While I pretty much handle most of the wedding planning, I set aside a few wedding-related “tasks” for Mr. Toucan to handle. One of the tasks was to organize the tux rentals for the groomsmen, and last week, Mr. Toucan earned his check!We chose to order our tuxedo rentals from Mr. Tux because of their thousands of locations all over the country. This makes things a lot easier for us since Mr. Toucan has a groomsman across the country in California, and one across the Atlantic in Spain (he frequently travels to the U.S. on business)!
I (as well as, Sister Toucan), of course, accompanied Mr. Toucan to Mr. Tux to take pictures and document this event, and to make sure Mr. T didn’t pick out orange vests and ties (nothing against orange, but our colors are blue/teal and deep magenta).
I am not sure why Mr. Toucan has look on his face,
but it’s great that he wore black pants to work that day!
Our first order of business at our neighborhood Mr. Tux was to look for a vest/tie for Mr. Toucan. Even though we had a tux made for Mr. Toucan in Hong Kong, we didn’t have a vest/tie made because I was completely indecisive on what color it should be. In the end, we chose the Diamond Vest in Cream.
We must be bad customers because I think the shop guy is trying to strangle Mr. T
We asked the shop people to borrow a jacket so we could have an idea of how everything will look together.
Mr. T - isn’t he so cute? He’s holding part of the jacket together
because his tux has two buttons, and this one only has one.
The next order of business was to pick out a tuxedo (we chose this one), and to find a vest color for the groomsmen that matched or at least looked good with the bridesmaid dresses. We chose this vest:
The shop man holding up the Diamond Vest in Royal
Since we chose a “louder” colored vest for the groomsmen, the shop assistant suggested that we pick a more muted colored vest for the fathers to wear. Since we had chosen the Diamond Vest for both Mr. Toucan and the groomsmen, we decided to keep the same pattern for the dads.
Sister Toucan holding up the Dads’ vest - Diamond Vest in Periwinkle.
So, finally, after trying on vest after vest after vest, Mr. Toucan survived another wedding-related task!
Sister Toucan and Mr. Toucan posing. I told them to look happy
since we got another check on our to-do list. What hamballs!
Aside from the tuxes, Mr. Toucan’s other tasks included finding/booking the deejay, booking the church, and wedding day transportation. How involved is your groom? What wedding-related tasks is he responsible for?
I think it’s funny that you made the comment about orange vests. That’s what our groomsmen had. :o)
My fiance got the ceremony location, since it’s the church he grew up in and my FMIL is the event coordinator there. :] His other task: make a list of people he wants/needs to invite. The wedding is 3.5 months away, yet he hasn’t completed his list. My list has been complete for a few months, and I remind him daily to finish his up so that I can order invitations… but it’s not done yet! :[
Hehe, Kristin! I only said “orange” because that’s Mr. Toucan’s favorite color - so he WOULD pick orange! I like orange too, it was in one of our early color schemes! It just doesn’t match current color scheme 
Transportation! yes!
::looks for scrap of paper to write note…..
“Assign transportation to FI”::
sighs in satisfaction at handing off another wedding related task to someone else.
Thank you.
HI! Where did you go in HK to have the tux made? It looks fabulous!
It looks like Mr. Tux is the same as Men’s Wearhouse. I have to say, I HATED my trip to Men’s Wearhouse this weekend. The saleswoman was incompetent - couldn’t even explain what the difference was between the rental tuxes and the ones for sale, other than to say, “The rental ones are totally different. Different fabric.” Ok, heavier or finer? Better or worse? “Different.” Ok, so how do we know what we’re renting? “You pick it up 2 days before and that’s when you know. But it might not fit, and we don’t really do alterations. If you’re worried about it, you should just have everyone buy tuxes that they have tried on.” Um, no thanks.
hey toucan! my fi blocked rooms, bought our wedding bands, helped me assemble wedding invitations, picked out what he’ll wear….he’s going to help me with table cards, programs, and escort cards (he takes care of the printing and I do the pretty paper and ribbon). he actually took care of sending out invitations once we finished them.
My now-husband did all the cooking while I did the wedding planning. He was also in charge of arranging for tuxes, picking the menu, and planning the honeymoon, but it was the cooking that was the biggest help, by far.
Also, when given explicit instructions and an example to work from, he can do crafts! He may have assembled more invitations than I did, in fact.
GreenApple, the tux Mr. Toucan is wearing in the picture is not the tux we had made in HK (I don’t have any pictures of his tux finished because I was told I wasn’t allowed to see it. Others have told me it came out great though). We actually had his wedding tux made in Shenzhen, China here:
Cheng Shu Hua Tailor
No. 39 Electric City 5/F
Commerce Luohu Shenzhen
BD, I’m sorry your MW Tux experience was terrible. Ours was really quite easy so far.
Comment #9, is in fact not a comment from me, but MR. TOUCAN. He complained to me last night that he looks chubby in the picture (the vest he tried on is one-size - he’ll get a better fitting vest for the wedding). I guess the computer was still signed as me!
Muahaha I was gonna say…did a comment get erased saying you were fat? Youre not even in these pictures? And youre tiny? Question mark?
Love ya wifey
Mrs. Toucan, Boston
Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: November 07, 2007
Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant
About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
Mine has the task of DJ (check!), honeymoon (check!), his attire (working on it), ceremony music b/c of his background (working on it) and keeping me sane (the toughest of all). He’s doing great so far! I’m sure he’ll be forced into manual labor of cutting ribbon or some other menial task, but he’s already been told to expect it. He even went to look at flowers with my mom and I (baby, do you like these? “Um, they’re white.”)