Wedding Blog

As many of you may recall, Mr. Peppermint and I honeymooned in Mexico (the “Riviera Maya” area, a.k.a. the Yucatan).In choosing the destination, we had a few requirements:

• somewhere neither of us had been
• short flight (no more than 5 hours)
• decent weather (no hurricanes, snow storms, etc!)
• Culture (i.e. museums, history, something aside from just mixed drinks)
• Relaxation (not just culture). Beaches, massages & mixed drinks

We also liked that we…

Before setting sail (er…plane) to Mexico for our honeymoon, we knew it could not be complete without a pit stop at Disneyland first. After all, it had been a special place for us the entire five years we’d been dating. At first we were going to legitimize that it was on the way to the airport (it’s not)… or that we had to kill time…

Now that I’ve been married for just over a month, things are now settling down!

We’re finally starting to find a routine. As we work to get used to the inevitable changes (where do we store all our stuff!?!), one possible change is how we socialize. Granted, Mr. Peppermint and I have been together for over five years now, yet, I find that our single friends…

Happy New Year!!

So, after a month of wonderful craziness–my wedding on Dec 8th, followed by an 11-day honeymoon in Mexico, followed by a week of holiday shopping and celebrating–we’re back!

The wedding was perfect!! Okay, so things went wrong (as they always do), but even with the little bumps in the road I wouldn’t change a thing. I can’t wait to share all the details,…

Today we leave for Palm Springs in preparation for our wedding!! We’re packing up the car (man, how do we have SO much stuff?!?).I can’t believe how quickly the time goes by–it seems like just yesterday that we got engaged and the wedding day felt like it would never come. Well it’s all here and I can’t contain myself: I’m so excited! Come rain or…

While many consider the Bachelorette party to be a raucous night of debauchery, I wanted something that would be relaxing and indulgent before the big day. So, without further ado, I present my bachelorette party…

We (my MOH/sister, 2 of my bridesmaids and I) started the day off bright and early–we wanted to have plenty of time to get to our first stop… the spa! We…

Bad News…

The forecast is out. You guessed it. 60% chance of Showers. Now, this is over a week early and anything can happen. No need to panic (I realize you, reader, are not panicking. This is merely a reminder for myself). Nonetheless, when I opened weather.com to see the unimaginable this morning, I was quite sad.

After a few hours of moping, I think I’ve come…

Where does the time go? I can’t believe the wedding is right around the corner! As the date approaches, I have a new friend. I check up on him first thing in the morning, and tuck him in before going to sleep. I think about him constantly.

My new friend, you may know him too, is weather.com. Okay, so I can’t technically “tuck him in,” but…

Since Mr. Peppermint & I received an espresso machine off our registry (!), we’ve had boundless energy to stay up all hours and Gocco the night away. The programs, perhaps, have been my favorite project to date!

At first we weren’t even sure if we needed programs–neither of our parents had them for their wedding and didn’t see why we needed them. This meant that Mr.…

With the wedding right around the corner, packages are arriving almost daily (!) from our registry. It’s so much fun!

One of the most exciting ones was this beautiful, amazing, simply perfect espresso machine:

One of the reasons Mr. Peppermint was so excited (he really can’t get over it), is that it was one of those items we put on the registry on a whim. You know,…

After going to my cousins’ wedding a year and a half ago, I knew it was important for me to have a family wedding photos display. This may sound silly, but it was really nice to have a sense of history informing the wedding. Additionally, it also was a nice thing for guests to view and talk about (especially if they didn’t know anyone!).So, months…

One of the last major milestones before the wedding is done!

While I could go on (and on and on…) about all the things that I “should” do before the big day, most of them are unnecessary. The last real necessary task was completed last week before flying up to Sacramento for Thanksgiving…

(drum roll, please)

We got our marriage license!

I have a confession to make: I had my most bridezilla moment (at least to date… knock on wood!). I suppose it’s good to have gotten it out of the way, but nonetheless, there was a bit of a debacle last weekend…

It all started out very innocently. Mr. Peppermint and I were gocco-ing our Thank You cards. We agreed we wanted to get that out…

Maybe it’s because it’s getting closer to the wedding and I’m ultra sensitive. Maybe it’s because people have no boundaries. All I can say is, why are people obsessed with my age?!?

Okay, obsessed isn’t even fair. But frankly, it’s a little weird that in the period of one day, three people (and by people I mean strangers) asked how old I was (after I mentioned that I…

Since all the major wedding decisions have been made, I am now left with all the details. Perhaps I’m not alone when I say that it can be really overwhelming!

One of my (many!) tasks for this week is to figure out what we want to do for the guest book. While I like a lot of the stylish ideas I’ve seen in magazines and blogs…