Almost a Month to Go!

As usual, it took me a long time to update our blog, what with the holidays, family gettogethers and the wedding preps cramming. I don't think that Laser and I had a complete eight-hour sleep at all during those super haggard three weeks. Anyway, here’s what we have accomplished since then:

• submitted and finalized our invitations with Printrade. hopefully, we can get it before January ends so we can distribute it in time
• had a pre-wedding dinner for the wedding entourage and for those helping out in the wedding. we had the idea of having a dinner in lieu of going to each ninang and ninong separately for the traditional visit. this way, they also get to meet each other beforehand, and get introduced to our coordinators too! details on the wedding tasks and coordination were also ironed out during the dinner.
• shootings for our AVPs! grabe, ang hirap pala maging artista! a lot of preparations are required pala talaga for AVPs…including conceptualization, gathering and scanning of pictures and listening to tons of possible AVP music (wala pa actual selection dun)…aside from thinking of the exact words to say on the day of the shooting itself. will not give details anymore so that it will be a surprise.
• finalization of wedding reception details, contract signing, food tasting with The Legend Villas. we're very happy with our final selection of menu. sarap!
• third and fourth fitting of my wedding gown. hay, the gown is so gorgeous…sympre reflection nung nagsusuot hahaha. galing talaga ni veluz! approved also the shoe design of nikko.
• as we also provided for the male entourage’s (including the fathers) barongs, we chose and finalized the designs. they also had their measurement taking with our barong supplier, Eric of Stefany’s Lumban Embroidery. he was such a sport even if he had to attend the pre-wedding dinner also in order to be able to complete the measurement- taking and other details.
• finished the layout for our Save-the-Date card (simple lang, di ba? we didnt want to spend much for it); we distributed some of it during our pre-wedding dinner.
• completed and submitted church requirements. the wedding banns are now in process with our respective churches. it is really easy to deal with Inday of NSDG…sya pa tatawag sayo (kahit cellphone pa!) in case of she needs clarifications with the requirements.
• met with Bernie again for the song list. was planning to combine recorded music with the strings/soloist in the reception, thinking that for the strings to play the whole time would be too much for them already. pero hindi! violent reaction si Bernie, he was adamant about it…he said that the wedding will be more beautiful if they play the whole time in the reception, and that I should not worry of them needing a rest/take long breaks (sanay na daw sila). he basically erased all the recorded songs listed…and so nagkautang tuloy ako sa kanya ng additional songs for the recessional and the reception itself.
• selection of Laser’s pina suksok barong design (yes, finally he has decided bet a barong and suit); ready for additional embroidery
• purchased HK airline tickets for our honeymoon!
• got registered at Rustan’s Bridal Registry. I wouldn’t be in Manila for the actual selection, si Laser na bahala! But we went around for some sort of pre-selection pero kulang pa.

Seemed to have accomplished a lot pero madami pa ring kulang! There is still the music selection for the AVP & for the reception, the drafting, approval and printing of the missalette, other honeymoon reservations needed, souvenirs, find an abanico supplier (and design them)…and many more small details!!!

But you know, even with all the things that need to be done, as the big day goes nearer, you can really feel your excitement grow. After all, it's not always that you know the exact day when one of your dreams will come true!