So! Darren talked to his mom today and, because it's a time share, the earliest she could book us a week in Las Vegas is in October.
Con: it's two months after the wedding.
Pros: in August, average temps in Vegas are in the 100s. In October, it's the 80s.
Also, just when it's starting to get a little chilly here, we'll be able to flee to the desert.
And it'll be kind of like I get two vacations from work- one shorter one for the wedding itself, and then the honeymoon. It'll be spread out instead of lumped all together.
Plus it'll give us two months in between to hopefully save up a little more money. Especially if Darren's found a job by then.
Works for me! Now I just need to find out the exact dates so I can book plane tickets.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
fans
Looking for inexpensive paper fans to include with the programs at the ceremony, the cheapest place I could fine them was here. 100 programs, with 100 fans. Doo doo doo.
Aaaand I may have found a cheaper place for lanterns here. Or here.
It all comes down to shipping costs. And whether I can find them at a lower price locally, like the dollar store.
Aaaand I may have found a cheaper place for lanterns here. Or here.
It all comes down to shipping costs. And whether I can find them at a lower price locally, like the dollar store.
Friday, April 9, 2010
bleh
I think I'm going to change my boutonnieres. I don't think the cost of getting different ones is going to be any more than buying all the stuff I need to fix the issues with the ones I originally purchased.
So I think I'll get this one for Darren.
These ones for the groomsmen.
And these for the ushers/attendants.
Also, I'm thinking about tying paper fans together with each program and I'm currently searching for the least expansive fans I can find. So far this is my best option. We'll see if I actually follow through on this idea, but whatevs.
So I think I'll get this one for Darren.
These ones for the groomsmen.
And these for the ushers/attendants.
Also, I'm thinking about tying paper fans together with each program and I'm currently searching for the least expansive fans I can find. So far this is my best option. We'll see if I actually follow through on this idea, but whatevs.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
1. Four months!
2. My first flower order came today. Bridesmaid bouquets look good. The daisies are smaller than I expected, but I can just order more and put several in each vase instead of just one.
The wooden flower heads for the groomsmen are more yellow than green, but I bet I can find some paint. And the dark green flower heads for the ushers and attendants are dried, not plastic like I thought, so they're very fragile. I'll see what I can do to make them stronger- maybe spray lacquer or something. Michaels seems to have what I need.
2. My first flower order came today. Bridesmaid bouquets look good. The daisies are smaller than I expected, but I can just order more and put several in each vase instead of just one.
The wooden flower heads for the groomsmen are more yellow than green, but I bet I can find some paint. And the dark green flower heads for the ushers and attendants are dried, not plastic like I thought, so they're very fragile. I'll see what I can do to make them stronger- maybe spray lacquer or something. Michaels seems to have what I need.
Monday, April 5, 2010
So, when we're in Vegas, we might rent a car and take a day trip to the Grand Canyon. The west rim of the canyon is only 120 miles from Vegas. So I'm writing this post so I can hold onto this link with directions.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
crrrazy dream
Right before I woke up this morning I had a wedding dream. Not the first, but possibly the craziest. Or, at least in the top 2 Crazy Wedding Dreams I've Had.
So, it was the day of, right? And we hadn't done ANYTHING. We hadn't picked music for the pre-ceremony, we hadn't given the officiant the ceremony we had written, and it was pretty clear that nothing had been rehearsed.
Everyone was in the gigantic church with what was basically a big carnival ride behind the pews- the kind where there are cars set in a circle around a base, and the base raises up and you just sit in these cars and go around in the circle. But the cars on this one tilted. A lot. The wedding party was using this ride to make their entrances. The idea was, the ride would spin, we would raise up and ride it briefly, then it would lower and we would get off the ride and walk up the aisle.
So we're up in the air, and I was in one of the cars all by myself, pissed because we hadn't given anyone our pre-show music so we were stuck listening to boring crap. And then I was remembering that we were going to be stuck having some generic, crappy ceremony because we hadn't gotten around to writing ours. And then the cars started to tilt, which wasn't supposed to happen. At one point they tilted completely upside down and I was clinging to mine in an attempt to not fall to my death, because remember we were up in the air.
