Flowers

Flowers is the next item on my list that needs to be looked at. I did call one florist back after a rep called me, but I didn't receive any call back from that one. Oh well...at least I have an appointment set up with another one (TGIS) coming up in January. I have to write that down on the calendar so I don't forget.

I finally sent the down payment for the videographer as well. I was somewhat bummed out because I found a cheaper company on CL. It wasn't too bad though since the price difference wasn't that much. I'm excited to see what the end product will be like.

I also am meeting someone to buy a guestbook this morning. She mentioned something about a veil as well, so we'll see how that looks.

I can't believe it's nearly December, which means there's only approximately 8 MORE months. :p

Videography Pt. 2

BFC and I did meet with a videographer on Friday afternoon. His prices were the best among the others I've seen. The other studio that I was interested in was WAAAAY too overpriced for my liking. They did a package deal of photography and videography with prices starting at 8500. I couldn't believe it! If I were to put the total price of my photography and videography together, they wouldn't even come near that price. The videographer was nice and I liked watching his sample. Everything seems to be coming together.

Oh and the florist emailed me back the other day as well. We will be meeting her sometime in January to discuss what we want and what our budget for flowers will be.

Videography

One of the first things I thought I could nix from my wedding was a videographer. I thought I didn't need someone to videotape my wedding. Then, the more and more people I spoke to said that they're glad they hired someone to video their weddings. So, I figured, I'm the type of person who would definitely watch my DVD several times, so I decided to start looking into videography companies.

There are a few I liked so far, but as I was looking on weddingwire.com, some didn't get very high reviews. The one company I am interested in (fisheye studios) emailed me back today with a survey I needed to fill out. I quickly typed it up and sent it back to the person. I'm hoping their rates are reasonable since I really liked their material...

Invites!

This evening, I got a call from the place BFC and I ordered invitations from. They've come in! I'm so excited to see the final product. Well, at least that's one thing I don't have to worry about anymore...now I just have to make a get-together so we can stamp them all. I guess I could do a little at a time...I just need to clear off the desk and counter areas.

Wow! The wedding date is creeping up so quickly. I think the next thing we need to do is make plans to get our wedding bands ordered since that may take a few months to come in. Now that the invitations are completed, we have to go through the guest list again to look at the people we're inviting. I know that the invitations aren't going out until early April, but I know it will alleviate some headaches if we go through everyone first.

Officiant

I ended up emailing Alice Inoue to be our officiant. Apparently she can't confirm the date until four months before the actual wedding, but I did receive an email stating she has the date "reserved" for us.

Meanwhile my future MOL has been trying to reach a friend of the family to be our MC. BFC tried to contact someone to DJ our reception, but that person didn't even call him back. BAD BUSINESS!

I guess instead of looking at the things that aren't complete, I could focus more on the stuff that is done...I need to finish up that budget list in the book.

Lists

I started inputting all of my expenses into the book my MOH bought me as an engagement present. I haven't totaled everything yet, but it's amazing how quickly everything is happening (as I'm sure I said in so many words in my prior post). I finally emailed someone to be our officiant, but she's one of the popular ones, so I'm hoping she'll have the date open, but if not, we'll just have to find someone else.

Another thing I was thinking about was the DJ/MC. If I could find someone who could do both, that would kill two birds with one stone. I'm also in the process of finding a florist. I was watching some videography samples last night and am thinking of putting in some extra money for a videographer.

My MOH's sister said that she would do my cake and I'm going to ask her to do my centerpieces and favors as well. I've seen some really cute cupcake cakes and was thinking of doing something like that, but I know that it may end up being more expensive to have the cake that way.

So much to worry about, but so little time.

9 More Months!

Well, there are approximately nine more months until the wedding. I haven't really been doing any wedding stuff until recently since GC's wedding is over.

BFC and I went to purchase our invitations yesterday and are looking forward to seeing the finished products. I can't believe how quickly time has passed.

Other than getting the invitations done, there are still so many other things to do...
like getting an officiant, booking a florist, MC/DJ...I need to do my checklists.