banana::banana: :woohoo::woohoo:

Our numbers are all over the place though. We were originally at 62 (which was my max number that I wanted to deal with), but after loosing a couple families we are down to 55. So we may invite a couple more people on our "B" list.

Everyone has also made their reservations, with the exception of 4 people - so we made our contract minimum for our room block! :goodvibes

Hi Nicole

I was wondering how you negotiated with DFTW? I was thinking the price they gave you was the price and that was it.

Thank you :)
 
Wooo!!! I glanced over your BEO--- you did really well!!! And the earrings are gorgey!

Thanks! We are so excited about the way everything is turning out!

WOW! Thats great! Yay for coming in under budget!! :cool1::cool1:

Yay for coming in under budget! That's super exciting!

Thanks guys!! Coming under budget definitely takes the pressure off a little!

Hi Nicole

I was wondering how you negotiated with DFTW? I was thinking the price they gave you was the price and that was it.

Thank you :)

Some things are set prices and others seem to vary from bride to bride. For instance I noticed menu items from one BEO differed from those of another. So after reading so many BEOs and all the menus I came up with what I thought was reasonable for our menu. Once we got our first BEO I had a phone conference with our planner and told her what I was looking to pay and said there must be some way to get our menu down to that price (whether it was having a smaller fillet, a different starch, etc.). Also, a lot of the menu items include an appetizer and dessert -- both of which we are not getting.

For the welcome reception she said the price was higher than average because we were only having the chocolate station (thinking people would eat more it). I stressed that half of the people would be coming from 'Ohana for the rehearsal dinner and would not be eating much. I also said I would cut out some of the random melons or have 1 type of chocolate instead of 2.

She went to the different chefs and came back within my price range on both without changing anything! My rule of thumb ... it never hurts to ask ;)
 
Yay!! So exciting!!! I just keep saying, I can't believe how fast time flies when you are busy planning a wedding!!
 
We are getting ready to leave Wednesday evening for our party in Michigan and have been super busy getting everything settled at work, the house, etc. so I haven't accomplished as much as I would like to by now. I have been working on the program covers for what feels like forever and the place card candles, so hopefully I will get those done after we get back in mid-July. I have decided to bring the materials for our menus and make my parents help with those while we are up north :)

I did finish the bathroom baskets (thanks Dolly for the great idea!)

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and finally picked out my wedding band and the band I want for my engagement ring. The wedding band is still being sized, but this is the new band for my engagement ring.

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We also got the shot glass favors for our Michigan party in and our thank you cards. I think they turned out great!!

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Short update, but hopefully I will have much more once we are back from Michigan!
 
where did you get those shot glasses? did you have that image printed on the glass, or is it a sticker? they are so cute :thumbsup2
 
Your new band for your ering is gorgeous!! What made you change it?? (Or am I missing that post?)
 
Oooohhh your band is very pretty--- and the shot glasses are very cute. :)

Thanks!

Very pretty band!! And those baskets look fantastic!!!

Thanks!

where did you get those shot glasses? did you have that image printed on the glass, or is it a sticker? they are so cute :thumbsup2

Thanks! I had them printed at discountmugs.com

Your new band for your ering is gorgeous!! What made you change it?? (Or am I missing that post?)

Thanks! DF originally got a plan band with the intention that I would go pick one out - it just took me forever to finally go do it!
 
Well, I LOVE it. I love the little guys on the side! The design you have is actually exactly what I wanted. ha.
 














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