let's get back to business!

For this week, We were able to schedule our pre nup date with john aguas. It'll be on may 28. We're still thinkin where to shoot. Any suggestion? My HMU trial with ross will also be on that date.

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Last wednesday, we had a contract signing and paid our deposit and advance payment to the condo where lovey and I will stay after the wedding. It's a new 4-storey building exactly right beside the apartment i'm renting right now. It'll be ready for occupancy on the 1st wik of april and to avoid double rent payment, i'll be moving out of the old apartment and move in right next to it. (3 months ago i lived just across the street where i am now)House hopping! hehehee!i'm excited to move in sa flat nmin ni lovey..masosolo ko muna un house before sya mag move in after ng wedding!yeyYY!haaay..last 3 months as an independent living woman!

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back to business...After all the laidback mood lovey and I have every weekends..i finally came to my senses that we only have 3 months & 3 weeks to go!! Whoaa!! We still have a lot to strike on our wedding checklist. Sooo, I told my lovey with a demanding tone (hehe) that starting this coming Saturday, we should make use of our weekend wisely by paying attention to our wedding preps!! And so, for this Saturday we promise to be productive. Ajaah!!=P

First stop
*Binondo- visit unifair for our invite
then next we go to
*Divi
**to look for possible idea for our favor.
***i'm thinking of a heart shape measuring spoon w/the caption "love beyond
measure" like the pictures below or a cake spreader w/ the caption "spread
the love" hahaha cheesy but unique. I know it'll be hard for me to find a
heart shape measuring spoon but i'll just find an alternative shape. I
would like it also to be engraved with our names on it..whachuthink? is this
feasible?

***Look for fans that i can work on with, wedding poppers, ribbons for the
missallete, paper for the missalette, lighters, colored glue sticks, & non-
stick pan.

I think that’s it for this Saturday coz for sure we’ll be consuming a lot of time roaming around Divi. Hehe! Goodluck to my rubbershoes! =P

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Wedding Checklist

GENERAL


choose members of entourage| inform members of entourage|choose principal sponsors| inform principal sponsors|draft guest list| rsvp finalize guest list|prepare count for invitations| prepare count for souvenirs|choose and book otd coord|give final instructions to coord |turnover all contracts and details to coord|schedule final production meeting with all suppliers|register in rustan's bridal registry |choose items for bridal registry|

CHURCH

book chosen date| pay downpayment| pay balance|buy unity candle|arrange flowers for entourage| pay downpayment |pay balance|
obtain original copies of baptismal certificate - Anne
obtain original copies of baptismal certificate - Jim
obtain original copies of confirmation certificate - Anne
obtain original copies of confirmation certificate - Jim
obtain NSO certified birth certificate - Anne
obtain NSO certified birth certificate - Jim
apply for marriage license |get marriage license|submit marriage license|attend canonical interview|
attend pre-cana seminar
obtain marriage banns - Anne
obtain marriage banns - Jim
submit marriage banns|submit names of princial sponsors|submit completed marriage application form|obtain missalette|have missalette approved|reproduce missalette|submit name of photog to san agustin|

RECEPTION

book reception venue| pay reservation fee| pay downpayment|pay balance|schedule mock set up with tamayos|schedule food tasting |finalize menu|finalize seating layout|do place cards| forward place cards |do table cards |forward table cards |go through program with sunday & jo|buy wine|prepare avp concept |obtain pics for avp |finalize avp|book projector & screen|

BRIDAL & ENTOURAGE GOWNS, GROOM'S BARONG

book couturier| pay downpayment| pay balance|meet with designer for gown design|shave all gown measurements taken|schedule first fittings|schedule final fittings|pick up gowns of entourage|order bridal shoes|

PHOTO/VIDEO

book john aguas |pay downpayment |pay balance|schedule prenups|Have pre-nup| choose prenup pic for reception|Print 5r for tamayos

MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT

choose choir or quartet for church

INVITATIONS

order invitations| pay downpayment |pay balance|address invitations |send out invitations|

WEDDING PREPS

book fraser place

HAIR & MAKE UP

schedule trial HMU|choose HMUA |make downpayment |Have trial HMU|pay balance

WEDDING RINGS

choose wedding rings supplier| make downpayment |pay balance|have wedding rings engrave|

SOUVENIRS

souvenirs for guests|
gifts for parents (moms)|gifts for parents (dads)|
gifts for principal sponsors|
gifts for entourage|

HONEYMOON

book destination|
buy tickets

HMU Check!

This afternoon i made a quite impulsive but another practical choice on my HMU. I cant spend too much for it coz my lovey would be very dissapointed with me if I go beyond my budget. Oh Men..! they cant seem to understand why make up is important to us and why HMU is expensive. I was eyeing between eddie and ross. They have almost the same rates but the diff is im more comfy with the way ross deal with me so I booked Ross Regala. Our photographer had already worked with ross a lot of times and said ross is "reasonable" and a pro. I read a lot of good feedbacks on his work too and that's good enough for me to know. I'll be having my trial with ross on my pre-nup day with john. God bless America! hahaha!

