Wishes Wedding 1/17/11-WP/CG-TR Day 6, Last Day

how sweet!!! heh- i thought someone got you a baby as a gift! then i would have to fear for my own "surprise shower"!!! (guess the baby gave you a shower too??) good to know that giving babies is not a new trend!!

how fun! you look super cute! :cheer2:
 
Aw, what a wonderful surprise!!! :banana::banana::banana: I probably would've cried too.

That is too funny about the baby.

I hope you got lots of wonderful presents.

By the way, you looked so pretty! :goodvibes

How are the Publix cakes? I've been meaning to try one. Over here where I'm at I've got a Publix like every 5 feet but haven't found any bakeries so I figured when it comes for birthdays I'll probably have to use them for cakes.
 
how sweet!!! heh- i thought someone got you a baby as a gift! then i would have to fear for my own "surprise shower"!!! (guess the baby gave you a shower too??) good to know that giving babies is not a new trend!!

how fun! you look super cute! :cheer2:
:rotfl: I would've asked for a return receipt if someone gave me a baby! I am NOT a kid person, at all. So everyone was all shocked when I held the baby, and I guess he sensed that I don't have the kid lover gene so he peed all over me. :lmao: But it was a ton of fun!
Aw, what a wonderful surprise!!! :banana::banana::banana: I probably would've cried too.

That is too funny about the baby.

I hope you got lots of wonderful presents.

By the way, you looked so pretty! :goodvibes

How are the Publix cakes? I've been meaning to try one. Over here where I'm at I've got a Publix like every 5 feet but haven't found any bakeries so I figured when it comes for birthdays I'll probably have to use them for cakes.
Yeah, apparently when it comes to anything wedding related, I'm just a big cry baby. I was just so shocked by it all, I couldn't hold it in. haha

We got a ton of presents!! Currently they're sitting in our living room, and Eddie is being a weirdo and wont let us use any of our new things!!! :eek: He's so annoying! :rotfl: He thinks we should wait to use our new pots and pans and things until we get our own house...which wont be until next year! :scared1: Psycho. We've been using a broken iron for months, and we finally got a brand new beautiful iron, and are we using it?! NO. :rotfl: Oh well. Sorry, had to vent about that.

Publix cake are delicious! If you're into frosting, you will love their cakes. They have the best frosting ever! The only downside about this particular cake is that they messed up the design, but normally they're very good about things like that. :goodvibes
 
Oooooooooooooook. So today we hit the 60 day mark until our wedding! :cool1: And we have 40 days of work left! :banana::banana:

In honor of the little milestone, we decided to cancel our MK photo session. I know that sounds weird, and we were looking forward to it at first, but it's the right decision for us. First of all, it's a lot of money. $1100 can go a long way. Secondly, I asked my assist.planner if our time was changing from 6 to 7:45 and she said yes, someone from photography would be contacting me. I really only like the pictures of the castle lit up. If we did a 7:45am shoot, it would all be in daylight, and that really just takes away from the specialness of the shoot for me. Lastly, Eddie made a good point:What are we going to do with all of these pictures of ourselves?! I have to admit, that's a good point. We really don't need them. I feel pretty good about this decision, plus it's not only saving us the $1100 but also saving the money for hair and makeup for the shoot since we were doing it the day after our wedding. I've made my peace with this decision, so now I'm going to move on.

Since we're saving some money, we've decided to go ahead and get the aisle runner from Disney. :) It's $200, so it's a little pricey, but it'll look good in pictures and I know Disney will provide a quality runner, so I'm excited about this.

I almost forgot to write about it, but on Monday I had my hair/makeup trial with Patricia and Eddie and I got our engagement pictures taken by David and Vick Arndt!!!! :yay: Unfortunately, the only picture I have of my hair/makeup is on my cell phone, and it's not very clear, so I don't have anything to show you guys, but I was SO so so pleased with Patricia. I wanted an updo, but she convinced me to go with half up/half down. She told me my hair was perfect for curling (well yeah, it is curly so I can understand it holding a curl :rotfl:). I wasn't convinced until I saw what she did, and I agree, it looks good half up. I like the curls over my shoulders, especially since my dress is cut straight across my chest, the hair around my back/neck all curled looks good and offsets the wideness of my shoulders. I also LOVED the airbrushed makeup and my eyes!! She was trying to talk me into getting eyelashes, but once she went to apply the mascara, she realized that's not needed. Good thing, cuz I don't think I would've been able to have the patience to have those things applied to my eyes! I definitely think it's awkward getting your eye makeup done. She kept telling me to look at her, and for whatever reason, I couldn't stop laughing. Yes, I'm a child.:rotfl2:

