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I realized that in the process of planning a wedding, we brides-to-be constantly have these BRILLIANT ideas that absolutely, positively, seriously need to be done for the wedding.
What type of honeymoon would you suggest?
Personalized service in a secluded and exotic location (Costa Rica)
or
The all-inclusive resort experience along crystal-blue ocean water (Aruba)?
We honestly do not know.
However, what we do know is that we want to be nearby a beach, secluded, at a romantic and memorable location, preferably in a modern room or villa, and if it were all inclusive, that would be perfect.
It’s taken us awhile, but we’ve finally narrowed down our list of possible honeymoon destinations to two places: either Costa Rica or Aruba. We found really nice resorts at both of these locations, but now we’re faced with some pretty tough decisions. Do we want to a television? Should we be within walking distance of the beach? Do we want to go someplace adventurous? Do we want peace and quiet, or are modern amenities and entertainment more important?
These are the two places we’re comparing:
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After perusing various blogs filled with crafty, creative ideas, I came across this post on Once Wed. I knew I wanted to ask my bridesmaids to stand up for me in a special way, and this project hit all the right notes. You may also recognize these darlings from one of Miss Cardigan’s earlier entries! I’ll leave the instructive detail to the original post, but here are some pictures of how the cards turned out in my hands!
1. Trimming, 2. Scoring, 3. Folding and tracing, 4. Cutting
On Thursday afternoon, while all of my flower drama was going down, many of my family members and family friends arrived in Philly. My parents picked them up from the airport while we were dealing with the flower crisis. Once everything got settled that we would receive our roses, we had everyone over to our house to welcome them to the area.
We cracked open some wine and were prompted to open the gifts that Grandma and Granddad Socks and Sister Socks and BIL Socks brought.
Sister and BIL Socks got us an ice cream maker!!!
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In my defense, I warned him on the way home from work. I could feel the hormonal rage gushing through my veins, pumping my blood a little too fast. I feel like I’m going to freak out about something, I said. And OH did I.
I had been home for about fifteen minutes, when the crazy started spouting out of me like a geyser. I surveyed my calendar, which was filling up with trips and various appointments and out-of-town visitors, and I felt a lump in my throat.
“How am I supposed to do all this?” I asked, wiping a tear that slipped out. I could almost see him gulp and think, here it comes. “How does any normal person do this!? How can I work full time, plan a wedding, eat healthy, exercise, have a normal social life with family and friends, keep the house in livable condition, volunteer for things at church, and still squeeze in time to do things with you?? I can’t do it all! I have to cancel some things! Like the cake tastings. We have three appointments. Let’s cancel all but one and hope it’s good. I’m sure it will be.”
I held my pen to one of the appointments, ready to scratch a thick line through it. But he placed his hand on my arm, stilling me. “You want to cancel the eating of free cake that will take less than an hour?”
I nodded, smearing tears across my face left and right (all the while mentally asking myself, “Why are you crying?!?). No idea.
“OK,” he agreed. “If you feel the same way tomorrow, I’ll cancel them.”
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To be eligible to win a “Little Black Purse” Patent-Leather Five-Piece Manicure Set, review your favorite wedding vendors in the Weddingbee Vendors section and submit them to us here to be featured on the blog! Check out this post for more info on this week’s prize!
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Today’s review comes from alivoo01 of her florist, Expressions of Decor, LLC in Texas!
Shantay was a doll to work with. She provided visuals for each type of flower she recommended and this helped us out greatly as we were not familiar with the variety of flowers available.
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Just picture this. I was out to dinner with my grandmother who can barely turn on her computer, so she definitely doesn’t understand blogs. She stepped away for a few minutes so I checked my email to pass the time. And then I saw it. My acceptance letter from Mrs. Penguin!
I’m the newest bee! *squee* (I apologize in advance for all of the exclamation points, but I’m sure you understand.)
One of the coolest things about being a bee is that I now get to talk to a wonderful group of folks planning weddings who understand this thing that has temporarily taken over my life. My friends are all married with children or decidedly single. And I am in between in weddingland. Stuck in the middle with you!
