so some of our pre-wedding wedding photos have started to roll in. of course, they are on facebook. but if you are reading this blog, here's a link to the few i've put up.
more will show up on there when they are ready. and then ordering information will also be available when our photographer is all set to go.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Reception Photos
We made the mistake of putting disposable cameras on the tables at the reception site. Here's a smattering of the photos people thought they needed to take during our reception.
Please enjoy responsibly.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Mission Accomplished
well....look at that. it's august 3rd. less than 48 hours ago we got married.
so right now, we're recovering from the days leading up to the wedding, and yesterday, because now our house is covered in presents.
our photographer peter said he's about half way through editing our pre-wedding wedding photos, so those should be available soon. he took quite a few on the day of a the ceremony as well as at the reception. we'll put up some info on here about how to order those from him, because he's got some kind of cool photo ordering system set up.
thanks again to everyone who helped us with the wedding, and thanks to everyone who came. i hope everyone had a good time. from the amount of dancing that i did, i apparently had a good time.
so right now, we're recovering from the days leading up to the wedding, and yesterday, because now our house is covered in presents.
our photographer peter said he's about half way through editing our pre-wedding wedding photos, so those should be available soon. he took quite a few on the day of a the ceremony as well as at the reception. we'll put up some info on here about how to order those from him, because he's got some kind of cool photo ordering system set up.
thanks again to everyone who helped us with the wedding, and thanks to everyone who came. i hope everyone had a good time. from the amount of dancing that i did, i apparently had a good time.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
As Bloggers, We May Lack Initiative.....
Would you look at that? It's July 23rd. The last post on here happened almost two months ago. My how time flies when you're having fun. And by "having fun," I mean "planning a wedding."
But it's not like we've been sitting around watching "Twin Peaks" on DVD in our living room or anything. No. Wait. We have been. Man, that show was pretty awesome. But we've also been beyond busy getting things finalized for the wedding, which is almost upon us.
Where to begin....
Pants-- I got them. So my behind is, literally, covered. I maybe got the best deal of my life because the Versace pants that I so desperately wanted were on sale, and the final price was less than half of what they were originally.
Centerpieces-- They are done. And that's all that really needs to be said about them.
Catering/Booze/Rentals-- The grumbles have returned in regards to the two out of the three folks we've been dealing with when it comes to food and drink and plates. Needless to say, Bomb Catering still lives up to their name and their awful reputation with us.
Other bits-- Everything is, for the most part, falling into place. There are a couple of loose ends that need to be tied up tightly, but we're working on it. But in between jobs (I have two, Wendy has one), dealing with delinquents that did not RSVP by July 1st, and trying to have a life outside of this all-- we're slightly concerned we will be hospitalized for exhaustion like our favorite celebrities often are.
Some friends of ours got married earlier this month, and in going to their ceremony, our enthusiasm for our own wedding was renewed, which was good. Because it'd be bad if we were both phoning it in on August 1st. We also had the foresight to do "pre-wedding" wedding photos, which will cut down on time/frustration spent on pictures the day of. While we've been doing such a superb job of updating this website for the first part of the year, we swear we'll be better post wedding-- putting up our photos and info on how to order them if you'd like something commemorative from the day.
Also, on a final note, if you haven't purchased a wedding gift yet, and are wondering what to get for us-- please visit bloomingdale's dot com, because the Target registry is pretty well picked over at this point.
Thanks for reading. Perhaps we'll see you on August 1st.
But it's not like we've been sitting around watching "Twin Peaks" on DVD in our living room or anything. No. Wait. We have been. Man, that show was pretty awesome. But we've also been beyond busy getting things finalized for the wedding, which is almost upon us.
Where to begin....
Pants-- I got them. So my behind is, literally, covered. I maybe got the best deal of my life because the Versace pants that I so desperately wanted were on sale, and the final price was less than half of what they were originally.
Centerpieces-- They are done. And that's all that really needs to be said about them.
Catering/Booze/Rentals-- The grumbles have returned in regards to the two out of the three folks we've been dealing with when it comes to food and drink and plates. Needless to say, Bomb Catering still lives up to their name and their awful reputation with us.
Other bits-- Everything is, for the most part, falling into place. There are a couple of loose ends that need to be tied up tightly, but we're working on it. But in between jobs (I have two, Wendy has one), dealing with delinquents that did not RSVP by July 1st, and trying to have a life outside of this all-- we're slightly concerned we will be hospitalized for exhaustion like our favorite celebrities often are.
