Wedding Planning #3

I think I am a pretty chill bride. Well, at least up till this point. My fiance is also a pretty chill groom. We have yet to do our slideshow (surprise surprise) but we have already informed most of our helpers and got them to start working on their task.

I have yet to talk to my chief decorator T_T so my final colour theme is not specified yet although I am going for gold, champagne and maybe blush pink. I was looking at gold, champagne and a little pastel green/turquoise/mint (which I loveeeee) but according to my friend cum decorator, our church has red chair. So that combination does not go well with the chair. So I had to resort to blush pink to at least blend in with the chair. Sads.

So colour will be something like that but with lighter pink. I am still unsure about the colour though cause I really like turquoise or mint. Will need to meet my friend before I can do anything so it is driving me crazy a little that she is so busy. T_T

Apart from that, we have set the date for pre-wedding shoot. A lot of people are doing it 6 months before their wedding but we are only doing it 4 months before the wedding. Too positive thinking? Risk taker much?

Basically what we have done as of today are (not according to order):-
1.booked venue
2. booked pre-wedding and set dates
3. booked AD photographer
4. booked AD make up artiste for family
5. decided on caterer for some light refreshments
6. taken Save The Dates photos
7. invited friends via FB
8. asked friends if they are able to help us
9. exercise and try to lose weight for the big day
10. booked our ROM dates
11. attend some marriage counselling
12. set dates to do our nursery duty
13. recruit our bridesmaids and groomsmen
14. designed and ordered our wedding band (the rings)
15. recruit our flower girls
16. find some friends to sing some songs
17. find our MC



We have not:-
1. went for ANY wedding dress fitting
2. decided on the songs we want
3. done the slideshow
4. decided on what passage for our sermon
5. decided on the worship songs
6. planned out the flow of the morning reception
7. planned out the flow of the night reception
8. chosen or printed our wedding invitation card
9. taken our pre-wedding photos
10. done our guest lists
11. done our food testing
12. bought shoes for the wedding
13. planned the colour theme or decor
14. found a place to move into

OK! I'm going to stop here cause if I continue, I will get anxiety attack again. T_T Need to start cancelling things out of our list! Tomorrow I'm going to sit down with my fiance and write down what we have not done and then work on it one by one.

One step at a time huh? Planning a wedding is not easy. Planning a wedding under a tight budget is even harder. But am glad my fiance is someone who takes initiative. Only occasionally I need to give him a light nudge and he will be moving. PHEW. So.....that's all for my wedding planning updates. Will need this to remind myself of this experience. =)

5++ more months to go. Seems like we really need to start moving. =P

Wedding Planning

It is about a month and a half after the proposal. We have to finalize our wedding venue as many places are booked already.

No joke I tell you. You have to look at the price, then the venue, then the stage, then the overall feel. I also take into account the amount of parking space as I don't want my guests to not have place to park. Also, location. And then at the end....after you like everything, you got to look at the price again.

We both are on the same page that we are willing to spend on the wedding but not to the point that we cannot afford it. So after we are settled with the venue, we will have to look at wedding photographers, live band, the gowns (headache), make ups and all.

We are thankful that his church friend is willing to help us with pre wedding photographs. At least then we don't have to fork out RM2-3k for it in the studio (that's usually how much it costs I think). And another friend said ok to taking videos for us so can save another RM3k on videography. We will pay them but at least they won't expect us to pay so much.

So those money can be put into a better location although I have to go and hunt for gowns and make ups and hairdo on my own. I think for the finger food for the morning wedding reception we will also try to source cheaper options.

One step at a time yo.

He proposed

 And I said yes.