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Well its been a while. Sorry..

I was trying to not blog until Sean did, and then I realized that my attempts were futile and it just wasn’t going to happen. He just doesn’t have the time lately; work has him running around like a blind chicken with its head cut off.. Just Thursday he put around 150km on the car, and din’t leave town. CRAZY!!!

I am looking for a job, and still trying to figure out some health issues while planning the wedding and organizing a community event. Unfortunately the job hunting and health has taken precedence,  so my planning is a little behind. Ahh well what can you do!!

Looks like I have found a caterer. Quote looks great, menu looks phenomenal, and they want to cook onsite BBQ style It took me some time to find out if we would be allowed to BBQ onsite and I just got the email back with a yes so now its deposit paying and tasting. HOORAY

http://www.firefightersclub.com/ I went to school with the head chefs wife, I was under the impression for the year that he was a fire fighter. Silly me!

I also went and tried on wedding dresses the other day and it looks like I may have found the one!! I still want to go down to Vancouver and try on a few more.. but I have a funny feeling its the one. Its an Alfred Angelo and its sooooo pretty. I want to post pictures but I suppose that is against the rules!!

Lastly I will post some engagement photos that we took the other day, for your enjoyment. It was so much fun!!

Enjoy your weekend you guys!!

Today..? Not as successful. Tried so hard to do the ‘Suzy Homemaker’ thing when I got home from work this morning. Started doing dishes, made breakfast for everyone, put on coffee, started to work out…. then I got tired and had a nap. Now dishes aren’t finished, still have to work out, still have to grocery shop and I have company coming from Vancouver in a little under 3 hours. Booo!!! So what am I doing?Sitting in front of the Food Network and blogging.

Why? Because I am super cranky about this wedding thing.. AGAIN. (Thank God for Roya and her margarita’s tonight!!)

I have asked for probably around 8 different quotes from catering companies all around the GVRD. The average price back so far for 125 people is $8,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who are you people kidding!! The one.. ONE place I have found that doesn’t want my next born child is charging around $4,000 not including grat’s or taxes ( so add another 30% on top of that) and I have been asking  for references for around 3 weeks, she didn’t get back to me then went on vacation. I am fine with waiting, but if I loose my date because she SUCKS. ( I am trying really hard not to be bitter, think I am failing) So unless this shapes up, the wedding will be a BBQ with hotdogs, veggie dogs and BYOB!

So I am going to phone the planner. Phone another cater who happens to be my friends husband. Please please please Wish ME LUCK!

Its 11:00 and so far I have finalized wedding colours, though of some great decorations for the venue, though of some gifts for my maid of honor and enlisted the help of friends to get names for caterers, photographers, and bakers. HOORAY. I still need to find a good spot for hair and make up thats reasonably priced. Then I need to confirm where we are actually having the ceremony and go from there. My friend Taqueesha showed me a few phenomenal websites: weddingbells.com and etsy.com which has started to give me some good ideas. Plus I have been googling all morning for decoration, cake and flower ideas. Hopefully things will start coming together even more once I talk to our wedding planner this week. Its all sooo exciting!!!

Oh for any family or friends in the Vancouver area, curious if you or anyone you know has a Serving It Right ticket, we are going to need a bartender for the big day!!

Some colour scheme ideas What do you think? Gun metal grey and yellow accents!

Sean’s been bugging me to post something because its been a while, but man oh man have we been busy. Nothing new on the wedding front, but Sean has re-painted the living room, been working like a madman. I have been working, and been sick for a few days so I’ve been lazy! Next week I am hoping to get started on my Deaf Awareness breakfast, find a caterer, and continue working. Plus potty training has begun ( OY!!) so we will be doing that. A friend of mine from VCC  is coming to visit this week so we are going to catch up, and I will pick her brain about some deaf Awareness stuff. Im really hoping everything clears up health wise for Tuesday. I already lost one shift at work much to my boss disapproval so, a second lost shift if not recommended for me in any way.

I still have a ton to figure out about the wedding and hopefully I get to meet with the planner this week or next. there is catering, hotels, hair/makeup. Not to mention set up, decorations, gifts, favors, invites, dresses, and tuxes. AHHHH

My Maid of Honour asked me a little while ago what exactly was in the job description and I read this really cute thing yesterday: “this gal offers an assist to the bride- addressing invites, shopping for favors, and mixing margaritas when wedding stress runs high.” That part of it should be coming soon…

My mom has mentioned something about wedding insurance. Something where is the wedding is postponed or canceled for any reason  we get our money back on our vendors. I have never heard of this.. Any one know anything?

Ugg.. I am so tired Im not to sure what to write. If this job doesn’t kill me at least everyday I am there it makes me realize how much I can’t wait to see Sean, and how sure I am that marrying him with be the the best thing ever. As long as I can make it through the planning stages !!

Next on the agenda wedding wise is a possible re evaluation of the colours, and invites!! Again coming into play my total lack of understanding as to the rules for all this mayhem. We started with an idea of silver, navy, and dark green colours to mesh with the formal atmosphere, but now I am realizing that it is a SUMMER wedding, and I think that it will all be a little too dark. I suggested Silver and Yellow ( I love that scheme) but then I realised it will be really hard to find flower arrangement to match that.

As for invites, Sean is telling me we need Save the Date cards, which doesn’t make sense.. if we send the invites out around 5 months before the wedding and ask for an RSVP 3 months before the day.. that should be enough no?

As I have now been up for 3 hours and it is only 8am I am realizing I am not to sure all that I have written :/

More to come later!

So, how can you tell I am planning to marry a nerd. I have been asked to blog about the wedding fiasco, and planning etc.  Where to start….

The engagement was a total surprise. I was shocked.. I kept teasing Sean saying I couldn’t believe he had finally asked me, I mean it had only been 4 and a half years!! So it was shiny rings and hugs all around and then reality hit. I have to plan a wedding. I have absolutely NO idea how to plan a wedding. I have only ever been to three weddings, how the heck am I supposed to figure everything out; not to mention do it from a city four hours away from the festivities. Oy!!!

Its been about three weeks, I have found a spot for the reception after far too many long distance phone calls, and around 6 different decisions that needed to be re-evaluated because the places had already been booked ( crazy go getters!!) All the pictures I’ve seen of the Inlet in Port Moody, have been beautiful, and I am probably going to send my friend in Vancouver to check it out for me, but I am satisfied. An added bonus with the location is we can hold the ceremony there if the church falls through.

Now, its a re-evaluation of the theme colours, because it is a summer wedding and as much as it was be semi-formal I refuse to have it be dark and dreary.  Silver and Yellow anyone? I’m going to try to setup a meeting with the wedding planner Monday, and tackle the catering nightmare- I mean who wants to spend $6000 on food!!!

As I go through all this the words of my mother echoing in my head, ” take the crazy amount of money you are going to spend on 1 day and put it on your mortgage.” Sound advice… but I’m old enough not to HAVE to listen to my mother.. aren’t I?