Some friends of ours got married earlier this month, and in going to their ceremony, our enthusiasm for our own wedding was renewed, which was good. Because it'd be bad if we were both phoning it in on August 1st. We also had the foresight to do "pre-wedding" wedding photos, which will cut down on time/frustration spent on pictures the day of. While we've been doing such a superb job of updating this website for the first part of the year, we swear we'll be better post wedding-- putting up our photos and info on how to order them if you'd like something commemorative from the day.
Also, on a final note, if you haven't purchased a wedding gift yet, and are wondering what to get for us-- please visit bloomingdale's dot com, because the Target registry is pretty well picked over at this point.
Thanks for reading. Perhaps we'll see you on August 1st.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Everyone Loves To Be Updated.....
.....and we love updating this blog. We really do. I'm not being facetious. Or am I?
Anyway, here's a quick almost-the-end-of-May round up:
Rings: are ordered. And they should be here during the first part of June.
Pants: I still need those. I was shown, and strongly encouraged, to purchase a pair that was more than $300. So it seems there's a kind of pant out there more expensive than Versace.
Invitations: in the mail-- so check your mailboxes soon.
Centerpieces: um......I think we've figured out what we're doing? Maybe?
Anyway, here's a quick almost-the-end-of-May round up:
Rings: are ordered. And they should be here during the first part of June.
Pants: I still need those. I was shown, and strongly encouraged, to purchase a pair that was more than $300. So it seems there's a kind of pant out there more expensive than Versace.
Invitations: in the mail-- so check your mailboxes soon.
Centerpieces: um......I think we've figured out what we're doing? Maybe?
Thursday, April 30, 2009
An End of The Month Wrap Up
for those of you keeping score at home, here's what happened in april: not much.
i still need to buy pants for the wedding. pants that go with my awesome velor suit jacket that i bought. i wanted to buy a pair of $300 versace pants on saturday, but something told me not to. it was probably the fact that they were $300. so if anyone has some extra cash lying around, and wants to help me out.........
invitations and centerpieces: ask us later about these.
engagement party: we had one. it went well. we learned that if you put three kinds of cupcakes in front of people, one being somewhat plain, two being really fancy-- people will take the fancy ones.
tomorrow is apparently may 1st. that means there are three months until the wedding. and that means there are like, two and a half months left to finishing getting things together.
my my. how time flies when you are slaving away.
also, just as a side note...nothing really "ha ha" funny has happened to us since announcing our engagement. wedding planning is, contrary to the name of this blog, not hilarious. it's sad and tiring and expensive.
i still need to buy pants for the wedding. pants that go with my awesome velor suit jacket that i bought. i wanted to buy a pair of $300 versace pants on saturday, but something told me not to. it was probably the fact that they were $300. so if anyone has some extra cash lying around, and wants to help me out.........
invitations and centerpieces: ask us later about these.
engagement party: we had one. it went well. we learned that if you put three kinds of cupcakes in front of people, one being somewhat plain, two being really fancy-- people will take the fancy ones.
tomorrow is apparently may 1st. that means there are three months until the wedding. and that means there are like, two and a half months left to finishing getting things together.
my my. how time flies when you are slaving away.
also, just as a side note...nothing really "ha ha" funny has happened to us since announcing our engagement. wedding planning is, contrary to the name of this blog, not hilarious. it's sad and tiring and expensive.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Cupcakes, Compromises and Everything Else That We've Been Up To
A lot of people—and by that, I mean, the few people who are actually going to read this—have begun to ask me why we don’t update this blog more often.
The truth is: who has the time? Honestly. I have hinted at it before in previous posts, but we still have lives outside of planning this wedding—although at times it seems like we don’t.
But to quench your thirst for an update, here’s a smattering of what’s been happening lately:
Bomb Catering—is still awful, but like an arranged marriage, we are going with them anyway. After trying to find a tactful way to ask for a different sales representative, Bomb Catering countered our move with a slightly less tactful one. The other sales rep we emailed ratted us out to the one we were trying to get rid of.
Doesn’t she know that no one likes a snitch?
Anyway, after a painfully awkward conversation between Wendy and this awful Bomb Catering rep, this woman’s attitude has suddenly shifted, and things seem to have worked themselves out. So, much to my chagrin, but much to the celebration of everyone else—we are having a cash bar at the reception.
So drink up. Please. Drink for two, even, if you would be so kind.
Cupcakes—if you know either of us, you know we are pretty picky about our food, especially desserts. Wedding cake, to me, is one of the least appetizing things on the planet, so upon suggestion from our caterer, we have gone a different route: cupcakes. Made by a place called Cupcake. That’s seriously all they do. They make cupcakes.