Then we went to the Boardwalk to take pictures with David & Vicki. Oh my gosh, they are my favorite people, EVER! They're so friendly and easy to work with. The morning of the pictures, Eddie and I were both trying to come up with reasons to cancel the pictures, we were so dreading it. But now we're so happy we did them. Vicki is an absolute sweetheart, and David is so funny!!!! They made us so comfortable, and we didn't feel nearly as silly and foolish as I thought we would. We really lucked out too. There was almost no one on the Boardwalk that night, and we had the most gorgeous weather! We started taking pics at around 3:45, and continued until 6. The sunset was gorgeous, and I'm so excited to see our pictures! I hope I don't pick myself apart too badly. I really want to enjoy some of the pictures we took, so I have to remind myself to be kind to myself! Vicki said they've been crazy busy so we'll have our pictures in about 4 weeks, but she said she'll try to post some teaser pics on her facebook before then. I can't wait!

We also rented DF's tux last week. I'm glad that's done with. He went with the ivory tux with champagne vest, and the gm will be wearing a chocolate tux with champagne vest. We're excited to have that taken care of. I go for my dress fitting on Saturday, hopefully it wont be too expensive! I'm afraid the bustle is going to be kinda pricey. I guess I'm done rambling on. haha I'm so excited the wedding is so close!!!! WOO!:cool1:
 

Firstly, a lil dance for the 60 day mark!!!! YAY!!!! :cool1::banana::cheer2::cool1::banana::yay::woohoo::cheer2: :dancer: LOL.

What?!? I have to agree Eddie is nuts. :) Maybe you can slowly open up stuff and swtich it out to replace the other items. (I do that with purses so my DF doesn't notice them :rolleyes1)Or maybe you can tell him that you don't want to lie to people when you send your Thank You cards by telling them how much you are enjoying their gifts, when you haven't opened them yet. :rotfl:

Sorry to hear about canceling the MK shot but if you had your heart set on a certain time for a certain look and you won't be getting it, then I don't blame ya. :)

Aw man, you know we would've loved to see your trial hair/make-up. I love having my make-up done. I've been a bridesmaid so many times I know how to sit still and let them do their magic. I keep telling DF we've run out of weddings to attend so we have to start planning ours. :) On a side note -he was talking about one of his co-workers who got married there and said they were joking about having his wife & I sitting down to discuss their experience. I was so shocked, I'm guessing he's thinking of it becoming a possibility. :)

I bet the sunset pics came out real nice. I like to walk the Boardwalk for exercise whenever I can. You better post a pic from those shots, don't be picky about your pics. I am sure you look beautiuful! ;)
 
Firstly, a lil dance for the 60 day mark!!!! YAY!!!! :cool1::banana::cheer2::cool1::banana::yay::woohoo::cheer2: :dancer: LOL.

What?!? I have to agree Eddie is nuts. :) Maybe you can slowly open up stuff and swtich it out to replace the other items. (I do that with purses so my DF doesn't notice them :rolleyes1)Or maybe you can tell him that you don't want to lie to people when you send your Thank You cards by telling them how much you are enjoying their gifts, when you haven't opened them yet. :rotfl:

Sorry to hear about canceling the MK shot but if you had your heart set on a certain time for a certain look and you won't be getting it, then I don't blame ya. :)

Aw man, you know we would've loved to see your trial hair/make-up. I love having my make-up done. I've been a bridesmaid so many times I know how to sit still and let them do their magic. I keep telling DF we've run out of weddings to attend so we have to start planning ours. :) On a side note -he was talking about one of his co-workers who got married there and said they were joking about having his wife & I sitting down to discuss their experience. I was so shocked, I'm guessing he's thinking of it becoming a possibility. :)

I bet the sunset pics came out real nice. I like to walk the Boardwalk for exercise whenever I can. You better post a pic from those shots, don't be picky about your pics. I am sure you look beautiuful! ;)

:rotfl: I think that's a great idea to slowly switch out gifts. I may have to try that.