Series Of Unfortunate Events

For the Nth time, I had another one of those wedding nightmares again. This time it got even worst. In my dream,I was hysterical my whole wedding day coz I didnt have make up on daw. can't believe my make up artist ross regala was in bulacan daw and that he cant make it because of an emergency so tried calling Eddie Bruan to do my last minute make up but unfortunately he was booked and he's out of the country too. Im doomed! I have 15 mins daw to catch up at the church. Ofcourse I didnt make it on time..they started without me..huhuhu. They were already at the middle of the ceremony..I have to be there so eventhough i Look exhausted, I entered the church and before I even get to sit beside my lovey guess what?TOINK!! I got TRIPPED!!waaaaaaaaaaahhhH!! I was tryin to calm my self when jim whispered and said "DI DUMATING MGA PHOTOGRAPHERS NATIN" I couldnt scream bcoz I was inside the church but I said to myself...can somebody just shoot me...wuhuhuhu! Nightmare didnt end there, during the reception..malamig daw lahat ng fud!!no waiter or whatever...I can't believe what was happening..i wished that it was all a bad dream but as i looked at everbodys watch its really the 9th of july..My wedding day was a total wreck! I blamed myself for not getting a coordinator for my wedding. Then I woke up and got relieved! ayoko na ng ganung dreams!

Our Precious

Presenting our humble rings..Can't wait to wear it.

Click here for More pictures of our precious

Backtracking

Last year aside from booking the church and tamayos catering in intramuros we were into deciding who'll do our pvc. I was all set to get john ong, matiyaga kc to follow up and ok din works nya from what i saw in one of his exhibit at the enterprise but an email got in d way, I received a quotation via email from mr. john aguas. I saw john's work over the net and also heard a lot of good feedbacks about him..so i gave it a shot and scheduled an appointment with him at seattle's paseo mkt. I felt at ease talking with him. I think he's super nice..di nkk ilang and aside from that I also liked the package he offered me. same price with john mateos ong but the diff is wala kc included na pre nup si john ong ska parents album so even though i want to get jong I still opted for john aguas for practical reasons. I feel they have both the passion for photography naman so khit sino sa kanila would be fine. I booked John A right then and there na. Bka kc my mk kuha pa ng date nmin. Gotta be aggresive..no regrets im happy with john A..

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It was also late last dec in pampanga that we were able to order our rings at venice jewellers. We found what we both like plain simple white gold 18k. The lady in the store said we could get our rings by the end of january..but we can't find time to go to pampanga and so it was only last week that we got it finally! we had it engraved too. Rings Done! Click here to see our precious!

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January, I finally decided to have merlene marcelo do my gown and my entourage gown. I told merlene that i just wanted a simple light champagne strapless gown that will make me look like a princess...wink wink! didnt show any magazine or sumthing.. then from there she handed me her sketch..Brilliant! she drew exactly what I wanted. Merlene made me take home some of her artworks so I have time to think what artwork would suit me. I went back to her shop after some days then showed her what i chose..My artwork will have some touch of pink embroidery on it.

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I had my first fitting last feb. 03, thursday. That was quick! Jim was with me at merlene's but he was asked by the mananahi to step out of the room because of some old "pamahiin". I thought wala nman mawawala if we follow that belief. anyhowdy, when i put on my gown i felt diffrent..i just cant believe im really getting married! wohoooo! my gown was so byutiiiifullll, i felt like a princess! nyahahaha! amazing... sadly i failed to bring my cam..so I have to settle with my cam fon. grrrrrr!!

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The following week some of my entourage gowns were ready. Buti pa tong mga to my first fitting pictures..daig pako. click here to see their first fitting pix.

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5th of feb we had our pre cana seminar at san agustin. There were a total of 12 couples who attended the seminar. The speaker was a religion teacher at st.pauls. At the seminar she just let us recall the 7 sacraments and gave us pointers what can make our marriage last..then they gaved us jollibee brkfast then group activity then that's it. Few hours after the seminar...we had a fight. Effective seminar huh..wahahahaha. But I love my lovey, we patch up things easily.

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and that wraps up what we've accomplished so far.

first born post

This marks my first blog post. Had I known blogspot last year i would have started earlier and now we barely have 4 more months to go before the big day but as they say its never too late to start blogging =). to start off let me intro myself..ehem, my name is anne 25 and my H2b's name is jimmy is 39. Yep that's Quite a gap..but it's not physically obvious so hu cares besides age doesnt really matter. Jimmy is my first and last ever longest, serious and mature bf as i may say while Im his believe it or not first gf..(you may ask his family, friends if u want). It took us some time to have our term of endearment coz jimmy finds it rather "funny" to have one at d beginning of our relationship but as time goes on..i can't remember excatly how it began...hmmm, but i think it was thru text msg that jim called me love..so i ride on it right away =) and as we played over calling love one another.. LOVE had been reformed to "LOVEY". I'm guessing it'll be mommy lovey and duddy lovey when we have our little angel already...but for now,first things first...wedding preppys first. a lot of first words for my first blog post huh? =)