Ok. So that’s maybe not ALL they do. They make sandwiches and stuff too. But they have, like, over 30 kinds of cupcakes on their menu.
At our tasting, we tried three free cupcakes—one from each price point on their menu. While we were there, we also paid for some other cupcakes, and decided on having the following: The June Clever, The Double Chocolate, and the Lemon Meringue. Chiggity-check them out on Cupcake’s website.
Other Bits—
Rentals:
A while back, we met with a rental service called Hire-a-Host: a company that we gladly would have worked with, if we slept on a bed made out of money. They were a little spendy—not only did you get rentals, but also staff to serve the food onto said rentals. So we went with someone else.
Commerce:
We registered for more stuff at Target. And we changed our mind about the XBOX 360. I mean—who would buy us that? We added a Nintendo Wii instead. Because it’s $50 less, and that makes your decision to buy it for us right there.
Slidey Pens:
I suppose now I can let the cat out of the burlap sack about this matter. Way back when, I said that if we ever got married, we NEEDED to have slidey pens for wedding favors at the reception. So when the planning process started moving along, I looked into slidey pens. It turns out you can make your own—but it costs QUITE a bit of money.
Upon further research, I found a website that sells a wedding design slidey pen. It wasn’t exactly what we were looking for, but we could personalize part of it, and it was considerably less.
Once costs of other things (food, booze, et. al) started to rise, the slidey pens had to be dropped. Which is fine I guess. I thought we’d always have the free samples that the person I was working with sent me.
Turns out I was wrong about that. Dude wants them back. Seriously? Seriously. Dude wants his free samples back. WHO DOES THAT?
Well, with only roughly three months left until the big day, I will try to update this more often. Because I know everyone is dying to hear more.
The truth is: who has the time? Honestly. I have hinted at it before in previous posts, but we still have lives outside of planning this wedding—although at times it seems like we don’t.
But to quench your thirst for an update, here’s a smattering of what’s been happening lately:
Bomb Catering—is still awful, but like an arranged marriage, we are going with them anyway. After trying to find a tactful way to ask for a different sales representative, Bomb Catering countered our move with a slightly less tactful one. The other sales rep we emailed ratted us out to the one we were trying to get rid of.
Doesn’t she know that no one likes a snitch?
Anyway, after a painfully awkward conversation between Wendy and this awful Bomb Catering rep, this woman’s attitude has suddenly shifted, and things seem to have worked themselves out. So, much to my chagrin, but much to the celebration of everyone else—we are having a cash bar at the reception.
So drink up. Please. Drink for two, even, if you would be so kind.
Cupcakes—if you know either of us, you know we are pretty picky about our food, especially desserts. Wedding cake, to me, is one of the least appetizing things on the planet, so upon suggestion from our caterer, we have gone a different route: cupcakes. Made by a place called Cupcake. That’s seriously all they do. They make cupcakes.
Ok. So that’s maybe not ALL they do. They make sandwiches and stuff too. But they have, like, over 30 kinds of cupcakes on their menu.
At our tasting, we tried three free cupcakes—one from each price point on their menu. While we were there, we also paid for some other cupcakes, and decided on having the following: The June Clever, The Double Chocolate, and the Lemon Meringue. Chiggity-check them out on Cupcake’s website.
Other Bits—
Rentals:
A while back, we met with a rental service called Hire-a-Host: a company that we gladly would have worked with, if we slept on a bed made out of money. They were a little spendy—not only did you get rentals, but also staff to serve the food onto said rentals. So we went with someone else.
Commerce:
We registered for more stuff at Target. And we changed our mind about the XBOX 360. I mean—who would buy us that? We added a Nintendo Wii instead. Because it’s $50 less, and that makes your decision to buy it for us right there.
Slidey Pens:
I suppose now I can let the cat out of the burlap sack about this matter. Way back when, I said that if we ever got married, we NEEDED to have slidey pens for wedding favors at the reception. So when the planning process started moving along, I looked into slidey pens. It turns out you can make your own—but it costs QUITE a bit of money.
Upon further research, I found a website that sells a wedding design slidey pen. It wasn’t exactly what we were looking for, but we could personalize part of it, and it was considerably less.
Once costs of other things (food, booze, et. al) started to rise, the slidey pens had to be dropped. Which is fine I guess. I thought we’d always have the free samples that the person I was working with sent me.
Turns out I was wrong about that. Dude wants them back. Seriously? Seriously. Dude wants his free samples back. WHO DOES THAT?
Well, with only roughly three months left until the big day, I will try to update this more often. Because I know everyone is dying to hear more.
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