Yeah, I completely dropped the ball when I got my hair/makeup done. I had the camera and everything and just forgot to take pics. :rolleyes:

:cool1:That'd be awesome if he's coming around to the idea of a Disney wedding! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

And I absolutely cannot wait to get the pics back from the Arndts!!! I'm dying of anticipation! I will definitely be posting those pics, without a doubt. :)
 
Should I be annoying and bug my planner for my updated BEO? I know they're super busy and all..but our final payment is due in exactly 1 month...I feel like it's not a totally crazy request to know what we owe, right? :confused3 We had a phone meeting with our planner on Sept. 30th....it's been over a month now. And yes, I know October is like the most crazy month ever for them...and now we're coming up on the Holidays...but come onnnnnnnn! I am freaking out not knowing how much we owe! I hate bothering them. Whenever I send an email, I get a quick response from the assistant, but I still feel like a pest.

Do you think I should email them and ask when I'm going to get my revised budget, or should I just let it be and wait til they send it to me? I owe everything by December 19th...and would like to get it paid as soon as possible...ugh.
 
I would email them for the updated BEO. You have 30 days before you have to completey pay them off (and pull you hair out and such LOL). Plus you have very politely given them 30 days to provide you with this.

Does it seem to be the norm that they take forever to respond? I think I am noticing a trend with that from reading a few other threads.
 
i just caught up with everything!! last time i posted on here, i wasn't engaged and i was going to get married in april 2013, lol. fast forward a few months, i'm engaged and it'll be november 2012!!

i can't wait to hear how things go with the california grill. we're going with wp/napa room and i'm just hoping everything goes well for you!!! we love their food sooo much!! i would check with them regarding the beo... it can't hurt!!

you're getting so close!! it's so exciting!! yay for the wedding shower as well!!
 
Hey sweetie
I am sorry you have cancelled the MK shoot but, on balance, I think you may have made the right decision.
Being a S/D bride, I was never going to have a MK shoot (and to be honest it wasn't high on my list of priorities). We could have done one in another park, but in the end, we have opted for a 'Trash the Dress' shoot with Randy instead. I am really looking forward to it, and think we will get some shots that are totally different to the more formal VR pictures.
Sorry about your BEO issues - planners being busy seems to be a common problem!!!
 
I'm so happy for you! Less than 60 days!:cool1: You must be so excited.
Please post some of your e-pics when you get them! I'm excited because we are having ours done with David and Vicki too! I still haven't decided on the location but I love all the ones I've seen at The Boardwalk.:cutie:

I'm a little annoyed about the MK shoot time change. I wanted the pictures with the night sky and the castle lit up. Those were my favorites. Now I'm not real sure I even want MK. I'm thinking about just doing a resort Bridal Portrait at the Poly with David and Vicki and getting some nice shots of the castle from the beach. Maybe I'll do Epcot too. I just wish they wouldn't have changed the time for MK.:mad:

Let us know when you get your revised BEO. If you don't get it soon, I think I would call or e-mail. Your shower looked like so much fun! I love Publix cakes!
 
I would email them for the updated BEO. You have 30 days before you have to completey pay them off (and pull you hair out and such LOL). Plus you have very politely given them 30 days to provide you with this.

Does it seem to be the norm that they take forever to respond? I think I am noticing a trend with that from reading a few other threads.
Yes, unfortunately for me at least, it does seem like they sometimes take forever to respond. But the closer we get to the wedding, the quicker their responses so I won't complain too much. :) I always email the assistant all of my questions, I've never emailed my planner directly, but it seems to work out ok.

I did email them yesterday and they sent me the updated BEO a couple of hours later!!! I will be posting it later today. :thumbsup2

i just caught up with everything!! last time i posted on here, i wasn't engaged and i was going to get married in april 2013, lol. fast forward a few months, i'm engaged and it'll be november 2012!!

i can't wait to hear how things go with the california grill. we're going with wp/napa room and i'm just hoping everything goes well for you!!! we love their food sooo much!! i would check with them regarding the beo... it can't hurt!!

you're getting so close!! it's so exciting!! yay for the wedding shower as well!!
Congratulations!!!!:banana: I'm so excited that you're going with california grill. Their food is amazing, and I can't wait to see how it all turns out in January.

