AUGUST '08 brides!!

[Maura]

Originally Posted by katrina

my shower is june 7th too... woo!

hahaha guess we're going to have a lot of shower photos to post on june 8th for everyone!

[twinkletoes]

Oh my, only 119 days left for me! So, I'll go ahead and list a couple of things Ive done and have left to do:

Whats Done?:
Got the ring and my band
Wedding website
Resort picked
Vacation booked and 1/2 paid for
Airfare paid for
STD's sent out
Bought bridesmaids gifts
FI's attire is bought
OOT bags bought and stuff for them (thanks to Shelley!)
Summer clothes for FI and I have been purchased
Reserved boarding for the boys (my doggies)


What do I have in progress?:
Still trying to decide on a photography package
Still waiting on resort to finalize menu options
Still looking for FI's wedding band
Invites are in the making
Welcome letter/booklet in the making
FI working on music selections
Still deciding on wedding setup (Its kind of hard planning at a brand spankin new resort and not being able to see pics of anything!)

What do I still need to start/do?:
Still deciding if I want to do menus
Attempt to make barefoot sandals
Find shoes for the reception
Find or create a guest book
Get sand ceremony kit
Register!
Find a reliable fish babysitter
Decide on ceremony programs
Find me some jewlery
Find cute thank you cards
Find a cake topper
Get enough guts and do a million situps to do a BD shoot before June!

and last but not least .... I havent bought a dress yet!!! I know, what in the world am I thinking. That is on my to-do list by the end of this month! I am not too big on dresses (thats the tomboy in me) Is this stressing me out ... actually its not, surprisingly. I am actually going to try on a few more on Saturday. I found one I like at Davids Bridal, lol, but dont ask me why I didnt buy it! If tomorrow's search doesnt go too good, I will defitenly be getting the one at DB.

Damn, looking at this list, I realize how much I still need to get done! Now only if I can just get off this freakin forum (too many great ideas!) Like I said earlier, I am using you August ladies as my motivation!

[becks]

Woo hoo! Look at all of us making progress!!!

(and having showers all on the same day... which so very cool and... weird... all at the same time!)

[twinkletoes]

Are any of you ladies getting married legally before the DW? If so, when? We are currently thinking of doing it 7.11.08. Do you think that's too early

[Maura]

Originally Posted by twinkletoes

Are any of you ladies getting married legally before the DW? If so, when? We are currently thinking of doing it 7.11.08. Do you think that's too early

yep we are, and we are doing it on 7-12-08. i dont think its too early. our friend is a minister and jose's parents are going to fly out to be here for it. i think i posted earlier in this thread our plans -- we're doing a rooftop sunset ceremony for our legal wedding and our friend will be the officiant and sign the license. we felt it was more personal than going to city hall. i am not knocking going to city hall to do it, but for me personally, it wasnt an option, i felt it was too impersonal for me to get legally married by someone we dont know and will never see again.

[azhuskergirl]

OK, here's my list

Done: :
Booked WC (location, photog, minister, cake, videographer, musician)
Booked reception luau
Set up room block at hotels for guests
Booked our hotel stay
rebooked our airline tickets for wedidng & honeymoon (damn ATA!!!)
purchased both wedding rings
booked honeymoon room
scheduled marriage license appointment
purchased, picked up & have had my first 2 fittings for my wedding dress
have my starfish for bouquet!


Still to do:
book rental car
buy Brad's attire for wedding day
finish & mail our formal invitations
put together OOT bags
figure out if we're going to ship out our boxes or pay extra to bring them on the plane
coordinate after ceremony lunch at the hotel

I know theres more to do....I guess I'll edit as I remember them.

[Maura]

ok, over the weekend...got my dress!


today i ordered my civil ceremony dress (didnt like the original one i ordered when it came this weekend, so decided to bite the bullet and buy another) from jcrew, $195.


and my best friend shipped my shower invitations to get addressed here in chicago and sent, so heres what they look like:


hope to cross some more stuff off the list this week :)

[Maura]

got my hair appointment confirmed with MexSun today! one more thing to cross off my list.

oh, and we decided for our ceremony at the westin, to do it on the beach and have confirmed that with the WC, just have to pick a setup. i am rockin and rollin. I hardly have that much left to do

[becks]

Maura you need to stop now. Really. You're making the rest of us look bad!

That being said, I've just confirmed our welcome cocktail hour and dinner arrangements, booked our DJ and have a trip down to finalize everything else in Mid-May. Woohoo!

[Maura]

Originally Posted by becks

Maura you need to stop now. Really. You're making the rest of us look bad!

That being said, I've just confirmed our welcome cocktail hour and dinner arrangements, booked our DJ and have a trip down to finalize everything else in Mid-May. Woohoo!

haha sorry! i can pick up some of your to do list if you need some help

let me remind you that i still need a DJ and a florist, which are two big things

OH! one more thing DONE yesterday.... we got our official sign off from the catholic church approving our marriage! all our paperwork got signed last night and will be on it's way to our officiant (family member who is a priest that lives in new orleans who we are flying to cabo to marry us -- we just booked his airfare last week and paid for the hotel for him, so its a done deal) today. he will present all the documents to the church in cabo for us, and will sign our catholic certificate of marriage. we went out to dinner to celebrate being done with all that stuff last night!