The cars finally righted themselves and the ride ended. Just as I was about to start walking up (down?) the aisle, some girl in a blue ballgown ran in from the back screaming. I'm not sure who she was supposed to be. Maybe an old girlfriend of Darren's who was still in love with him, or something. Either way, I was PISSED. I ran up behind her, grabbed the train of her dress yelling "oh HELL NO."
I woke up right as I was [presumably] about to drag her out of the church.
.....
In other news, I'm pretty sure we're about to finally book an officiant. I've been emailing this guy who is actually in Bertha and willing to work with our budget. Once I've given him a deposit and signed a contract, I will breathe a sigh of relief. The most stressful thing in the last couple weeks (besides money, which I'll get to in a second) was finding an officiant so we would actually be legally married at our wedding. Y'know? At the end of the day, we agreed that if we ended up having to spend more than we wanted on hiring someone to do it, we'd make it work.
At this point I have no qualms about asking my parents for a little financial help if we end up needing it. I had about $2,000 set aside in a bank in WI which my grandma had sent to me early this week and it'll cover more than half of our estimated expenses. It was about $2,200, plus the $400 I already put down as a deposit for our rentals, plus the fact that my dress didn't come from that fund... if we're careful about saving, and I figure we'll end up getting a few cash gifts, we should be all right money-wise. That was the other panic point. Really, though- right now our budget estimates (which will definitely change, unless 1/3 of our guest list doesn't end up coming) come to less than $4,000. Considering most people spend over $20,000 (I don't know where that statistic came from, but I see it everywhere so there must be some truth to it), I'd say we're doing pretty well.
So, it was the day of, right? And we hadn't done ANYTHING. We hadn't picked music for the pre-ceremony, we hadn't given the officiant the ceremony we had written, and it was pretty clear that nothing had been rehearsed.
Everyone was in the gigantic church with what was basically a big carnival ride behind the pews- the kind where there are cars set in a circle around a base, and the base raises up and you just sit in these cars and go around in the circle. But the cars on this one tilted. A lot. The wedding party was using this ride to make their entrances. The idea was, the ride would spin, we would raise up and ride it briefly, then it would lower and we would get off the ride and walk up the aisle.
So we're up in the air, and I was in one of the cars all by myself, pissed because we hadn't given anyone our pre-show music so we were stuck listening to boring crap. And then I was remembering that we were going to be stuck having some generic, crappy ceremony because we hadn't gotten around to writing ours. And then the cars started to tilt, which wasn't supposed to happen. At one point they tilted completely upside down and I was clinging to mine in an attempt to not fall to my death, because remember we were up in the air.
The cars finally righted themselves and the ride ended. Just as I was about to start walking up (down?) the aisle, some girl in a blue ballgown ran in from the back screaming. I'm not sure who she was supposed to be. Maybe an old girlfriend of Darren's who was still in love with him, or something. Either way, I was PISSED. I ran up behind her, grabbed the train of her dress yelling "oh HELL NO."
I woke up right as I was [presumably] about to drag her out of the church.
.....
In other news, I'm pretty sure we're about to finally book an officiant. I've been emailing this guy who is actually in Bertha and willing to work with our budget. Once I've given him a deposit and signed a contract, I will breathe a sigh of relief. The most stressful thing in the last couple weeks (besides money, which I'll get to in a second) was finding an officiant so we would actually be legally married at our wedding. Y'know? At the end of the day, we agreed that if we ended up having to spend more than we wanted on hiring someone to do it, we'd make it work.
At this point I have no qualms about asking my parents for a little financial help if we end up needing it. I had about $2,000 set aside in a bank in WI which my grandma had sent to me early this week and it'll cover more than half of our estimated expenses. It was about $2,200, plus the $400 I already put down as a deposit for our rentals, plus the fact that my dress didn't come from that fund... if we're careful about saving, and I figure we'll end up getting a few cash gifts, we should be all right money-wise. That was the other panic point. Really, though- right now our budget estimates (which will definitely change, unless 1/3 of our guest list doesn't end up coming) come to less than $4,000. Considering most people spend over $20,000 (I don't know where that statistic came from, but I see it everywhere so there must be some truth to it), I'd say we're doing pretty well.
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