Hey sweetie
I am sorry you have cancelled the MK shoot but, on balance, I think you may have made the right decision.
Being a S/D bride, I was never going to have a MK shoot (and to be honest it wasn't high on my list of priorities). We could have done one in another park, but in the end, we have opted for a 'Trash the Dress' shoot with Randy instead. I am really looking forward to it, and think we will get some shots that are totally different to the more formal VR pictures.
Sorry about your BEO issues - planners being busy seems to be a common problem!!!
I can't wait to see your TTD pictures!!! They're going to be so amazing! I wish I could do that. I think my dress is a little too big and I would probably be terrified to get in the water in January...maybe some time in the summer I might do it...you never know. ;) Yes, I understand the planners are very busy, that's why I hate bugging them so much! But at least they never seem too upset when I send them a million questions! :lmao:
I'm so happy for you! Less than 60 days!:cool1: You must be so excited.
Please post some of your e-pics when you get them! I'm excited because we are having ours done with David and Vicki too! I still haven't decided on the location but I love all the ones I've seen at The Boardwalk.:cutie:

I'm a little annoyed about the MK shoot time change. I wanted the pictures with the night sky and the castle lit up. Those were my favorites. Now I'm not real sure I even want MK. I'm thinking about just doing a resort Bridal Portrait at the Poly with David and Vicki and getting some nice shots of the castle from the beach. Maybe I'll do Epcot too. I just wish they wouldn't have changed the time for MK.:mad:


Let us know when you get your revised BEO. If you don't get it soon, I think I would call or e-mail. Your shower looked like so much fun! I love Publix cakes!

Oh for sure I will definitely be posting some pics of the e-shoot. Vicki emailed me last night and said they should have some up on facebook next week.:cool1:

I think a resort shoot would be amazing!! It'd look so nice and would be so unique. I thought I'd be more upset that we cancelled the MK pictures, but it is nice saving all that money! :rotfl:

Publix cakes are amazing!! Gotta love that frosting! I asked my planner when I'd be receiving my BEO and they emailed it a little while later, so I will be posting that tonight! :woohoo:
 
As promised, here is my revised BEO. I did notice that we're missing pricing for the Dessert Party menu, so that will need to be added to the final price. Amy was trying to get a quote from Epcot to try to get the menu at the lowest price possible. I'll post what I think the price for the menu will be and hope for the best! :)

Dessert Party:
39 Illuminations Viewing Fee @$12.95 Guest = $537.88
1 Venue Pkg. United Kingdom Lockside @$250 = $266.25
Menu = maybe $800? TBD
1 outdoor set up Fee @ $85 = $90.53
Now, they have the dessert party based on 39 people. We will only be having 25 guests, so the price will be less...also they have it charging everyone $12.95 but the majority will have passes already.
Total for DP = $1694.66 (probably less- more like $1400.00 or so.)

Wedding Ceremony
Wedding Pavilion Usage @ $3000 each = $3195.00
Floral Package at $559.00 each = $595.34
1 Limousine - Charter 3 hrs @ $282.48 = $282.48
Total = $4072.82

Wedding Cake
1 Wedding Cake - No service charge @ $550.0 each = $585.75
Total = $585.75 ***I am very excited about this! Amy worked with the bakery to get a more reasonable price. Since we have the Surprise grooms cake that will feed 50, we are going with a 2 tier wedding cake that will feed 30 people. It will still be pink faded to light pink and square, with the castle topper. It will no longer have the lace work that resembles my dress. Our original cake was quoted at $1033 so this is so much better!!!***

Pre-Reception/Reception
1 Calif Grill Hosted Call Brand Bar @$1140.00 each = $1469.06 **We changed this to Bill on consumption, so hopefully we get some money back after the wedding. The original price was $1782.67 for open bar.**
1 Room Delivery @$10.00 = $10.00
39 Cal Grill San Mateo Plated Lunch @$41.00 Guest = $2060.55
3 Chef's Choice Vendor Meal @$23.00 each = $88.92
40 Domestic & Imported Cheese Board @$12.00 Guest = $618.55
40 Sliced Seasonal Fresh Fruit & Berries @$8.00 Guest = $412.37
1 Wedding Cake Handling Fee @$203.70 each = $216.94
1 Dance Floor @$450.00 each = $579.89
1 DJ Wedding Package @$1150.00 = $1150.00
Estimated Event Total = $6606.28

