Mrs. Daisy, New York
Age and Occupation: 32, Attorney
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Finance
Engagement Date: December 10, 2005
Wedding Date: November 11, 2006
Blogging Since: June 7, 2006
Venue: Metropolitan Club
About Me: My favorite activities used to include knitting, cooking, doing the crossword puzzle and about a million other relaxing pursuits. Since my engagement, well, not so much. Wedding planning has become my primary hobby. So much so that I am downgrading my work schedule to part-time in order to more fully dedicate myself to my wedding (and reality tv, as well, if I'm being honest).
Chocolate-Free* Valentine’s Day?
February 15th, 2007 @ 10:27 am by Mrs. Daisy
I don’t think so:
Though I’m (clearly) no Willy Wonka, I decided to make Mr. Daisy some chocolate-covered pretzels to celebrate the auspicious occasion of our first married Valentine’s Day. Using a mold I bought at Michael’s and neither experience nor skill, I produced six pretzel rods for his consumption. I mean, the fella sent me a giant, gorgeous bouquet and is squiring me to dinner. Colored pretzels are the least I can do…! (and I do love the guy, after all.)
#1 Wedding Highlight: What You Crave
January 25th, 2007 @ 3:02 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Two sushi bars; a raw bar with lobster, shrimp and crab claws; foie gras; multiple carving and pasta stations… and this is what everyone is still talking about:
As a surprise to Mr. Daisy, I decided to have our wedding cocktail hour supplemented with 400 White Castle* burgers (200 with cheese, 200 without). Mr. Daisy is from NJ and, apparently, White Castle played a major role in his adolescent snacking (and, as anyone who has seen photos of him from that time period knows, he certainly appreciated a snack or two).
Presents For Moi? (et al.)
January 4th, 2007 @ 4:01 pm by Mrs. Daisy
I guess it’s pretty much a given that, in addition to the gift of a spouse, a wedding also gets you gifts of the more material kind. The ones from Mr. Daisy and my immediate family were more than I ever expected and just blew me away. My favorite wedding gift was from Mr. Daisy– my wedding band.
Cakewalk
December 29th, 2006 @ 11:03 am by Mrs. Daisy
Great Videographer + Free iPod
December 27th, 2006 @ 5:35 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Although we’ve not yet received our wedding video (go figure, we haven’t picked the soundtrack) there was no contest whatsoever in our choosing Milk and Honey as our videographer. Every video sample of theirs that we saw blew us away. Their work was so cinematic and so not “wedding-y” that we booked them immediately. And, on our wedding day, they were wonderful to have around–unobtrusive but always there.
I just clicked their web site and see that they’re having a stellar offer: book them and get a free video iPod with a recap of your wedding video on it. How freaking awesome is that? Act soon though– it’s only good through 12/31/06!
Getting It Together
December 15th, 2006 @ 3:32 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Getting veiled up by Adolfo, my *amazing* hair stylist.
Presents (From Me to Me)
December 7th, 2006 @ 1:47 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Practice Makes Perfect
November 30th, 2006 @ 6:27 pm by Mrs. Daisy
In theory, anyway. That’s why we decided to do a proper rehearsal at the Met Club the night before the wedding. Make our wedding party earn their dinners and all that.
My wedding planners (Jennifer and Shira of the Wedding Library) were at the rehearsal to make sure everything went off without a hitch. As it turns out, the rehearsal was a *great* idea, because we realized that the way we had planned the processional kind of fucked up was less than ideal.
The dilemma was, our current setup put my brother (a groomsman) standing furthest on the outside of the bridal party. My sister and Mr. Daisy’s brother were already cool on the inside–since Mr. Daisy’s bro was best man and my sister was one of my maids of honor–but we wanted my brother with the rest of the family.
My First, My Last, My Everything
November 29th, 2006 @ 3:54 pm by Mrs. Daisy
That’s Mr. Daisy, right? Ok, in the realm of life, yes, he’s that. But in the realm of wedding vendors, my first, my last, my everything, my port in a storm:
My wedding planner:
I didn’t exactly choose my planner in the by-the-book order. By the time I convinced my parents that a wedding planner was something I was not going to give up without a knockdown, drag out fight a good idea, we’d already booked our venue (The Metropolitan Club) and our band (Soul Connection f/k/a White Light).
Wedding Week Projects
November 22nd, 2006 @ 3:31 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Here’s just a sampling of what I did in the week before the wedding:
I finished out-of-town gift bags (more photos of the awesomeness inside to come):