So why am I Miss Lox, you may ask?
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Seeing as how it is almost January, I want to share with you a few things I’ve learned in the last year about eating. Maybe I just want to refresh my memory because I’m slightly scared Julie and her partner Aldina are going to give me a hard dose of honesty at my next dress fitting. Anywho, last January I started Weight Watchers at work, which is a wonderful program. Look to see if your company has a contract because it seriously is worth the knowledge. I am by no means an expert. I’m just giving you some information on what worked for me. Also, as a disclaimer, (because I caught a lot of flack about being on WW in the first place) I am simply a woman who would like to improve her body. I am not fishing for compliments or sympathy. WW has a policy that one must have at least 5 pounds to lose in order to join (calculated by height). I am well over that limit. So with that formality crap out of the way, here are my easy tips to kickin’ a few pounds.
Bunting. All the “cool” weddings have it nowadays. For a time, I wanted it too. Cinnamon Buns wasn’t too into the whole bunting idea, so I let it go, knowing I could come up with something else to use. You see, we’ve got all this great space in our venue for swagging bunting something along the edge of the balcony:
ennaassilem is selling a Maggie Sottetro Melissa gown. She’s asking $600 for the size-6 dress.
Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee Classifieds, and you might see it featured on the blog!
Other great items for sale:
14 black satin table runners, asking $20
100 silver chair sashes, asking $55
Badgley Mischka one-shoulder sweetheart gold sequin dress, size 8, asking $275
Miss Lioness here! I really wanted to write a post about planning my shower, but I’m not the one planning it! I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for a guest post. Allow me to introduce you to someone much more qualified to talk about the Lioness shower: Sister Lioness!
Why hello there, Hive! I’m a long-time lurker, and I’m beyond happy to be here!
I’ve always loved event planning (I’ve been throwing themed birthday parties since middle school), so you would think planning this shower would be a snap. But when Miss Lioness got engaged and I actually had to think about this kind of stuff, I realized I had nothing up my sleeve. I sort of panicked. All of the fun, modern, themed showers sounded really fun to plan, but they were NOT Miss Lioness. She is traditional and classic, but she has her quirks. She needed something that suited her personality.
The Lioness Shower will be an Alice in Wonderland-themed tea party, but it will be nothing like either of the movies (for once we are shunning our Disney roots). It will be literary, whimsical, and vintage…but most of all, it will be fun.
Mr. Waffle was offered a great opportunity to do some animation for a company out in L.A. for the next few months. He leaves in two weeks, which is gonna make me a sad, cranky-pants little Wafflette.
I’m happy to say that Operation “Turn into a Yogini and Wear a Miniskirt to the Grocery Store” has begun!
[Note: My miniskirted days are likely over, but wouldn’t it be nice to just have that option?]
Yes, the pre-wedding workouts have begun. And if you associated the aforementioned word “yogini” with yoga, you are absolutely correct! My routine of choice? BIKRAM.
I’ll pause while everyone shudders. Or at least everyone who had an experience similar to that of Mrs. Ribbons.
I think at this point, most people have heard of Bikram yoga: It’s a 90-minute routine of 26 insane postures in 105-degree, humid, stagnant air. It’s chic, in a way, because it’s like the Ironman of yoga, complete with sweating, grunting, even the occasional ripping off of one’s shirt and fist-pumping in a fit of rage…or elation.
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That is the question for Mokka.
When we started to plan the wedding, there was no doubt that Mokka was going to be a part of the big day. He is one of the reasons that Mr. French Toast and I realized we were ready to take the next step in life together. Because if we can raise a puppy together, heck, we can tackle anything! Right…?
After all, we’re talking about the dog who humped his way through the proposal…
After washing away a slight setback with some V. Sattui Early Harvest White Riesling, we were back on track and headed to Pizzeria Tra Vigne with our wedding party and honored guests in tow.
A gourmet pizza buffet was laid out for us and the wine was flowing. Sadly, I don’t have many photos because my camera spent the weekend in Mr. Barrettes’ golf bag. Luckily I did have an aunt with a camera and she snapped a few good shots of the evening!
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