Estimated Program Total = $12959.51
***Original Event Total = $18039.91!!!!***

We're very happy with our new total. It will be slightly changed...we're now up to 43 guests, and everything is based on 40 total, so that needs to be tweaked. Also, we need the pricing for the dessert party changed, but overall I feel pretty good. We're getting a good price with our outside florist, we owe $200.00 to her, plus everything we owe to the other outside vendors (:sick:), I think we should turn out fine ( I hope! ). Now after receiving this, I feel even better about cutting the MK pictures. I don't want to overextend ourselves with our budget, and saving $1100.00 feels pretty good right now. :)

Woo, I can't wait to have everything paid for and to stop thinking about money!!! (It's hard for me since I work in a bank! hahahaha :rotfl:)Tomorrow DF and I are going to look for a new car since his crapped out 2 weeks ago (again-:sick::sick:). Wish us luck! pixiedust:
 
Congratulations on getting your BEO down to where you want it -- that's a big change from your earlier total! :thumbsup2

And good luck on the car hunt ... here's hoping you can find a great deal! :goodvibes
 
Yay for trimming down your BEO!!!
Which outside florist are you using, if you don't mind my asking?
Good luck with the car!!
 
Congratulations on getting your BEO down to where you want it -- that's a big change from your earlier total! :thumbsup2

And good luck on the car hunt ... here's hoping you can find a great deal! :goodvibes
Thanks! :goodvibes

Yay for trimming down your BEO!!!
Which outside florist are you using, if you don't mind my asking?
Good luck with the car!!

We're using Blossom's Orlando. Another DISer recommended them, and so far Amy (I think she's the owner) has been wonderful with replying to all my questions, and their prices are SO reasonable. Disney quoted my bouquet around $300, I showed Amy a picture of what I wanted (the same pic I showed Disney) and she gave me a price of $125!!! Here's their website: http://www.blossomsorlando.com/
 
Woo-hoo!!! :cool1: You are so much closer to your original 10k budget now than before. :goodvibes :)

Aw, I can't wait to see pics of your wedding. :hug:

Good luck with finding a car. Here's to hoping you find a great car at a great price!!:wizard:
 
Woo-hoo!!! :cool1: You are so much closer to your original 10k budget now than before. :goodvibes :)

Aw, I can't wait to see pics of your wedding. :hug:

Good luck with finding a car. Here's to hoping you find a great car at a great price!!:wizard:

:banana: We're so excited to be down below $13000.00. I feel a little bit more relaxed now that we know how much we're going to be spending.

Thanks, hopefully we find an affordable car that will last. Eddie works over an hour and a half away, so the car has to be able to travel a lot. We'll see what happens! :goodvibes
 
Good news! My wonderful fiance got my pictures from my cell phone onto the computer for me! I couldn't figure out how to work the bluetooth with the computer, so luckily he stepped in and saved the day. :)

I only have 2 pics from the hair trial, and one is kinda blurry, neither of them are really great but I figured I'd post them anyway. The curls will be more defined and a little bit tighter the day of the wedding.

I'm mainly posting the pics because I don't know what to do about headpieces. I have a veil and a blusher, and I feel that if I don't have anything in my hair at all, it might look kind of weird. But my fiance and I both don't really like the idea of me wearing a tiara on the wedding day..so I'm looking into wearing a headband of some sort. I was interested to see what you guys think I should do...

The back-sorry it's kinda blurry..it was taken on my cell..
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the front...I don't know what my face is about-apparently I didn't feel like smiling! :rotfl:
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One of the headbands I was looking at. Do you think this would work with the hairstyle I'm going to have? Also, we'll need to fit the veil and blusher in there somehow...
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Thanks for any advice you can give! :goodvibes
 
OMG Julia, you look so beautiful!!!!!! Not that you aren't pretty to begin with but you are going to look so pretty on your wedding day. :) I love the hair in the back.

I always love the job make-up artists do for weddings. If I ever hit the lotto I am going to hire one to do my hair and make-up everyday. LOL. :lmao:

I like that headband, it looks like a tiara. It's elegant enough to add some wow & pizazz but not too big to take away from your hair. Do you know what I mean?
 












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